Security steels
The lightweight security steel for ultra-high requirements
Our DIFENDER special steel is your best choice when you need to meet ultra-high security requirements with the minimum of weight. DIFENDER protects civilian and military armoured land vehicles and water craft, cash transporters and buildings against ballistic and explosive attack.
DIFENDER offers
- excellent resistance against bullet, blast waves impact and splittering in combination with high hardness, strength and low weight
- large product range with narrow hardness gradation like 270, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550 and 600 HBW
- quality for warm press hardening such as DIFENDER 600 PH
- good impact values (longitudinal and transverse) at -40 °C
- thickenesses up to 150 mm
- thickness tolerances: -0/+0.8 mm
- restricted flatness tolerances acc. tab. 5 EN 10029
- specific testing on mother plate with 3.1 material test report
- very good processing properties
- approvals i.e. according to the German Army standard TL 2350-0000
The distribution of DIFENDER is done via direct sales or specialized Steel Service Centers, even small orders.
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Contact persons
Christoph Dickmann
Head of Sales Department, Machinery & Construction Equipment, Protection Steel
Phone: +49 6831 472385
Fax: +49 6831 47992681
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Dr. Axel Grüneklee
Category Manager Sales, Protection Steel
Phone: +49 6831 475791
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Jörg Maffert
Head of Marketing &Technical Support, Energy Transmission & Processing, Protection Steel
Phone: +49 6831 473612
Fax: +49 6831 473089
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