ARM-R-COAT® SELF-SEALING COATING

ARM-R-COAT® by Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing (ARM-USA) is a proprietary fuel tank coating designed to seal a fuel tank after it has been penetrated by a ballistic projectile. Applying ARM-R-COAT® to a tank can allow a security vehicle, military personnel carrier or aircraft to continue operating after its fuel tank has been punctured, allowing the vehicle’s occupants to safely complete the mission or exit a high risk situation.

ARM-R-COAT® protects and seals the fuel tank in two, distinct and complimentary phases. First, ARM-R-COAT® uses a proprietary elastomeric component that is rubber like in nature. When a projectile penetrates the coating, the elastomeric compound “opens”, allowing the projectile to pass through and then “closes” around the resulting hole. Test results and high speed video have shown that in many instances this elastomeric healing process is sufficient to prevent any fuel losses from the tank.

In the event that the hole in the fuel tank is too large to be addressed by ARM-R-COAT®’s first sealing mechanism, the second, active sealing phase kicks in. ARM-R-COAT® has been designed with proprietary materials that react with hydrocarbon fuels. The reaction causes the ARM-R-COAT® coating around the hole to swell thereby “healing” the wound in the fuel cell wall and stopping all leakage.

ARM-R-COAT® is available in four levels of protection depending on the threat level

ARM-R-COAT®** Pending independent test results