FlakTek™ distributes and reduces force impact

Other protection systems fall short in coverage of critical areas. The trend in wearable protective equipment is to incorporate gel technology to dissipate the impact energy peripherally (along the plane of the system) as opposed to axially (inward to the body). However, gel-based designs do not practically minimize the axial force from a large impact force. Rather, gel systems offer a force decay profile that consists of a spike at point of impact with an asymptotic peripheral decay profile.

At and around the impact point, gel systems can still transmit a considerable force through to the body. This is in contrast to FlakTek’s™ innovative design that incorporates patent pending laminated composite materials which convert a point impact force into a distributed load of several smaller forces.

For example, a typical football helmet impact to the ribcage can deliver a bone-breaking, body-crushing force. The standard ¼” gel system reduces the axial force ultimately transmitted to the ribs at the precise point of impact by 75%. This resultant force can still be as high as 5 times greater than the force required to break a human rib.

FlakTek’s™ distributed load design reduces the point of impact by as much as 97%, resulting in an axial force transmitted to the body that is well below bone and tissue injury limits.