Testing Proves Coating’s Ability to Protect Against Terror Attacks
HUNTSVILLE, AL — PAXCON® by LINE-X®, a division of IXS Coatings, is a military-grade polyurea protective coating designed to provide superior protection from explosions. PAXCON was recently put through extensive blast testing equivalent to a car bomb explosion and proved itself as an extremely effective solution for maintaining structural integrity and reducing the effects of flying debris following a high-powered explosive detonation. When applied as part of a comprehensive protective measure against terror attacks and other dynamic events, PAXCON aids in keeping structures intact, giving occupants valuable time to reach safety. Currently in use on the Pentagon and several other high-profile government and commercial facilities, PAXCON has been used for years to keep people safe from attacks.
The testing was planned and designed by Stone Security Engineering PC and conducted by Stone-OBL LLC at its large blast and extreme loading testing facility in Bend, Oregon. The test program compared the effects of an open-air high-powered blast with ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (ANFO), equivalent to a car bomb explosion, on uncoated and PAXCON-coated unreinforced cinderblock walls. The test walls, measuring 8-feet tall, 8-feet wide and 8-inches thick, were subjected to identical blast-design threats at a standoff of 30 feet and were then examined by load-testing experts for the effects of damages. As expected by the PAXCON engineers, the results were impressive.