Why Carbon for Helmets?
Energy Control
Manage energy impact attenuation precisely with data-driven customization and multizonal lattice pads
Air Flow
Improve breathability and cool the wearer up to 7 times faster than foam with open lattice structures
Customization
Personalized data from scans, pressure maps, or other data sources becomes bespoke protective padding or a custom-fit helmet
Consolidation
Design impact and comfort layers in a single printed piece with multizonal lattices to ease assembly and simplify manufacturing
Design Insights
With Carbon Design Engine, designers can combine various cell types to create redefined performance capabilities through multiple lattice zones that can be optimized for protection without sacrificing comfort. The end product can range from a full liner that is totally custom to hybrid liner that layers printed pads with traditional foams, or even individual pads that can be more plug and play into existing helmet designs.
Use Case: VICIS and Carbon Create Top-Rated Helmets
The ZERO2 MATRIX helmet from VICIS features custom 3D-printed, interchangeable fit pods, optimized to provide the ultimate in both player fit and protection. This first-of-its-kind system resulted in the industry’s first position-specific helmets for linemen and quarterbacks— the VICIS ZERO2 MATRIX ID TRENCH and the VICIS ZERO2 MATRIX QB— that are designed to withstand the unique impacts each position experiences, and are rated #1 and #3 on the NFL/NFLPA 2023 Helmet Lab Testing Performance Results, respectively.
Helmets Powered By Carbon
The Carbon Platform
Elastomeric Materials
EPU 43: Soft, excellent durability, and energy damping, great for comfort areas.
EPU 45: Energy damping and strain-rate-sensitive for peak impact zones.
EPU 46: Energy returning and tunable softness for comfort liners.
Carbon Design Engine
Carbon Design Engine™ online software empowers designers to make precisely tuned, high-performance latticed helmet liner and padding components.
Carbon Custom Production Software
With Carbon Custom Production Software, you can automatically apply design programs based on customized input data from scans, pressure maps, or other data sources to create bespoke protective padding or achieve a perfect fit without needing to manually create a design each time.
Work with a Carbon Partner
The Carbon Production Network (CPN) is a global ecosystem of leading industry design firms and contract manufacturers who are experts in the Carbon idea-to-production platform. Find a CPN partner based on your needs and leverage the power of the Carbon platform to design, develop, and produce radically better products.