Plate armature for a tilting armature valve , having: an armature body , which can be mounted at the tilting armature valve by means of a bearing at an end face of the armature body and is movable from a first position into a second position by activation of an electric coil element, a plate armature damping device having at least one damping body , which is fixed to the plate armature , with at least one damping material which, on an impact movement of the plate armature in the direction of a counter-element , is elastically deformable on impact on the counter-element, wherein the plate armature damping device is mounted on a surface of the armature body , so that the at least one damping body , on the impact movement of the plate armature , is elastically deformed from the first position into the second position on impact on the counter-element, characterised in that the at least one damping body has a geometric contour comprising at least one first bulge and one second bulge arranged adjacent to each other on a surface - facing the counter-element - of the at least one damping body , each of them having a curved linear extent along the surface of the at least one damping body and being designed such that, on the impact movement of the plate armature , the volume of the at least one damping body increases, wherein, during the impact movement of the plate armature , initially a first part of the damping material is elastically deformed at the first and the second bulge and, in the further course of the impact movement, a second part of the damping material, which is larger than the first part, is elastically deformed. an armature body , which can be mounted at the tilting armature valve by means of a bearing at an end face of the armature body and is movable from a first position into a second position by activation of an electric coil element, a plate armature damping device having at least one damping body , which is fixed to the plate armature , with at least one damping material which, on an impact movement of the plate armature in the direction of a counter-element , is elastically deformable on impact on the counter-element, wherein the plate armature damping device is mounted on a surface of the armature body , so that the at least one damping body , on the impact movement of the plate armature , is elastically deformed from the first position into the second position on impact on the counter-element, characterised in that the at least one damping body has a geometric contour comprising at least one first bulge and one second bulge arranged adjacent to each other on a surface - facing the counter-element - of the at least one damping body , each of them having a curved linear extent along the surface of the at least one damping body and being designed such that, on the impact movement of the plate armature , the volume of the at least one damping body increases, wherein, during the impact movement of the plate armature , initially a first part of the damping material is elastically deformed at the first and the second bulge and, in the further course of the impact movement, a second part of the damping material, which is larger than the first part, is elastically deformed. <EOS>