HARDOX WEAR PLATE

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1. HARDOX in a dumper

SSAB Oxelösund is the biggest Nordic manufacturer of heavy steel plate. The company is also a world leader in quenched and tempered steels, and produces well-known brand names such as HARDOX wear plate.

HARDOX wear plate meets strict demands on wear resistance. The unique combination of consistent and high hardness, high strength and excellent toughness makes the material well suited for a wide variety of applications, such as the dump body market. (See video 1.)

HARDOX was launched on the market in 1970 and has since then been continually developed to meet the needs of our customers. Throughout the world, HARDOX is now synonymous with high quality, good flatness and good surface finish. HARDOX plate is 3 ~ 4 times harder than ordinary high strength structural plate. (See video 2.)

HARDOX is no ordinary wear plate. Its toughness is very high even under difficult conditions, such as at high rates of strain combined with low temperatures. This makes HARDOX particularly resistant to impact. The properties are the result of an appropriate composition of the steel and an optimized manufacturing process.
(Smelted from virgin ores without scrap content allows precision metallurgical control and consistency)
(Chart 1: HARDOX Impact and Wear Chart )

The Beau-Roc Diamond Body is manufactured with HARDOX 450 material giving it higher strength, increased stability, longer life span and lower weight. HARDOX 450 enables our new Diamond body design to exclude reinforcements and stiffeners. The high strength and toughness of the steel also provides high resistance to impacts and the Diamond Body design dampens the impact efficiently. (See video 3.)

The actual useful life depends on the material in contact with the plate and the type of wear to which the plate is subjected. In the handling of minerals, the equipment is usually subjected to stresses such as sliding and impact wear, often also combined with heavy deformation. In certain cases, HARDOX 450 can last more than three times longer than HARDOX 400.
(Chart 2: HARDOX 400 vs HARDOX 450 Wear Chart)

Due to its high strength, HARDOX plate has better dimensional stability and thus sustains a smaller amount of permanent deformation. Thinner plate can also be used, which then results in a higher payload, often challenging aluminum construction with its light weight and many times greater resistance to wear and impact.
(Chart 3: HARDOX Wear Plate vs. Aluminum)

The combination of impact and abrasion resistance makes HARDOX 450 ideal for Beau-Roc's Diamond design dump body and long life cycle container products. (See video 4.)

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