Application of wear-resistant hardox steel

By choosing Hardox products, you can not only optimize performance, but also extend equipment maintenance intervals. The steel of a well-known brand is a godsend, as it combines two incredible qualities – impact strength and hardness. The change in the way steel is made has opened up new ways of designing steel structures, from implementation in the construction industry to practical application in production.

 The role of Hardox in the world of technology

Wear-resistant steel has proven its reliability and durability many times over. Its properties cannot be destroyed by conventional cutting tools, monotonously targeted mechanical action and other factors that cause metal wear.

Steel Hardox is strong enough to resist three types of wear:

• slip wear – characterized by the free movement of abrasive substances (scrap metal, stones, asphalt, gravel, iron ore);
• abrasive wear – affects the parts service resource;
• impact wear – characterized by impacts of pieces at different angles.

Given this characteristic difference, a wide potential for the use of this steel is revealed. In the mining sector, the results of wear-resistant steel sheets at all stages are invaluable, because high costs are spent on maintenance and replacement of elements as a result of wear. Economic benefits affect the maintenance of various equipment:

• loader bucket;
• dump truck body;
• conveyor;
• crusher;
• trolley;
• excavator bucket;
• receiving hopper;
• dozer blade;
• unloading hopper;
• transfer tray.   

High demands are also placed on waste processing processes, which are met by wear-resistant steel – with its use it is possible to make shredders, garbage trucks, grabs, hammer mills, granulator knives, containers, lining plates. The use of such steel has not bypassed road construction, which is organized on the basis of various heavy machines - it is impossible to approach their design without the unsurpassed strength of Hardox sheets. The use of metal sheets Hardox allows you to extend the life of equipment designed for underground workings. Costs and downtime are minimized as the steel has good weldability and resists mechanical damage.