Hardox® 500 Tuf

More payload

How come a tipper body or bucket in Hardox^® 500 Tuf steel can deliver more payload? Simply because it can make equipment lighter through thinner dimensions and less heavy wear packages while maintaining its high durability.

Watch this beast in action

See what happens when a plate of Hardox^® 500 Tuf meets up with some massive boulders in the toughest of conditions. Bring on the boulders and experience the Hardox^® 500 Tuf difference.

Can your valuable mining equipment take a pounding every day and still reach high levels of productivity and profitability? Schlam knows that it can, with a boost in loading capacity of up to 20%. You too can protect your investments with Hardox^® 500 Tuf in mining haul truck bodies. It has a guaranteed narrow Brinell hardness range of 475-505 HBW, an impact energy of 27 J at -20°C (20 ft-lb at -4°F) and a typical value of 50 J at -40°C (37 ft-lb at -40°F), making it the optimal choice in cold conditions.

Using Hardox^® 500 Tuf in concrete mixers makes them lighter and more durable. The German company Stetter knows this firsthand, since it was able to the cut weight of its mixer drums. The additional hardness Hardox^® 500 Tuf gives, compared to Hardox^® 400 and Hardox^® 450, allows for thinner dimensions that reduce drum weight with the same high wear life. Alternatively, if you keep the same thickness the drum lasts longer. Either way, Hardox^® 500 Tuf makes any concrete mixer drum more competitive.