Hardox® In My Body

A sign of quality and trust for the best products in the market

Look for the Hardox® In My Body branded sign if you’re looking for bodies that are hard, tough, cost efficient and made from genuine Hardox® wear plate.

This logo on a product verifies that it's been manufactured using Hardox® wear plate and not an inferior imitation. It means that your buckets, containers, mixers, demolition tools or other applications represent a first-class product that delivers unsurpassed wear resistance and impact strength, saving you time and money down the road. So, when you see the Hardox® in My Body sign you can be sure you're getting a superior steel product manufactured by a qualified program member.

Each application with the sign attached has passed our strict quality control and is approved as a premium product by the SSAB board. Specialists within wear and structural technology carefully analyze each application regarding welding quality, manufacturing process and design. The sign of quality with premium ingredients gives you as a user a significantly higher used equipment value. Each sign has a unique ID that is traceable and can secure the origin and material. Find out the origin of your Hardox® In My Body product by sending your ID number to hardoxinmybody@ssab.com

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Payload and service life

Get extra payload and longer service life for a better payoff on your investments.

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Payload and service life

Get extra payload and longer service life for a better payoff on your equipment investments.

Hardox® wear-resistant steel helps to reduce weight and extend the service life of truck bodies, containers, dumpers, buckets, garbage trucks and more.

Originally intended as wear plate, it turns out that Hardox® steel can act as a load-carrying part in many applications due to its unique combination of hardness and toughness. With Hardox® wear plate, you can design structures that are wear-resistant, strong and lightweight, all at the same time.

Today, Hardox® has come a long way from its early years. It comes in a much wider range, and the traditional Hardox® wear plate is also available as wear-resistant tubes and round bars.

A die-hard steel for long-living equipment

Extreme abrasion resistance has always been the key to Hardox® wear plate’s success. Today, it’s harder and tougher than ever, able to withstand heavy impact without permanent deformation or cracking. So if you’re an equipment or machine operator, don’t worry: Hardox® can fend off shocks, jolts, bangs, nicks and jabs. This steel can take a beating and keep on performing, day after day.

If you or your customers are fleet or equipment owners, think of equipment containing Hardox® steel as a strategic business investment. You’ll appreciate that you can easily extend the service life of your equipment by two, three, five or ten times or more. Not only does this add to the lifespan, but without ugly cracks and dents your equipment looks better while in use, too.

The proof is in the payload

Hardox® wear plate in truck, container or concrete mixer bodies helps you reduce vehicle weight to improve fuel economy, increase legal truck payload and even downsize to a smaller, often more fuel-efficient, vehicle.

The lower weight from lighter bodies allows fleets to carry more load using the same vehicles. For example, a lighter dumpster container made of Hardox® steel means an increased load capacity of 10-20% or even more in some applications.

This extra capacity may result in fewer trips per day because the vehicle can carry more payload. A lower curb weight also reduces fuel consumption and in turn operating costs. As an extra bonus, 100% of Hardox® wear plate can be recycled at the end of its lifetime without loss of its properties or performance.

So whether you need to move a mountain, dig a ditch or carry a heavy load, Hardox® steel works hard to contribute to a stronger, lighter and more sustainable world.

A sign of quality

The Hardox® In My Body trademark sign on a product verifies that it is manufactured using Hardox® wear steel.

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A sign of quality

Can you trust the quality of the steel in your equipment and machines? If you’re not sure, you might be putting yourself at risk: risk that your equipment might crack or break, or not last as long as it should. In safety-sensitive industries, cracked or substandard equipment can even compromise worker safety — a risk definitely not worth taking.

That’s why it’s a good idea to turn to a Hardox® In My Body manufacturer. They’re dedicated to supplying Hardox® bodies that weigh less, perform better, last longer, carry more payloads and offer better fuel economy.

The Hardox® In My Body trademark sign on a product verifies that it is manufactured using Hardox® wear steel and represents a first-class product that delivers superior resistance to wear, dents and cracks even under the harshest conditions. Leading manufacturers whose products meet SSAB’s quality requirements are granted licenses to put the Hardox® In My Body logo on their products. These companies have extensive knowledge of steel properties, fully understand the advantages of Hardox® products and continuously apply this knowledge to their product development.

Hardox® In My Body manufacturers benefit from priority access to SSAB’s latest expertise in material technology, applications and manufacturing methods. This quickly translates into better, more efficient products. So if you're an operator, why not demand the best and ask your supplier for a guaranteed Hardox® product?

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Excavation equipment loses weight, gains better image

Customer case

Excavation equipment loses weight, gains better image

After two years of using Hardox® in its applications, Antech Attachments Co. Ltd joined SSAB’s Hardox® in My Body program. The company, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of high-quality excavator teeth, buckets and attachments, relies on the high performance of Hardox® to gain a competitive advantage.

Excavation equipment loses weight, gains better image

The challenge

As a manufacturer of earthmoving attachments for the global construction and mining equipment markets, Antech Attachments must ensure that its products can stand up to tough working conditions.

“Before we used Hardox® in our excavator buckets, we were constantly battling with bent cutting edges and bucket floors due to the lower tensile strength of the steel we used,” says Henry Liao, Antech Attachments’ Company Director. “Cracks around the wear lining were common due to its poor weldability and low impact toughness.”

As a result, the company was forced to build its buckets with heavier gauge steel in order to maintain bucket life, which made the buckets heavier and more costly to produce.

The solution

Excavation equipment loses weight gains better image

By using Hardox® wear plate in its products, the company was able to cut bucket weight by as much as 30 percent, while maintaining the same or better wear life. “Hardox®’s superior wear performance, good weldability and formability allow us to produce high-performing attachments and keeps us ahead of our competition,” says Liao.

As the company gained success by using Hardox® in its products, many of its competitors also adopted similar types of wear-resistant steel from various sources. “Though they all claim to be quenched and tempered wear steel, we believe the quality does vary,” confirms Liao.

We believe that joining the Hardox® in My Body program will improve our product image by spreading a clear message to our clients that we are using high-quality, wear-resistant steel to ensure long product life and performance,” explains Liao.

Customer benefits

Overall bucket weight reduced by 20–25%
Buckets’ useful life extended 50%
Constant durability
Premium quality offering boosted brand image in eyes of customers

Intermix builds the world’s first Hardox® concrete mixer

Customer case

Intermix builds the world’s first Hardox® concrete mixer

A new lightweight concrete mixer, made from 3-millimeter Hardox® plates, is delivering significant cost savings for its users.

Intermix builds the world’s first Hardox concrete mixer

Intermix, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of concrete mixers, values innovation, flexibility and quality in its mixers. In early 2012, the German company launched a lightweight concrete mixer using 3-millimeter Hardox steel plates for both the concrete drum and the inner spiral. The new mixer already makes up 60 percent of the company’s sales.

The challenge – how to lightweight a concrete mixer truck

For truck mixers, a minimal empty weight is crucial for business. Weight reductions increase payload and lower the costs of fuel, tires, fees and taxes. And in some countries, weight reductions help companies comply with regulations on empty and total weight.

Intermix wanted to optimize the payload of its vehicles since concrete is heavy at 2.4 tonnes per cubic meter. German road regulations allow a maximum total weight of 32 tonnes, while an average four-axle concrete mixer weighs about 14 tonnes empty.

The solution – An 18% lighter truck that still maintains a long service life

Hardox constructions have been around for a while in dump trucks, but no attempts had been made to use it in a light concrete mixer. The company teamed up with SSAB to learn how to work with the thinner, highly wear-resistant Hardox plates. On January 16, 2012, the company received its Hardox® in My Body license.

“We are proud to be the first on the world market with a Hardox in My Body concrete mixer,” says Harald Schmidt, sales director at Intermix. “Considering the huge interest we’re seeing in Germany and other countries, we expect it to sell well in a large part of the European market in the near future.”

“Compared to the 4.5-millimeter standard steel that we used before, the lightweight version reduces the weight of the structure by as much as 18 percent,” continues Schmidt. “The most important part is that Hardox is so wear resistant that the lifetime of the concrete mixer stays the same even with reduced steel thickness.”

The new lightweight concrete mixer addresses precisely this point. Thanks to the excellent properties of Hardox in terms of hardness, toughness, strength, and wear-and-tear, these low sheet thicknesses achieve the same service life with a reduced empty weight.

Customer benefits

Up to 18% weight savings
Lower usage and operating costs
Constant durability
Higher payload

Hardox® in garbage trucks proves to be worth its weight

Customer case

Hardox® in garbage trucks proves to be worth its weight

When SITA Deutschland GmbH wanted 12 new state-of-the-art waste disposal trucks with specially developed containers, it relied on the partnership of Becker Machine Construction and Containerbau Hameln for high quality and on-time delivery.

The challenge

When SITA Deutschland GmbH wanted 12 new, state-of-the-art waste disposal trucks with specially developed containers, it relied on the partnership of Becker Machine Construction and Containerbau Hameln for high quality and on-time delivery.

The solution

Containerbau Hameln, a partner of Becker Machine Construction for nearly 30 years and member of the Hardox® in My Body program, produced the containers.

“Thanks to Hardox® wear plate, no bracing was necessary to stabilize the containers,” explains Volker Greiner, Containerbau Hameln representative. “Instead there is a depression on the sides, which keeps the containers from extending or deforming.”

Because of the light but strong Hardox® plates, it was possible to construct the sides using 3.2 mm Hardox® and the floor 4.0 mm. The effect: the containers are a tonne lighter and the truck with trailer can take up to two tonnes more load. This represents a 20% increase in payload.

In addition, the containers have a moveable inner wall, which makes it possible to separate glass by color into two different compartments when, for example, collecting glass. This saves fuel and time.

When delivering the trucks to Hassfurt, Germany, SITA representative Gerd Baumann praised the commitment of all the parties involved.

“Quality requires reliability, and reliability has a price,” says Baumann. “But thanks to their advantages as opposed to cheaper alternatives, these high-quality trucks save costs through higher work efficiency and a longer lifespan.”

Jürgen Mielke, CEO of Becker Machine Construction, is also very pleased. “Thanks to its partners’ commitment and ideas, SITA has achieved an innovative and unique solution that is tailor-made for its use in waste disposal,” he says.

Customer benefits

20% payload gain
Optimized container design helped extend lifespan, cut fuel costs and save time
As member of renowned Hardox® in My Body program, company could deliver high-quality, reliable product and customized total solution to end customer

Serial numbers for traceability

SSAB takes the quality of our Hardox® products very seriously. In fact, all

Hardox® In My Body product stickers carry a serial number that can be used to track the exact manufacturer and product.

Want to check the authenticity of your machine or equipment? Just send the serial number of your Hardox® In My Body sign to hardoxinmybody@ssab.com.

A sign of trust

Although anyone can buy a product branded with Hardox® In My Body, not just anyone can make such a product.

So, if you see the Hardox® In My Body product logo you can be sure it was manufactured to the highest standards by a qualified program member. All members have been thoroughly assessed to earn the right to display their sticker. Once a company becomes a member, it must continue to maintain and uphold stringent professional criteria.