Customer case

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October 30, 2018 6 min read

Case details

Industry Trailers and body builders

This new body design is made of Hardox® 450 and 500, increasing the dumper’s load capacity by about 11% compared to the original design. It is partly due to the redesign and upgrading of wear liners, saving approximately 80% of their weight.

Case details

Industry Trailers and body builders

SSAB EcoUpgraded

Together with our customers, SSAB continually upgrades steel and equipment designs. SSAB EcoUpgraded saves CO₂ both in steel production and during the full lifetime of the machine.

From the CO₂ payback time and onwards, every extra hour brings additional savings.

Savings on CO₂

	Calculation data
Fuel consumption, fully loaded	40 litres/hour
Fuel consumption, without load	20 litres/hour
Machine usage per year	2 000 hours/year
Distance with maximum load	60 %
Service lifetime	10 years
Maximum payload (before upgrading)	32 380 kg
Gross weight (fully loaded)	63 440 kg
Weight of original parts	7 200 kg
Weight of upgraded parts	3 500 kg
Wear resistance steel saved during lifetime	5 000 kg

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