Customer case
32 tons of CO₂ savings
January 21, 2019
5 min read
Case details
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Trailers and body builders
In this tipper body, the hardness of the abrasive-resistant steel plates was increased from a 400 HBW steel to Hardox® 450, saving 1.3 tons of weight – equivalent to a weight reduction of 30% for the upgraded parts. This means an increase in the trailer’s load capacity from 27 tons to 28.3 tons, or about 5%.
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/100 km |
| Fuel consumption, without load | 33 litres/100 km |
| Machine usage per year | 100 000 km/year |
| Distance with maximum load | 85 % |
| Service lifetime | 6 years |
| Maximum payload (before upgrading) | 27 000 kg |
| Gross weight (fully loaded) | 44 000 kg |
| Weight of original parts | 5 800 kg |
| Weight of upgraded parts | 4 500 kg |