Customer case

MB Crusher adds value on site with a crusher bucket made with Hardox® wear plate

March 14, 2022 6 min read

An excavator equipped with a crusher bucket made of Hardox® 400 operating on site.

Case details

Product Hardox® 400

Country Italy

Company MB Crusher S.p.A.

Industry Recycling

Brand program Hardox^® In My Body

Durability is key for a jaw crusher bucket that operates in the toughest environments. MB has been using Hardox® wear plate for more than 20 years and knows that it meets the most extreme challenges.

The entire body of the crusher bucket is manufactured with Hardox^® 400, an abrasion-resistant steel which is both hard and tough. Hardox^® steel has such consistent properties that its tolerances are even stricter than what’s specified in the EN 10029 standard. The result? A crusher bucket which can withstand many years of operation and still stay in good shape.

Case details

Product Hardox® 400

Country Italy

Company MB Crusher S.p.A.

Industry Recycling

Brand program Hardox^® In My Body

“It looks like new. No downtime, nothing to replace.”

Arne Åkesson is a Swedish contractor who has been operating an MB BF90.3 crusher for several years. He uses it mainly for crushing concrete in demolition work. “It just works. There is practically no visible wear, it looks like new. No downtime, nothing to replace. I couldn’t ask for more,” says Åkesson.

Innovative crusher bucket design for higher capacity

When the MB BF90.3 was patented and launched in 2001, it was a major innovation. It opened opportunities for a more flexible use of existing equipment, whether a crawler track excavator, skid loader, front or backhoe loader. An MB crusher bucket fits like any other standard attachment and is powered by the machine’s ordinary hydraulic system. MB’s range of crusher buckets has grown substantially from the first MB BF90.3 with a capacity of 0.9 m3 (1.18 yd3). Now the crusher buckets are available from a handy 0.15 m3 (0.2 yd3) to an impressive 2.3 m3.(3 yd3).

Excavator with an MB BF90.3 crusher bucket is crushing concrete with rebar.

Crushing rebar-filled concrete is no match for MB Crusher’s MB BF90.3 crusher bucket

The customer value of Hardox^® In My Body

MB has been a qualified member of SSAB’s brand program Hardox^® In My Body for about 10 years. The crusher buckets that carry the Hardox^® In My Body sign are certified according to the program’s strict specifications on design and manufacturing. When customers learn about the program and see the sign on the equipment, they know an MB crusher is a quality product made with Hardox^® wear plate.

MB Crusher’s BF90.3 crusher bucket in action crushing inert material.

The BF90.3 crusher bucket performs with any type of inert material, in any tough environment.

Dedicated to crushing performance

MB is an Italian family-owned company with more than 60 years of crushing experience from excavation, road work, quarries, demolition and recycling. The development of an excavator-mounted crusher was a stroke of genius by the company. This patented equipment adds a high grade of flexibility to the crushing operation. Contractors have really embraced this type of equipment, both for the practical and economic benefits. The crusher allows for valuable material to be produced and used on site or elsewhere for road building, foundation work or other applications for crushed rock or concrete.