Customer case
Less weight makes light work
December 20, 2019
5 min read
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Raw material handling
The high productivity mining backhoe in Hardox® HiTuf, 450, 500 and 550 offers a totally new design concept, reducing the weight by up to 25% and increasing the payload capacity by up to 15%. This means fewer working cycles for the same load moved – in addition to additional safety and maintenance cost benefits.
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, average | 250 litres/hour |
| Machine usage per year | 8 000 hours/year |
| Service lifetime | 12 months |
| Bucket payload capacity (before upgrading) | 35 300 kg |
| Bucket capacity (after upgrading) | 41 000 kg |
| Weight of bucket (before upgrading) | 24 000 kg |
| Weight of bucket (after upgrading) | 18 000 kg |
| Wear resistant steel saved during lifetime | 10 600 kg |