Customer case

32 tons of CO₂ savings

January 21, 2019

5 min read

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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.

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Savings on CO₂

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Calculation data
Fuel consumption, fully loaded40 litres/100 km
Fuel consumption, without load33 litres/100 km
Machine usage per year100 000 km/year
Distance with maximum load85 %
Service lifetime6 years
Maximum payload (before upgrading)27 000 kg
Gross weight (fully loaded)44 000 kg
Weight of original parts5 800 kg
Weight of upgraded parts4 500 kg