Hardox® wear plate: The unrivaled choice for extreme wear challenges
Survival of the fittest. Built for extended service life and high productivity in the most extreme conditions, Hardox® wear plate is the leading abrasion-resistant steel – hard through and through, from surface to core. Why settle for anything else?
50 years of trusted Hardox® wear plate performance
Performance you can rely on
Backed by 50 years of innovation and product development, Hardox® wear plate delivers hardness and toughness where it matters most. Hard, tough, flexible, bendable, reliable, guaranteed – there are many ways to describe Hardox®, but one thing is constant: 100% quality for equipment that excels even in the most abrasive, corrosive or high-temperature environments. Hardox® is a registered trademark for wear plate produced exclusively by SSAB, the Nordic high-strength steel manufacturer with production facilities in Sweden, Finland and the US.
Survival of the fittest
In nature, only the best-adapted survive. In the world of steel, it’s no different. When equipment faces extreme wear, only the hardest and toughest materials endure. Where others fail, Hardox® wear plate keeps performing.
How Hardox® wear plate supports sustainability
The unique combination of high hardness and toughness makes it possible to design lighter equipment without sacrificing wear resistance or durability. Compared with conventional AR steels, Hardox® wear plate enables less steel in construction, lower equipment weight, reduced maintenance and lower fuel consumption. The result: reduced environmental impact with all of the productivity.
Whatever your wear challenge, we can solve it together
We want you to get the most from Hardox® wear plate – whether you’re using wear sheet, plate, round bars or Hardox® pipes and tubes. No matter the challenges your equipment faces, our experts work closely with the biggest names in the industry – and we’re here to support you, too. Just bring it on!
Boost your payload capacity
Use thinner, stronger Hardox® wear plate to reduce equipment weight and increase payload. Switching from 6 mm (0.236”) to 5 mm (0.197”) Hardox® wear plate reduces weight by 17% – or lets you carry 17% more payload.
Extend equipment service life
Replace mild steel with Hardox® wear plate to dramatically increase equipment durability. Or, use thinner plates to reduce weight while maintaining exceptional wear resistance and long-lasting performance.
Reduce maintenance costs
Not only does Hardox® wear plate help lower maintenance and downtime costs – it also delivers predictable performance. This makes maintenance planning easier, more reliable and more cost-efficient.
Hardox® wear plate – for the hardest-working equipment
Tippers, tipping trailers and dump trucks
Carry more with lighter, stronger dump bodies. Hardox® wear plate allows thinner plates without sacrificing durability, increasing payload while lasting longer than conventional AR steel.
Benefits for tippers, dumpers and dump bodies
Buckets and attachments
Hardox® wear plate is ideal for buckets and attachments. Grades like Hardox® 500 Tuf combine high hardness and high toughness, making it possible to build entire components from a single steel – simplifying production and reducing costs.
Benefits for buckets and attachments
Mines and quarries
In open-pit or underground mines or in quarries, equipment faces extreme wear and impact. Hardox® wear plate in mining equipment delivers the durability you need to keep uptime high and maintenance low.
Benefits for mining and quarry equipment
Waste and recycling
Waste and recycling equipment faces corrosive wear and high temperatures. The Hardox® range includes grades like Hardox® HiAce, designed to perform reliably in these demanding environments.
Benefits in waste and recycling
Cement and concrete
From quarrying to cement production and concrete mixing, Hardox® wear plate provides the hardness for wear resistance and the strength for durability needed for reliable operation and reduced maintenance.
Benefits for cement and concrete
Construction and roadbuilding
Construction sites demand reliable equipment where repair facilities may be limited. Hardox® wear plate delivers the hardness and toughness needed to keep productivity and uptime high.
Benefits for construction equipment
Agriculture and forestry
Agricultural and forestry equipment faces constant abrasion from rocks, sand, soil, and wood. Hardox® wear plate combines hardness and toughness to withstand this continuous wear.
Wood, pulp and paper
Wet and acidic conditions create corrosive wear in wood and pulp processing. Hardox® wear plate helps protect equipment such as chutes, conveyors, chippers and screeners.
High-temperature environments
Hardox® HiAce maintains hardness in high-temperature and corrosive environments up to at least 400 °C (752 °F) – where conventional AR steels lose performance.
Benefits in high temperature applicationsFind the Hardox® wear plate grade that’s right for you
Hardox® wear plate comes in a wide range of grades to meet the demands of hard-wearing applications. Whatever your wear challenge, our material and application specialists can help you choose the right grade. And because Hardox® steel is produced as green steel, it also helps reduce environmental impact.
Don’t gamble with your equipment’s service life and productivity.
Hardox® 500 Tuf, the industry benchmark
Hardox® 500 Tuf is the new generation wear plate with exceptional hardness, strength and toughness in a single plate. 100% quality, guaranteed. With its unique combination of hardness and toughness, it’s ideal for equipment with high structural requirements, such as mining trays, tipper bodies, scrap recycling containers, concrete mixers and buckets.
Find out more about Hardox® 500 Tuf
Hardox® HiAce: Built to fight wear, corrosion and heat
Hardox® HiAce is a corrosion-resistant wear steel developed for equipment exposed to corrosion, wear and heat in especially challenging conditions. It helps to extend service life and maintain reliable performance in applications where standard AR steels fall short.
Find out more about Hardox® HiAce
Look deeper into world’s hardest and toughest abrasion-resistant steel
Whatever your wear challenge, Hardox® wear plate has you covered. The Hardox® product range – including wear plate, wear sheet, round bar, pipe, and tube – protects all types of equipment from wear. Need to upgrade? Our local technical support team can help you analyze your wear situation, recommend the right material, or improve your design to get the most from Hardox®. You bring the application expertise, we bring the high-strength steel expertise – together, we tackle the toughest wear challenges.
Real results – the true Hardox® wear plate difference
“The special combination of properties makes Hardox® HiAce a great fit for bulk material handling.”
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“Hardox® 500 Tuf is super resistant and has higher elasticity, so we can use thinner gauges than before.”
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“My HYPER bucket in Hardox® 500 Tuf weighs 200 kg (441 lbs.) less than a standard bucket.”
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Level up with Hardox® In My Body
Hardox® In My Body branded equipment shows a commitment to great design and quality manufacturing. Only products using Hardox® wear plate and meeting strict build specifications can display the Hardox® In My Body sign. As a user, you can trust that this equipment delivers exceptional performance and durability.
Wear parts tougher than the rest
Hardox® Wearparts operates a global network of over 500 certified centers that turn Hardox® wear plate into high-performance wear parts. They provide expert wear services, maintenance solutions and advanced processing capabilities to help you achieve maximum productivity – even in the most extreme wear environments.