Customer case

Less steel – more coal

July 04, 2019

5 min read

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Trailers and body builders

This truck is operating in a mountain environment, with steep incline. This makes saving weight even more important. The new tipper body design is made of Hardox® 450, increasing the heavy duty tipper’s load capacity by about 8% compared to similar solutions of standard design. In addition to this, the life-time of the body is doubled from 5 years to 10 years.

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	350 litres/100 km
Fuel consumption,without load	90 litres/100 km
Machine usage per year	35 000 km/year
Distance with maximum load	50 %
Service lifetime	10 years
Maximum payload (before upgrading)	50 000 kg
Gross weight (fully loaded)	70 000 kg
Weight of original parts	10 000 kg
Weight of upgraded parts	6 000 kg
Wear resistance steel saved during lifetime	10 000 kg