Excavator buckets and front loader buckets in Hardox® wear plate

Excellent hardness throughout the entire thickness of the plate, unbeatable toughness, and leading bendability and weldability. Hardox® wear plate makes a great abrasion-resistant steel choice for excavator buckets and loader buckets to increase service life.

You can upgrade as far as up to Hardox® 600 for parts subject to severe wear, for example wear pads and wear strips. The lifetime of Hardox® 500 in field tests has been proven to be more than 3 times that of an AR400 competitor product alternatives (either AR400 competitor product), and more than 1.5 times that of an AR450/450 HBW steel.

For grizzly bars and screening buckets, Hardox® 400 round bars are perfect thanks to their good weldability, hardness and excellent toughness.

Hardox® In My Body earthmoving attachments lose weight, gain better image

Instead of battling bent cutting edges and cracks in their buckets due to a lower-strength steel, Antech Attachments stepped up its game and started making its excavator buckets in Hardox® 450.

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WearCalc calculator app or desktop version for calculating equipment wear and service life.

WearCalc – Maximize equipment wear resistance and calculate the savings

WearCalc™ 3.2.5 makes tough decisions about choosing the right wear plate easy.

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?

Take your business to the next level

As a member of the Hardox® In My Body community you get direct, prioritized access to SSAB’s resources for design and manufacturing with Hardox® wear plate. Collaborating with SSAB will help strengthen your position on the market. If you’re an SSAB customer and use Hardox® wear steel today, we encourage you to explore the benefits of becoming a member. Together we will make your business and equipment perform on the next level.