Get high strength, extreme hardness and guaranteed toughness in a single wear plate with Hardox® 500 Tuf

The new generation of wear plate for tipper trailers, mining and agriculture dump bodies, buckets, containers and other equipment exposed to heavy wear.

Hardox^® 500 Tuf wear plate is the latest upgrade in the Hardox range. It delivers exceptional strength, hardness and toughness in a single wear plate, guaranteed.

And although it’s a newcomer to the Hardox family, it has proved its worth around the world in tipper bodies, containers, mining tippers and trays, buckets of all kinds, agricultural equipment, liners and wear parts. Hardox^® 500 Tuf combines the best properties from Hardox^® 450 and Hardox^® 500. The result? A wear plate with no real competition on the market.

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Tippers load more and last longer with Hardox® 500 Tuf

A tipper body made of Hardox^® 500 Tuf is lighter and more durable due to its unique combination of hardness and toughness. Hardox^® 500 Tuf lets you design low-weight bodies with the wear-resistant qualities of much heavier structures. That's what Italian OEM Mantella did. Discover how they saved 365 kg (805 lbs.) in the body of their Stratosphere tipper trailer.

Not only does it deliver high wear resistance – Hardox^® 500 Tuf is also tough enough to perform as a structural wear plate in heavy-duty tipper and truck bodies. This offers new opportunities for reducing or eliminating supporting structures, allowing Hardox^® 500 Tuf to take the load instead. A tipper body without reinforcing beams is stronger and lighter, and saves a lot of costly welding. A lower tare weight of the body means more payload, less fuel per transported ton and fewer trips on the road. Its high performance is also proven in cold climates and freezing conditions.

ALL ABOUT HARDOX^® 500 TUF IN TIPPERS AND DUMP TRUCKS

Increase payload and service life for buckets, dippers and attachments in Hardox® 500 Tuf

A bucket or attachment made in Hardox^® 500 Tuf combines extreme hardness and toughness with excellent welding and machining properties. Thanks to the high wear resistance of Hardox^® 500 Tuf, buckets and other attachments last longer. This helps you avoid costly repairs, rebuilds and parts replacement.

Compared to traditional buckets with heavy wear packages, a bucket or dipper made in Hardox^® 500 Tuf is wear resistant, tough and gives a longer service life with fewer add-on wear parts. Achieve 30–50% longer service life over Hardox^® 450, and 85–100% longer service life compared to a 400 Brinell steel or other generic AR steel.

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Hardox® 500 Tuf for high productivity in mining

Hardox^® 500 Tuf adds new levels of productivity and cost-efficiency in mining. Handling blasted rock and ore in a mining tray is not only highly abrasive, it also needs a steel that can take heavy impact. Hardox^® 500 Tuf has a typical hardness of 500 HBW for high wear resistance. What makes Hardox^® 500 Tuf special is it combines high hardness with high toughness, with guaranteed narrow Brinell hardness range of 475-505 HBW. The wear plate has a guaranteed impact energy of 27 J at -20°C (20 ft-lb at -4°F) and a typical value of 45 J at -40°C (33 ft-lb at -40°F), making it the optimal choice for mining in cold and freezing conditions. See how Austin Engineering makes its mining bodies 25% lighter.

SAVE 25% WEIGHT IN MINING

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Hardox® 500 Tuf is a recycling champion

Containers made of Hardox^® 500 Tuf are light and strong and stand up to any recycling challenge. Heavy and sharp materials like steel scrap, concrete rebar and demolition scrap are no match for Hardox^® 500 Tuf. The container can handle the toughest of loads and still return in good shape at the end of the day.

THE RIGHT STEEL FOR RECYCLING

The beast is upgraded! Experience the difference Hardox® 500 Tuf makes

Longer service life for all kinds of abrasive materials

With Hardox^® WearCalc software from SSAB, you can calculate and determine the increase in service life of equipment made in Hardox^® 500 Tuf compared with generic AR steel with lower hardness values. A calculation based on sliding wear with granite shows a:

30-50% longer service life than a 450 HBW material, and
85-100% longer service life than a 400 HBW material, the hardness value of many generic AR steels with lower hardness values.

Similar calculations can also be performed for other abrasive materials, such as coal, iron ore, limestone, sand, glass and household waste containing metal.

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Workshop-friendly: Reliable and productive in the workshop

Hardox^® 500 Tuf is a clean steel with extremely consistent, guaranteed properties for flatness, thickness and bending performance. Download Hardox Guarantees to see how you can ensure predictable fabrication in the workshop.

You can weld the steel using any conventional technique, and no pre-heating is needed up to 25.4 mm (1 in.). Same applies for cutting and machining, making the upgrade to Hardox^® 500 Tuf a smooth process. Download the Hardox Welding brochure to learn more.

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The lifetime of Zetterberg’s dumpers increases by 40 percent

”Since we upgraded the steel to Hardox^® 500 Tuf wear-resistant steel, we have increased the useful life of our dumpers by at least 40 percent.”

THE INSIDE SCOOP ON ZETTERBERG’S EXPERIENCE WITH HARDOX^® 500 TUF

Hardox® 500 Tuf

USED FOR

DIMENSIONS

STANDARDS

DATA SHEET

USED FOR

Wear Resistant

DIMENSIONS

T: 3 - 25.4 mm

W: Up to 3350 mm

L: Up to 14630 mm

STANDARDS

EN 10029

Hardox® 500 Tuf

The new generation of wear plate for tipper trailers, mining and agriculture dump bodies, buckets, containers and other equipment exposed to heavy wear.

Tippers load more and last longer with Hardox® 500 Tuf

Increase payload and service life for buckets, dippers and attachments in Hardox® 500 Tuf

Hardox® 500 Tuf for high productivity in mining

Hardox® 500 Tuf is a recycling champion

The beast is upgraded! Experience the difference Hardox® 500 Tuf makes

Longer service life for all kinds of abrasive materials

Workshop-friendly: Reliable and productive in the workshop

Hardox^® 500 Tuf trial material

The lifetime of Zetterberg’s dumpers increases by 40 percent

Dimension Range

Available Standards

Download data sheet

Hardox® 500 Tuf

Hardox® 500 Tuf

USED FOR

DIMENSIONS

STANDARDS

DATA SHEET

USED FOR

DIMENSIONS

STANDARDS

DATA SHEET

Hardox® 500 Tuf

The new generation of wear plate for tipper trailers, mining and agriculture dump bodies, buckets, containers and other equipment exposed to heavy wear.

Tippers load more and last longer with Hardox® 500 Tuf

Increase payload and service life for buckets, dippers and attachments in Hardox® 500 Tuf

Hardox® 500 Tuf for high productivity in mining

Hardox® 500 Tuf is a recycling champion

The beast is upgraded! Experience the difference Hardox® 500 Tuf makes

Longer service life for all kinds of abrasive materials

Workshop-friendly: Reliable and productive in the workshop

Hardox® 500 Tuf trial material

The lifetime of Zetterberg’s dumpers increases by 40 percent

Dimension Range

Available Standards

Download data sheet

Hardox® 500 Tuf

Hardox® 500 Tuf

USED FOR

DIMENSIONS

STANDARDS

DATA SHEET

USED FOR

DIMENSIONS

STANDARDS

DATA SHEET

Hardox^® 500 Tuf trial material