150-en-40 Years of wear and still loving it. V1-2014.

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40 YEARS
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The world’s first bendable The rapid acceptance of
and weldable wear plate Hardox was greatly assisted
enters the market. by Lennart Bergqvist and
other dedicated SSAB
people preaching about its
virtues and applications.
LOVING IT
During the first years Hardox® was introduced In Germany Hardox was You can spot Hardox from Hardox teamed up with What is wear, really? The new quenching line Hardox delivers extreme To satisfy the increasing With high pressure,
of production, Hardox in 1983 as the brand name marketed as ‘unverwech- a distance, thanks to its Weldox in a new knowledge Claes Löwgren, one of in Oxelösund was a much performance from XS to demand for a hard and water-cooling and the
hardness and toughness for SSAB’s tough wear selbar’, meaning there is red rust-resistant primer. center, dedicated to many Hardox ambassadors, needed leap in capacity. XL. With the introduction tough steel in the western right steel you are well
impressed everybody. plates with a campaign only one plate deserving As you get closer, any teaching customers about decided to get to the At last the production of a new rolling mill in hemisphere, Hardox is now onyour way to Hardox. It
The flatness, not so much. spearheaded by the the Hardox name. This was doubt about the plate’s best practices for Hardox. bottom of wear. His paper was able to keep up with Borlänge, Sweden, the also ‘Made in the USA’, in just needs another vital
This was solved when a former Swedish heavy- further emphasized when origin vanishes when ‘About wear’ has helped demand – at least for thickness range is widened Mobile, Alabama. ingredient: our many years
new levelling line was weight boxing champion we introduced plate-wide you see its identity users everywhere to a while! to offer wear plates from of knowledge and experi-
installed in Oxelösund. Ingemar Johansson. marking, making it easier repeated over and over select the right Hardox 0.7 mm up to 160 mm. ence in making
to keep track of even small on the surface. for every application. wear plates both hard
pieces of Hardox. and tough.
AS HARDOX TURNS
40, IT’S HARDER
AND TOUGHER
THAN EVER
We intend to keep it that way—always ahead of the competition
In the 1970s, producing bendable wear plates was a ‘mission
impossible’ in most steel producer’s minds. Some people at
the Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB thought differently
and decided to attack the issue head on.
After a fair share of trial and error, out came Hardox with
a unique combination of hardness and toughness. Since
the introduction in 1974, the Hardox range has grown into
thinner, thicker and harder qualities without sacrificing the
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evolution innovation support
all-important toughness. Originally intended as a wear plate,
Hardox is tough enough to double as a load carrying part in
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many applications. It allows for the design of structures that
are wear resistant, strong and lightweight at the same time.
The hardness of Hardox has been steadily increasing Hardox delivers a unique combination of hardness Support for applications and workshop procedures
Don’t just take our word for it. Ask any user and you will
during the years, without sacrificing the necessary and toughness. This opens new and innovative ways has always been a part of Hardox. Our people in the
learn how Hardox delivers extreme performance for their
toughness. For example, 6.5 mm of our hardest quality for our customers to design products that offer Tech Support teams and at the Knowledge Service
extreme challenges.
has the same service life as 80 mm mild steel in similar extreme performance, higher payloads and less Center help you to get the best Hardox solution for
wear conditions. energy consumption. your particular application.