Hardox® (R) 500 Tuf
Hardox® 500 Tuf is the world’s toughest wear plate with structural properties, offering exceptional strength, hardness, and guaranteed toughness in a single product. This outstanding material is ideal for the most demanding applications and has proven its performance globally in truck and tipper bodies, containers, mining dumpers, buckets, and various attachments, as well as in agricultural equipment, liners, and wear parts. Its impressive toughness enables it to function as a structural material in heavy-duty products like recycling containers, dump bodies, and buckets, even in freezing conditions. Combining the best qualities of Hardox® 450 and Hardox® 500, this wear plate stands unrivalled in the market.
Hardox® (R) 500 Tuf Stockholder & Supplier
MTL Advanced Ltd is one of the largest Hardox® Wearparts Centre’s in the UK and is a Hardox® (R) 500 Tuf stockholder and processor to clients in a range of industries around the world.
Hardox® 500 Tuf wear plate is the latest upgrade to the Hardox® range. This high strength steel combines the best properties from Hardox® 450 and Hardox® 500, producing a wear plate with no real competition on the market.
We hold stock of Hardox® 500 Tuf in various thicknesses from 3.0mm to 25.4mm and due to our extensive in-house manufacturing capabilities, can laser/waterjet cut, bend & fold, machine and fabricate Hardox® 500 Tuf to the UK’s highest standards.
Hardox® 500 Tuf Sheet:
Thickness(mm) = 3.0 - 6.0
Hardness(HBW) = 475 - 505
Typical Yield Strength (MPa) Not Guaranteed = 1250 - 1400
Hardox® 500 Tuf Plate:
Thickness(mm) = 4.0 - 25.4
Hardness(HBW) = 475 - 505
Typical Yield Strength (MPa) Not Guaranteed = 1250 - 1400
C (max %): 0.30
Si (max %): 0.70
Mn (max %): 1.60
P (max %):0.020
S (max %): 0.010
Cr (max %): 1.50
Ni (max %): 1.50
Mo (max %): 0.60
B (max %): 0.005
Thickness (Sheet 3.0 - 6.0):
Max CET(CEV) - 0.38 (0.54)
Typ CET(CEV) - 0.30 (0.40)
Thickness (Plate 4.0 -16.0):
Max CET(CEV) - 0.38 (0.54)
Typ CET(CEV) - 0.36 (0.52)
Thickness (Plate 16.1 - 25.4):
Max CET(CEV) - 0.39 (0.55)
Typ CET(CEV) - 0.37 (0.53)
Fabrication and other recommendations
Welding, bending and machining. Recommendations can be found in SSAB’s brochures at www.hardox.com or consult Tech Support, techsupport@ssab.com.
Hardox® 500 Tuf is not intended for further heat treatment. It has obtained its mechanical properties by quenching and when necessary by means of subsequent tempering. The properties of the delivery condition cannot be retained after exposure to temperatures in excess of 250ºC.
Appropriate health and safety precautions must be taken when welding, cutting, grinding or otherwise working on this product. Grinding, especially of primer coated plates, may produce dust with a high particle concentration.
What is Hardox® (R) 500 Tuf?
Hardox® 500 Tuf delivers exceptional strength in a single wear plate and is also lighter and more durable. This is due to its unique combination of hardness and toughness. It has the toughness necessary to perform as a structural material in various different industries including Recycling, Construction, Mining and anywhere when heavy-duty products are necessary. Hardox® 500 Tuf is also workshop friendly and can be processed by the same machinery used for other grades of Hardox® and has a similar bendability recommendations to those for Hardox® 450.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Thickness (mm) – 3.0 – 25.4
Hardness* (HBW) – 475 – 505
Typical yield strength (MPa) not guaranteed – 1250 – 1400
*Brinell hardness, HBW, according to EN ISO 6506-1, on a milled surface 0.5– 3 mm below surface. At least one test specimen per heat and 40 tons.
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