SSAB, Sweden, has launched the Hardox Tube 500 range of tubular high strength steel that provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox steel wear plate, but in tubular form. It was developed to give outstanding performance in any application where high wear resistance in combination with a lighter product solution is beneficial. Hardox Tube 500 is suitable for transporting all types of abrasive materials such as wet concrete, soil, gravel, and ore slurry.
Its extreme wear resistance allows for a lighter product with a long service life. It can increase the competitiveness of certain products by extending their service life by two, five, ten times, or more. Hardox Tube 500 is available from stock in 88.9-133 mm diameters and a range of wall thicknesses. Custom tubes in thinner materials and other diameters are also available.
“The new Hardox Tube 500 range completes the existing Hardox family product range. We have long experience in developing wear-resistant steel tubes. The final properties are set after tube rolling and welding, which guarantees consistency as well as high hardness and toughness qualities, just like all Hardox products,” says Fredrik Mikaelsson, Manager for Tubes & Sections.
