450 is probably the world’s most recognized wear-resistant steel, with tight tolerances and excellent structural properties, only from SSAB. With a nominal hardness of 450 HBW, 450 combines good bendability and excellent weldability. The extra 50 HBW hardness over our Hardox® 400 grade provides better dent and abrasion resistance as well as longer wear life. Or you can use the additional hardness to reduce plate thickness and get lighter equipment.
Where is 450 used?
If we were to list industries where 450 isn’t used, it would be a very short list. Wear is a challenge in most industries, and 450 has been the go-to solution to meet these challenges. Here are some machines and equipment that use 450: Concrete mixers, snow blowers, roll-off containers, excavator and front loader buckets, grapples, shears, garbage trucks, dump trailer bodies, concrete drums, asphalt rollers, potato harvesters, recycling tools, crushers, chutes – just to mention a few.
Dimension Range
450 is available in thicknesses of 1/8 – 6.299″ as plate, as sheet in thicknesses 0.079 – 0.315″ and as CR sheet in thicknesses 0.031 – 0.083″.
450, made from Zero™ steel, is now available in thicknesses ranging from 0.157 – 1″. For thicknesses over 3.15″ the preferred width is 64.96″. More detailed information ondimensions is provided in the dimension program.
