en.Wedoany.com Reported - Philippi-Hagenbuch recently announced that it will use floors made entirely of Hardox 500 Tuf steel for all its custom truck bodies to enhance durability when transporting highly abrasive materials. This upgrade aims to reduce maintenance frequency and extend product service life. Compared to the previously used 450 Brinell hardness steel, the floor life can be extended by up to 50%.

Since its founding in 1969, Philippi-Hagenbuch has specialized in designing and manufacturing truck bodies for transporting materials such as coal, scrap metal, aggregates, waste, hard ore, and oil sands. Josh Swank, the company's Chief Growth Officer, stated that the company spent eight years researching Hardox 500 Tuf material, including visits to steel mills, collaboration with metallurgists, and internal analysis, to ensure providing customers with the most durable solution. Swank emphasized that using consistent steel from reliable mills is a key catalyst for producing high-quality products, and Philippi-Hagenbuch can engineer all components 100% in-house.

Hardox 500 Tuf is an abrasion-resistant steel with a nominal Brinell hardness of 500, featuring high strength, high hardness, and high toughness, making it particularly suitable for transporting the most abrasive materials. In truck body applications, the floor typically endures the most wear and bears the primary impact during loading. When a bucket dumps material into the body, the floor experiences mass impact from large volumes of heavy material and projectile impact from sharp materials. Hardox 500 Tuf steel provides the necessary strength and hardness to resist perforation and structural deformation. This material performs exceptionally well when transporting highly abrasive materials (such as scrap metal, oil sands, iron ore, and gold ore) or highly acidic materials (such as waste), which can damage steels with lower abrasion resistance, leading to more frequent maintenance and shorter life cycles.

Furthermore, Hardox 500 Tuf is formulated with the lowest possible carbon content, maintaining its strength and hardness without becoming brittle in cold climates. Philippi-Hagenbuch defaults to designing its equipment to operate in the harshest environments, including the high temperatures of equatorial regions or the extreme cold of Arctic areas. All the company's custom bodies, regardless of the material they are designed for, will feature 500 Tuf floors.

This comprehensive upgrade signifies a substantial step forward for Philippi-Hagenbuch in improving the durability of its truck bodies, helping customers reduce maintenance costs and extend equipment service life under demanding operating conditions.

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