General information
Center name
SSAB
Country
Publish Date
July 23, 2021
Description of the case
The hammers are used for aluminuim can scrap.
Originally the hammers were cut / fabricated from astralloy V plate. The hammers were overlayed with tungsten carbide.
The hammers have been redesigned to be cut from Hardox® 450 steel plate and hardfaced with complex carbide overlay.
Hammers Original Design ‐Astralloy V plate / tungsten overlay = 8.000.000 Lbs / 3.628.738 kg recycled aluminum before failure
Hammer Redesign ‐Hardox® 450 plate / complex carbide overlay = 24.000,000 Lbs/ 10.886.216 kg recycled aluminum before failure
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Hammers
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0 – 250 °C / 32 – 480 °F
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10 – 300 mm / 0.4 – 12.0 "
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Aluminum scrap
Old solution
Old solution
Thickness
Service life
New solution
New solution
Hardox® 450
Thickness
Service life
Key success factors
Improved service life
300%