Direct quenched Raex wear-resistant steel is made in a range of thicknesses from 2 mm to 80 mm. (Photo: Ruukki)

Ruukki, a Finland-based company, is now supplying a new wear-resistant steel. The new Reax steel can withstand wear and surface pressure, and the range has been expanded to include the thicker wear-resistant steels for industries like mining.

Raex is made in a range of thicknesses from 2 mm to 80 mm.

The new product can be used to manufacture parts for heavy machinery and equipment designed for excavation, loading, transporting and crushing ore in mines.

Parts can include the buckets for excavators and front-end loaders, tipper bodies for heavy earthmoving machinery, mine conveyor systems, crushers, silos and hoppers.

The thinner grades in the Raex product family have already been used in the transportation industry.

The quality of Raex steels help prolong the lifetime of mining industry machinery and equipment.

Choosing the optimum thickness of a steel in the manufacture of buckets and tipper bodies can help to reduce the overall weight of the equipment itself and thus increase the payload, which in turn cuts fuel consumption.

Raex wear-resistant product has been developed together with Ruukki customers and have excellent cutting, bending and welding properties.

Made using a direct quenching method developed by Ruukki, Raex wear-resistant steels have a hard steel surface and strong microstructure. The method improves the properties of wear-resistant steels and makes them consistent in quality.

www.ruukki.com