FORA 450 is a martensitic water quenched steel, with a typical hardness of 450 HB constituting a real answer to abrasive wear. Its toughness, high hardness and yield strength confer it a very good resistance to plastic deformations and to both sliding and impact wear.

FORA 450 exhibits a wear resistance typically equal to 4 times and yield strength 3 times higher than those of a S355. Use of FORA 450 induces a strong improvement in term of lifetime and lightening of equipment through a thickness reduction.

FORA 450 is easy to process, it has a good weldability and a good aptitude to bending, considering its high mechanical properties.

This steel is particularly suitable for applications in quarries, construction industry, mines, cement plants, iron and steel industry, etc…

FORA 450 is a grade specially adapted of truck bodies manufacturing.