FORA 500 is a water quenched martensitic steel, with a 500HB (51.5 HRC), typical hardness, resistant to very severe abrasion wear. Thanks to its mechanical properties, good toughness, high hardness and strength, FORA 500 steel can be used wherever a sliding wear resistance is required and where 400 HB steels do not provide sufficiently long service life.

Compared to conventional steels, such as S355, FORA 500 offers a real improvement on the life time of equipment, up to 5 times longer and consequently allows a significant reduction in the design thickness.

FORA 500 steel is particularly suitable for applications such as quarries, construction equipment, mines, cement plants, the iron and steel industry, etc…