Armox 500T

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General description of products

High-strength armor with extraordinary strength properties.

Armox® 500T is the world’s strongest protection plate with a nominal hardness of 500 HBW for use in vehicles, buildings and many other applications.

The benefits of Armox® 500T include:

  • Market-leading steel protection
  • Great features of the workshop
  • Optimized solutions
  • The perfect balance between hardness and strength for combined penetration and impact protection
  • Ballistic protection expertise from SSAB

It offers vehicle developers new ways to increase protection through lightweight structures.

Armox® 500T is not intended for further heat treatment.

Mechanical properties

THICKNESS
(mm )
HARDNESS
(HBW )
YIELD LIMIT R P0.2
(ХВ . MPa)
BREAKING STRENGTH R M
(MPa )
EXTENSION A 5
(MIN .%)
EXTENSION A 50
(MIN .%)
3,0 – 80,0 480 – 540 1250 1450 – 1750 роки 8 10

Mechanical tests

Brinell hardness test according to EN ISO 6506-1 for each individual heat treatment.

Charpy impact test according to EN ISO 148 at each heating and thickness from 6 mm.

Tensile test according to EN ISO 6892 at each heating and thickness less than 19.9 mm.

Ultrasonic control

According to EN ISO 10 160, class E3 S3.

Impact properties

THICKNESS
(mm )
MINIMUM IMPACT ENERGY FOR TRANSVERSE TESTING,
TEST SAMPLE SHARPIE V 10X10 MM1)
3,0 – 80,0 32 Дж / -40 °C

1) Average of three tests. Across the rolling direction. Single value min. 70% of the specified average. For plates less than 12 mm thick, an undersized Charpy-V specimen is used. Then the specified minimum value is proportional to the cross section of the sample.

Chemical composition (bucket sample)

*)
(МАКС. % )
SI *)
(МАКС. % )
MN *)
(МАКС. % )
P
(МАКС. % )
S
(МАКС. % )
CR *)
(МАКС. % )
NI *)
(МАКС. % )
МО *)
(МАКС. % )
*)
(МАКС. % )
0,32 0,40 1.20 0,010 0,003 1,0 1) 1,80 1) 0,70 0,005

1) For plates with thickness >70 mm Cr ≤ 1.5 and Ni ≤3.5.
Grained steel. * ) Intentional alloying elements.

Tolerances

More detailed information can be found in SSAB’s Armox® Guarantees brochure or at www.ssab.com.

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Thickness

THICKNESS
(mm )
ADMISSION
(mm )
3,0 – 12,9 – 0,0 / + 0,6
13,0 – 20,0 – 0,0 / + 0,8
20,1 – 39,9 – 0,0 / + 1,0
40,0 – 59,9 – 0,0 / + 1,4
60,0 – 80,0 – 0,0 / + 1,6

Length and width

According to SSAB size program.

  • Tolerances conform to EN 10 029 or SSAB standard upon approval.
  • Tolerances on the dimensions of a sheet with a milled edge according to a special agreement.
  • ≤ 45.0 mm cutter edge as standard.

Form

Tolerances according to EN 10029.

Flatness

Tolerances according to Armox® flatness guarantees which are more restrictive than EN 10029 Class N (L type steel).

Surface quality

According to EN 10163-2, class B, subclass 3.