Bucket design > Carbon footprint of buckets

SSAB EcoUpgraded mobile app

With the SSAB EcoUpgraded app, you can calculate how much the upgrading to high-strength steels reduces the weight of equipment, improves fuel economy and increases product lifetime – all of which reduce the carbon footprint.

Download the app


Open App Store (iPhone, iPad) or Google Play (Android phones and tablets). Search for ”EcoUpgraded”, select ”SSAB EcoUpgraded” and download.

Register


When installed, open the app. Write your business email address, name and company. Change to your business email app. Find the email ”SSAB Mobile support”. Scroll down and click on ”Confirm Your Email”. Now, open the SSAB EcoUpgraded app again. Click on “Complete verification”. You are ready to use it!

Data


Choose ”New Calculation”. Next time, you can choose a saved calculation.
Choose bucket, and a typical machine annual usage hours and bucket lifetime data. Adjust the proposed fuel and weight data.
Input
Input
Machine usage per year
Example
4000
(Metric)
hours/year
Example
4000
(Imperial)
hours/year
Comments
Operation time per year
Input
Input
Service lifetime
Example
5
(Metric)
years
Example
5
(Imperial)
years
Comments
The total number of years the bucket is in use before end-of-life
Input
Input
Fuel consumption, average
Example
70
(Metric)
litres/hour
Example
18
(Imperial)
gallons/hour
Comments
Average fuel consumption for the machine
Input
Input
Currency
Example
EUR
(Metric)

Example
USD
(Imperial)
Comments
Choose your currency
Input
Input
Fuel cost
Example
1.6
(Metric)
EUR/litre
Example
3.2
(Imperial)
USD/gallon
Comments
Average fuel cost
Input
Input
Bucket payload capacity (before upgrading)
Example
4500
(Metric)
kg
Example
9900
(Imperial)
lbs
Comments
Maximum load capacity of the bucket, before upgrading
Input
Input
Bucket payload (after upgrading)
Example
5400
(Metric)
kg
Example
11900
(Imperial)
lbs
Comments
Maximum load capacity of the bucket, after upgrading. Normally the weight saving through upgrading will increase the load capacity of the bucket with the same amount
Input
Input
Weight of bucket (before upgrading)
Example
3900
(Metric)
kg
Example
8600
(Imperial)
lbs
Comments
The total weight of the original bucket, before upgrading
Input
Input
Weight of bucket (after upgrading)
Example
3000
(Metric)
kg
Example
6600
(Imperial)
lbs
Comments
The total weight of the upgraded bucket, after upgrading
Input
Input
Wear resistant steel saved during lifetime
Example
0
(Metric)
kg
Example
0
(Imperial)
lbs
Comments
It is applicable only for buckets that consume wear steel during its lifetime.

Results

The results can be presented in three different ways:

  1. CO2 and fuel lifetime savings: The combined savings from less steel produced, longer service life, less fuel consumed and higher capacity.
  2. Savings in operation: We assume that a specific total load should to be moved over the life time of the vehicle. This can be done with fewer passes, since the bucket can carry more load each pass. The cost savings include less fuel used, less vehicle maintenance needed as well as lower cost for the operator.
  3. Higher capacity in operations: We assume that we continue to run the machine full time with the extra load capacity of the bucket. This means that for the same time period more load will be moved. The revenue increase due to the additional load moved, with the same cost for vehicle maintenance and for the operator.

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The information in this report is only applicable to SSAB’s products and should not be applied to any other products than original SSAB products. 


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