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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.

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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	Example	(Metric)	Example	(Imperial)	Comments
Machine usage per year	4000	hours/year	4000	hours/year	Operation time per year
Service lifetime	5	years	5	years	The total number of years the bucket is in use before end-of-life
Fuel consumption, average	70	litres/hour	18	gallons/hour	Average fuel consumption for the machine
Currency	EUR		USD		Choose your currency
Fuel cost	1.6	EUR/litre	3.2	USD/gallon	Average fuel cost
Bucket payload capacity (before upgrading)	4500	kg	9900	lbs	Maximum load capacity of the bucket, before upgrading
Bucket payload (after upgrading)	5400	kg	11900	lbs	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
Weight of bucket (before upgrading)	3900	kg	8600	lbs	The total weight of the original bucket, before upgrading
Weight of bucket (after upgrading)	3000	kg	6600	lbs	The total weight of the upgraded bucket, after upgrading
Wear resistant steel saved during lifetime	0	kg	0	lbs	It is applicable only for buckets that consume wear steel during its lifetime.

Input

Machine usage per year

Example

4000

(Metric)

hours/year

Example

4000

(Imperial)

hours/year

Comments

Operation time per year

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Input

Service lifetime

Example

(Metric)

years

Example

(Imperial)

years

Comments

The total number of years the bucket is in use before end-of-life

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Input

Fuel consumption, average

Example

(Metric)

litres/hour

Example

(Imperial)

gallons/hour

Comments

Average fuel consumption for the machine

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Input

Currency

Example

EUR

(Metric)

Example

USD

(Imperial)

Comments

Choose your currency

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Input

Fuel cost

Example

1.6

(Metric)

EUR/litre

Example

3.2

(Imperial)

USD/gallon

Comments

Average fuel cost

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Input

Bucket payload capacity (before upgrading)

Example

4500

(Metric)

Example

9900

(Imperial)

lbs

Comments

Maximum load capacity of the bucket, before upgrading

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Input

Bucket payload (after upgrading)

Example

5400

(Metric)

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

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Input

Weight of bucket (before upgrading)

Example

3900

(Metric)

Example

8600

(Imperial)

lbs

Comments

The total weight of the original bucket, before upgrading

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Input

Weight of bucket (after upgrading)

Example

3000

(Metric)

Example

6600

(Imperial)

lbs

Comments

The total weight of the upgraded bucket, after upgrading

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Input

Wear resistant steel saved during lifetime

Example

(Metric)

Example

(Imperial)

lbs

Comments

It is applicable only for buckets that consume wear steel during its lifetime.

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Results

The results can be presented in three different ways:

CO₂ and fuel lifetime savings: The combined savings from less steel produced, longer service life, less fuel consumed and higher capacity.
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.
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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