Trailer Design Guideline > Future proof your business
Lower lifetime cost
Efficient production methods are key to reducing lifetime costs. Less steel is used, which results in reduced weight, higher trailer capacity and longer service life. Again, advanced design and advanced steel are required.
Efficient production methods are key to reducing lifetime costs. Less steel is used, which results in reduced weight, higher trailer capacity and longer service life. Again, advanced design and advanced steel are required.
SSAB’s high-strength steel is highly uniform and consistent. The plates have a very low variation in yield strength, high flatness and a very precise thickness. This results in consistent production conditions, both within a single steel plate and from plate to plate. This is essential for fully automatic laser cutting machines, on-line geometry machine feedback, high-speed manufacturing with machine learning, robot production with 3D scanner feedback and 3D robot forming. The technology is available for serial production. The most successful trailer producers will implement and improve this technology further.
The advanced design also reduces fatigue and results in a longer service life.
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