NM400 equivalent equivalent ASME material

describing NM 400 NM 400 is a wear-resistant steel manufactured by SSAB, a Swedish multinational company. NM 400 is harder than conventional steels, making it ideal for applications that require increased wear resistance. NM 400 steel is an abrasion-resistant steel with a nominal hardness of 400 HBW. Abration-resistant steels are steels that are intended for applications where high resistance to abrasive wear is required. NM 400 is an all-around wear-resistant steel. This steel is called a wear plate because it has a good balance between hardness, strength, ductility and toughness to handle moderate wear. It isn’t as brittle as conventional hard steels. It has a good cold-forming and welding ability, moderate machinability, and can be welded and bolted.
    
    NM 400 is an excellent choice if you need a strong and durable wear plate. It is suitable for both high wear and impact applications. It is used in applications such as dump truck liners, hoppers, graders and buckets,Loading buckets and bins, Wear Strips and Straps and in various kinds of industrial supply chains. It can also be used instead of plain steel in soft and medium abrasive operations.
    
    As for the equivalent American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) materials, there have been several experiments conducted to compare NM 400 to other steels. The results show that NM 400 offers substantially better performance than other ASME materials. A few of the equivalent materials are Type 304 stainless steel, 15-5 PH stainless steel, aluminium 6053-T4 and titanium grade 15. It has twice the performance of high-strength low-alloy steels, up to four times the performance of regular steels and much greater performance than carbon construction steels.
    
    Overall, NM 400 is an ideal choice of steel for high wear applications. Not only is it extremely versatile and stands up to wear, but it is also strong, impact-resistant and cost-efficient. When having to choose between common steels and NM 400, the latter should be the go-to material of choice.