Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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canning

Metals; Metallurgy

A dished distortion in a flat or nearly flat surface, sometimes referred to as oil canning.

Semi-killed steel cast in a bottle-top mold and covered with a cap fitting into the neck of the mold. The cap causes to top metal to solidify. Pressure is built up in the sealed-in molten metal and ...

burr

Metals; Metallurgy

Roughness left by a cutting operation such as slitting, shearing, blanking , etc.

butcher saw steel

Metals; Metallurgy

A hardened, tempered, and polished high carbon spring steel strip material (carbon content is generally higher than that of a material used for wood band saw applications) with a Rockwell value of ...

butt welding

Metals; Metallurgy

Joining two edges or ends by placing one against the other and welding them.

cake

Metals; Metallurgy

A copper ingot rectangular in cross section intended for rolling.

camber

Metals; Metallurgy

(1) Deviation from edge straightness usually referring to the greatest deviation of side edge from a straight line. (2) Sometimes used to denote crown in rolls where the center diameter has been ...