Steel

Steel

Steel is a type of metal forged with iron and coal that is lighter and stronger than iron.

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bar turning

Metals; Steel

Involves machining a metal bar into a smaller diameter.

bars

Metals; Steel

Long steel products that are rolled from billets. Merchant bar and reinforcing bar (rebar) are two common categories of bars, where merchants include rounds, flats, angles, squares, and channels ...

bending

Metals; Steel

The forming of metals into various angles.

A semi-finished steel form that is used for “long” products: bars, channels or other structural shapes. A billet is different from a slab because of its outer dimensions; billets are normally two to ...

black plate

Metals; Steel

Cold-reduced sheet steel, 12 inches to 32 inches wide, that serves as the substrate (raw material) to be coated in the tin mill.

blast furnace

Metals; Steel

A towering cylinder lined with heat-resistant (refractory) bricks, used by integrated steel mills to smelt iron from iron ore. Its name comes from the “blast” of hot air and gases forced up through ...

blanking

Metals; Steel

An early step in preparing flat-rolled steel for use by an end user. A blank is a section of sheet that has the same outer dimensions as a specified part (such as a car door or hood), but that has ...