Rolling (metalworking)
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In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness, to make the thickness uniform, and/or to impart a desired
Slitting mill, 1813
Properzi roller, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan
Ingot lifted from soaking pit
A stack of cold slabs
Semi-finished casting products are intermediate castings produced in a steel mill that need further processing before being finished goods. There are four types: ingots, blooms, billets, and slabs.
Rolling (metalworking)
…such as structural steel (I-beams, angle stock, channel stock), bar stock, and rails. Most steel mills have rolling mill divisions that convert the semi-finished casting products into finished products. There are many types of rolling processes, including ring rolling, roll bending, roll forming, profile rolling, and controlled…
An aluminium ingot
Steel billets
An oxygen gas torch cutting a slab