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Steel Rolling: Plate, Sheet and Coil
Mills turn steel slabs into plate, sheet and coil by rolling: the hot slab is squeezed between rolls, thinner each pass; plate is cut off thick, strip is rolled on down and wound into a coil. Coils are then cleaned of scale and cold-rolled thinner and smoother, annealed soft again, and wound back into coils for stamping presses and fabricators. Over about 6 mm is plate, under is sheet. The hand-hammered plate blueprint does the same job by hand at a tiny scale.
Advanced
Hours per coil (industrial)
Instructions
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1
Cast slabs
Cast slabs
Steel from the converter is cast into thick slabs.
Materials for this step:
Steel Ingot1000 kg2
2
Hot roll
Hot roll
Each slab is reheated and passed through the hot mill's stands; thick product is cut off as plate.
Tools needed:
Rolling Mill3
3
Coil the strip
Coil the strip
Thinner strip runs on through the finishing stands and is wound into a hot-rolled coil.
Tools needed:
Rolling Mill4
4
Clean and cold roll
Clean and cold roll
The coil is uncoiled, cleaned of scale, cold-rolled thinner and smoother, and recoiled.
Tools needed:
Rolling Mill5
5
Anneal and measure
Anneal and measure
Cold-rolled coil is annealed soft, its thickness measured, and sold as coil or cut into sheets.
Tools needed:
Annealing Oven
Digital Caliper 6-InchMaterials
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Tools Required
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