A Guide To The Language of Steel

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A guide to the language of steel

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Bar
A finished steel product, commonly in flat, square, round or hexagonal shapes. Rolled from
billets, bars are produced in two major types: merchant and special.

Billet
A semi-finished steel product with a square cross section up to 155mm x 155mm. This product is
either rolled or continuously cast and is then transformed by rolling to obtain finished products
like wire rod, merchant bars and other sections. The range of semi-finished products above 155
mm x 155 mm are called blooms.

Flat products

A type that is produced by rolls with smooth surfaces and ranges of dimension, varying in
thickness. The two major flat steel product categories are thin, flat products (between 1mm and
10mm in thickness) and plates (between 10mm and 200mm thick and used for large welded
pipes, ship building, construction, major works and boilers).
Plate

A flat rolled product from slabs or ingots of greater thickness than sheet or strip.

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