Glossary of Steelworks Terminology
Dean Kelley · IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) · 1975
Cast IronA furnace for heating steel :products so as to relieve the metallurgical stresses created during rolling or forging processes.A steel product typically about l2mm x l2mm 0" x!") crossection and several meters in length.An end product as far as the steel works is concerned.A mill which rolls billets into bars.A steel product or intermediate product typically Scm x Scm (2" x 2") crossection and several meters in length.A mill which rolls blooms into billets.The vessel 1n which iron ore is smelted, with the aid of coke and limestone, to produce crude iron.It is so named because pre-heated air is forced (or blasted) in so as to produce a high temperature.An intermediate product produced on a blooming or universal mill.Typically 20cm (9 inches) square and 10 or 12 meters (30 or 40 feet) in length.A primary mill which rolls blooms from ingots.Crude iron which has been cast into some shape.. ---_.