ABSTRACT

Number ten of the Manufacturing Engineering and Material Processing series. Includes one page corrigenda laid-in. 800 illustrations clarifying key points. Thorough account of the hot-rolling process and facilities as well as follow-up treatments given to hot-rolled products. Companion volume to "Cold Rolling of Steel" by William Roberts circa 1978

chapter 1|56 pages

History of Hot Rolling

chapter 2|28 pages

Types of Hot-Rolled Products

chapter 3|34 pages

Casting Practices

chapter 4|24 pages

The Reheating of Ingots

chapter 5|20 pages

Conditioning Semi-Finished Products

chapter 7|50 pages

Blooming, Slabbing, and Billet Mills

chapter 8|38 pages

Reheat Furnaces

chapter 9|60 pages

Bar and Rod Mills

chapter 10|26 pages

Structural Mills

chapter 11|20 pages

The Rolling of Rails, Wheels, and Rings

chapter 12|40 pages

Tube Mills

chapter 13|22 pages

Plate Mills

chapter 14|42 pages

Hot-Strip Mills

chapter 15|36 pages

Hill Drives

chapter 16|68 pages

Mill Rolls and Bearings

chapter 17|26 pages

The Cooling of Mill Rolls

chapter 18|28 pages

The Cooling and Descaling of Workpieces

chapter 19|46 pages

Mathematical Models of Hot, Flat Rolling

chapter 22|30 pages

Frictional Effects in Hot Rolling

chapter 23|56 pages

Nonuniform Deformation in Hot Rolling

chapter 24|36 pages

Heat Treatments for Hot-Rolled Products