Semi-finished Steel Products

Semi-finished steels are produced by the continuous casting of liquid steel or by rolling or forging of ingots (a primary solidification of liquid steel). Main classifications: Ingots: Large rough castings designed for storage and transportation. The shape usually resembles a rectangle or square with generous fillets. Billets are semi-finished long steel products with a square cross section. This product is either rolled or continuously cast and is then transformed by rolling to obtain finished products. Billets are used for long steel products such as: -Bars/angles -Profiles/channels -Other structural shapes Billets: Semi-finished long products with a square or rectangular cross sections. Blooms: Made by continuous casting or by rolling from an ingot. Common finish products include structural shapes/rails/rods and seamless. Slabs: Semi-finished steel products obtained by rolling ingots on a rolling: -Plates -Sheet metal/strip metal -Pipes/tubes -Coils