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Billets, Slabs and Blooms

 

 

Billets, slabs and blooms are massive, hot-rolled or forged blocks of metals or alloys. These forms can have semi-finished square, rectangular slab, or round cross-sections. Producing billets or blooms from ingots by forging is a process called cogging. Hot-rolling ingots is a process called blooming. Billets are used as feedstock for rolling operations and in the machining of large components. Slabs are semi-finished steel blocks, usually with widths that are at least twice their thickness.

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Ferrous metals and alloys are based on iron and include carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels, cast iron, cast steel, maraging steel, and specialty or proprietary iron-based alloys.  Search by Specification | Learn more about Ferrous Metals and Iron Alloys
Stainless steel alloys are austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, precipitation hardened (PH), and duplex metal materials that are available in a wide variety of grades, shapes, and sizes. Search by Specification | Learn more about Stainless Steel Alloys
Copper, brass and bronze alloys are non-ferrous metals with excellent electrical and thermal conductivity as well as good corrosion resistance, ductility and strength. Search by Specification | Learn more about Copper, Brass and Bronze Alloys
Carbon steels and alloy steels are ferrous alloys that contain carbon and other alloying elements such as manganese, chromium, molybdenum, and nickel. Search by Specification | Learn more about Carbon Steels and Alloy Steels
Cast iron is an alloy of iron with high amounts of carbon and includes ductile iron, gray iron and white cast iron grades. Search by Specification | Learn more about Cast Irons
Product Announcements
Inductotherm Group - Custom Heating for Rolling
Inductotherm induction mass heating systems for bars, blooms, billets, plate and slabs are used prior to rolling operations. (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Specialty, Designer Alloys & Obsolete Alloys
Designer Alloys™ are materials specially made for a customer with a specific use, such as a custom chemistry for a new part, a controlled chemistry for a specific application, an obsolete alloy... (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Designer Alloys, Alloys, Special & Obsolete Alloys
Designer Alloys, Special Alloys, Have you ever required a particular material and your local service center supplier laughed and said, "Are you kidding?" Have you ever called the producing mill for a... (read more)
High Performance Alloys, Inc. - Open Die Forgings
High Performance Alloys is now offering forgings made on their forge press. Forging allows for a wide array of mechanical properties. From annealed, precipitation hardened condition, to cold reduced,... (read more)
Kittyhawk Products - Powder Consolidation
During hot isostatic processing, metal, ceramic, or composite powders are consolidated... (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Tool Steels - D2, D3, A2, P20, Tool Steel
Tool Steel grades D2, D3, A2, and P20 from All Metals & Forge, an ISO-9001:2000/EN9100B/AS9100B Registered Supplier of specialty metals, open-die forgings, and seamless rolled rings. We stock a... (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Custom Hand-Rolled Bars & Quality Forging Svces
All Metals & Forge can now provide custom hand rolled bars in a variety of sizes and shapes from tool steels, nickel alloys, high temperature alloys, high speed steels, alloy steels, stainless... (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Custom Hand Rolled Bars & Quality Forging Svces
All Metals & Forge is an ISO-9001:2000/AS9100 certified manufacturer and producer of custom hand-rolled bars in a variety of sizes and shapes from tool steels, nickel alloys, high temperature... (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Alloy Steel: 4130, 4145, 4145H, 4330, 4330V
Alloy Steel grades 4130, 4145, 4145H, 4330, and 4330V available for quick delivery from All Metals & Forge - an ISO 9001:2000/AS9100B registered supplier. We stock a complete line of alloy steel... (read more)
All Metals & Forge - Stainless Steel 200, 300, 400, 500 series PH Grade
Stainless Steel Forgings, Warehouse and Mill Products - 200, 300, 400, 500 series, and PH, ESR & VAR grades including: 15-5PH, 17-4PH, 304/L/H, 316/L, 347/H, 422, Alloy 2205, and more. Available... (read more)
Topics of Interest
Billets, slabs and blooms are massive, hot-rolled or forged blocks of metals or alloys. These forms can have semifinished square, rectangular slab, or round cross-sections. Producing billets or blooms... (Read More)
A. Hot and Warm Forming Methods Note: Many metal forming operations can be performed with the workpiece metal either hot or cold. The operations discussed in this section are normally - but not... (Read More)
3.1 Introduction The ability to produce useful solid metal components from the liquid state has been known for thousands of years with several mass production processes developed during the... (Read More)
4.1 Manufacture of Steel Coil and Sheet for the Automobile Industry In the manufacture of steel coils, the raw material iron ore is fed into a blast furnace, together with limestone and coke; the... (Read More)
5.1 Definition Extrusion is a bulk forming process in which the material is made to flow using high pressure. The deformation takes places mainly at room temperature cold extrusion as by this means... (Read More)
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Invar Alloy

Invar Alloy
Ed Fagan, Inc.


Alloy 42 Controlled Expansion Alloy

Alloy 42 Controlled Expansion Alloy
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Alloy 46 Controlled Expansion Alloy

Alloy 46 Controlled Expansion Alloy
Ed Fagan, Inc.


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