| Buckles | (english) Appeaars like a series of waves and are created during rolling as a result of mechanical misalignment or cross-section irregularities in supply coil. |
| Buff | (english) To polish A smooth finish of high luster with a cloth or fabric wheel to which a compund has been added |
| Burn-On-Sand | (english) Sand adhering to the surface of the casting that is extremely difficult to remove. |
| Burnishing 2 | (english) Smoothing surfaces through friction between the material and material such as hardened metal media. |
| Burnt | (english) A definition applying to material which has been permanently damaged by over-heating. |
| Burr | (english) The very subtle ridge on the edge of strip steel left by cutting operations such as slitting, trimming, shearing, or blanking. For example, as a steel processor trims the sides of the sheet steel parallel or cuts a sheet of steel into strips, its edges will bend with the direction of the cut. |
| Burr 2 | (english) Roughness left by a cutting operation such as slitting, shearing, blanking , etc. |
| Burr Mashers | (english) Devices used to remove build up on edge of strip after the slitting process. |
| BURST PRESSURE | (english) The level of pressure at which a component, pipe, tube, hose or other fluid passage will burst during application of internal pressure. Normally 2.5 - 4.0 times working pressure. |
| Busheling | (english) A widely traded form of steel scrap consisting of sheet clips and stampings from metal production. Bushel baskets were used to collect the material through World War II, giving rise to the term. |