| Bander | (english) Machine located at each delivery reel to automatically place circumference bands around completed coils. |
| Banding | (english) Inhomogeneous distribution of alloying elements or phases aligned in filaments or plates parallel to the direction of working. |
| Banding Tool | (english) Tool used to tighten a steel band around a coil. |
| Bandsaw | (english) A power saw, the blade of which is a continuous,narrow,steel band having teeth on one edge and passing over two large pulley wheels. |
| Bar, Flask | (english) A rib in the cope of a tight flask to help support the sand. |
| Bare Spot | (english) A location on the strip where coating did not adhere. |
| Bars | (english) A relatively long straight, rigid piece pf metal; long steel products rolled from billets into such shapes as squares,rectangles, rounds,angles,channels,hexagons,and tees. In steel, “merchant bars” include rounds,flats,angles,squares,and channels that are used by fabricators to manufacture a wide variety of products such as furniture,stair railings and farm equipment. Concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) is used to strengthen concrete in highways,bridges and buildings. |
| Base | (english) The steel or concrete pedestal on which the coils are stacked during the batch annealing process. |
| Base Box | (english) Unit of area of 112 sheets of tin mil products (tin plate, tin free steel or black plate) 14 by 20 inches, or 31,360 square inches. Tin Plate is sold, and carried in finished inventory, on a weight per unit area rather than on a thickness basis. |
| Base Metal | (english) (1) The metal present in the largest proportion in an alloy; (2) the metal to be brazed, cut or welded; (3) after welding the part of the metal that was not melted during the process. |