| A.G.C. Systems | (Automatic Gauge Control) Hydraulic or electric system that supplies the force to the A.G.C. roll force cylinders. |
| Back-up Balance | (english) Cylinders that supply the force used to hold the back-up rolls up in place. |
| Band, Inside | (english) A loose steel frame placed inside a removable flask to reinforce the sand at the parting line after the flask has been removed. |
| Blow | (english) The impact or force delivered by one workstroke of the forging equipment. |
| Brinell Hardness | (english) The hardness of a metal or part, as represented by the number obtained from the ratio between the load applied on the spherical area of the impression made by a steel ball forced into the surface of the material tested. |
| Broach | (english) A long, tapered cutting tool with serrations which,when forced through a hole or across a surface, cuts a desired shape or size. |
| Butt end | (english) The residual portion of an extrusion billet that is not forced through the die at the end of the extrusion cycle. |
| Z-Mill | (english) The full name for z-mill is Sendzimir mill. A Z-mill operates with a very small diameter work roll, normally about 2 inches, backed up by a number of rolls in a pyramid-shaped stack. This roll set up allows you to exert extremely high forces through the work roll and yet keep the work roll from extreme flexing. The take-up roll on the Z-Mill also exerts a tension on the coil as it comes through the mill. The combination of high pressure and tension makes the mill capable of rolling material thin and flat. |
| Axial force: | (english) A system of internal forces whose resultant is a force acting along the longitudinal axis of a structural member or assembly. |
| Bending moment: | (english) A system of internal forces whose resultant is a moment. This term is most commonly used to refer to internal forces in beams. |