| Ball Burnishing | (english) A method of obtaining a high luster on small parts by rotating them in a wooden-lined barrel with water, burnishing soap, and stainless steel shot. |
| Bamboo Grain Structure | (english) A structure in wire or sheet in which the boundaries of the grains tend to be aligned normal to the long axis and to extend completely through the thickness. |
| Band Saw Steel (Wood) | (english) A hardened tempered bright polished high carbon cold rolled spring steel strip produced especially for use in the manufacture of band saws for sawing wood, non ferrous metals, and plastics. Usually carries some nickel and with a Rockwell value of approximately C40/45. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |