| Bedding a Core | (english) Resting an irregularly shaped core on a bed of sand for drying. |
| Bell Mouth | (english) The flaring or tapering of a machined hole, usually made at the entrance end because of misalignment or spring of the cutting tool. |
| Belly Roll | (english) Roll used on the line to steady plate. |
| Belt Wrapper | (english) Line equipment used in the Tin Mill for starting coils on prime or reject reels. The belt wrapper ensures a proper start. |
| Bench Grinder | (english) A small grinding machine for shaping and sharpening the cutting edges of tools. |
| Bench Work | (english) Work done primarily at a bench with hand tools. Occasionlly suplemented by small power-driven tools. |
| Bend Test | (english) Various tests which is used to ascertain the toughness and ductility of a metal product, in which the material is bent around its axis and/ or around an outside radius. A complete test might specify such a bend to be both with and against the direction of grain. For testing, samples should be edge filed to remove burrs and any edgewise cracks resulting from slitting or shearing. If a vice is to be employed, then you must line the jaws with some soft metal, to permit a flow of the metal in the piece being tested. |
| Bending | (english) A preliminary forging operation to give the piece approximately the correct shape for subsequent forming. |
| Bending Angle | (english) A 'V-shaped' piece of angle iron attached to the rear of the coil car in the Strip Steel, which is used to help the operator put bends into the front end of a coil. |
| Bending Strength | (english) Upper limit of normal stress of a beam at which fracture or excessive plastic deformation occurs. |