| 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 Lathe | (english) A small lathe mounted on a bench or table. |
| Bench Rammer | (english) A short rammer used by bench molders. |
| Bench Work | (english) Work done primarily at a bench with hand tools. Occasionlly suplemented by small power-driven tools. |
| Bench-Blower | (english) A small core-blowing machine, utilizing a removable sand magazine and blow heat. |
| Bend Radius | (english) The inside radius of a bent section, |
| 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. |