| 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 Wareroom | (english) A storage area in Strip Steel used for storing hot bands (coil made from slab). |
| Banded Structure | (english) Appearance of a metal showing parallel bands in the direction of rolling or working |
| 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. |
| 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. |