| Basket Screen | (english) A first stage in-line water filter for water delivered from the New Blowing Room Pump Room to the Blast Furnace. The strainer contains an electric-driven rotary sieve that catches particulates and prevents them from entering the water system. |
| Batch Anneal | (english) The process by which a large, stationary stack of steel coils (4 coils high) is subjected to a long heat-treating cycle. This process enables the cold-rolled sheet to fully recrystallize into the softest possible product conforming to customer specifications. Controlling the recrystallization process makes a fine-grained microstructure easy to obtain, and minimizes the tendencies for retention of directional properties of the rolled steel which could produce undesirable shapes in the stamping of a cylindrical part such as a can. Also see Anneal and Continuous Anneal. |
| Bauxite | (english) The only commercial ore of aluminum, corresponding essentially to the formula Al2O3xH2O. |
| BE | (english) Chemical symbol for Beryllium |
| Bead | (english) 1)Half-round cavity in a mold, or half-round projection or molding on a casting, 2) a single deposit of weld metal produced by fusion. |
| Beam and Sling | (english) Tackle used in conjunction with a crane for turning over the cope or drag of a mold prior to assembly. |
| Bearing Load | (english) A compressive load supported by a member, usually a tube or collar, along a line where contact is made with a pin, rivet, axle, or shaft. |
| Bearing Strength | (english) The maximum bearing load at failure divided by the effective bearing area. In a pinned or riveted joint, the iffective area is calculated as the product of the diameter of the hole and the thickness of the bearing member. |
| Bed-In | (english) Method whereby drag may be rammed in the pit or flask without necessity of rolling over. Process used in production of heavy castings. |
| Bedding a Core | (english) Resting an irregularly shaped core on a bed of sand for drying. |