Number ten of the Manufacturing Engineering and Material Processing series. Includes one page corrigenda laid-in. 800 illustrations clarifying key points. Thorough account of the hot-rolling process and facilities as well as follow-up treatments given to hot-rolled products. Companion volume to "Cold Rolling of Steel" by William Roberts circa 1978 and number two of the series.
Preface
History of Hot Rolling
Types of Hot-Rolled Products
Casting Practices
The Reheating of Ingots
Conditioning Semi-Finished Products
The Basic Principles of Rolling and Pass Design
Blooming, Slabbing, and Billet Mills
Reheat Furnaces
Bar and Rod Mills
Structural Mills
The Rolling of Rails, Wheels, and Rings
Tube Mills
Plate Mills
Hot-Strip Mills
Mill Drives
Mill Rolls and Bearings
The Cooling of Mill Rolls
The Cooling and Descaling of Workpieces
Mathematical Models of Hot, Flat Rolling
The Behavior of Steels During Deformation at Elevated Temperatures
Controlled Rolling or the Thermomechanical Treatment of Steel
Frictional Effects in Hot Rolling
Nonuniform Deformation in Hot Rolling
Heat Treatments for Hot-Rolled Products
The Instrumentation and Computer Control of Hot Mills
The Further Processing of Hot-Rolled Products
Author Index
Subject Index
Biography
William L. Roberts
". . .yet another superb piece of research reference. . . .It can be stated without any hesitation that the two volumes on rolling by Roberts will remain unique for years to come and that, as a major source of reference, they now stand alone in the field. Both the present and the earlier volume are strongly recommended to every library, rolling mill and steel-industry supplier, to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of metalworking, production technology, mechanical engineering and metallurgy, and to research workers, lecturers and practising rolling technologists. "
---Journal of Mechanical Working Technology
". . .Coverage is very complete. . .The work is well illustrated and profusely referenced. "
---Mechanical Engineering News
