Glossary of Terms
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| Sell Off |
To dispose of material in the most advantageous manner, usually under some stress. |
| Semi-finished Steel |
Steel shapes -- for example, blooms, billets or slabs -- that later are rolled into finished products such as beams, bars or sheet. |
| Semi-Steel |
A material midway between steel and cast in carbon content. |
| SEN |
Submerged Entry Nozzle. Used to protect steel during transfer from the tundish to the mold. |
| Sequence |
The term given to a group of heats processed through a caster.
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| Series |
(1) In establishing chemical constituent minimums and maximums for various types of steel, the organizations that do so, group the types of steel by analysis based on the percentages of various elements considered. The groupings are numerical, and the numerical listings are in series of numbers. Often the AISI or SAE letters are omitted, and only the number of the series is given, i.e., 8600 series, 1000 series, 300 series, etc.
(2) When railroad cars are manufactured, all those following certain specifications of manufacture are numbered consecutively in series, i.e., 85,000 series, 110,000 series, etc. |
| Service Center |
A catchall name for an operation that buys steel, often processes it in some way and then sells it in a slightly different form. A service center is distinguished from an end-user by the fact that, unlike an end-user, a service center sells steel, not a fabricated product. Service centers are manufacturers to the extent that they add labor to steel by providing a service.
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| Settlement |
To finalize the payment for shipment settled. |
| Settlement Report |
A report to shipper outlining differences in weights; showing freight charges, and any other data relative to the settlement for a given shipment. |
| Sheet Steel |
Thin, flat-rolled steel. Coiled sheet steel accounts for nearly one-half of all steel shipped domestically and is created in a hot-strip mill by rolling a cast slab flat while maintaining the side dimensions. The malleable steel lengthens to several hundred feet as it is squeezed by the rolling mill.
The most common differences among steel bars, strip, plate, and sheet are merely their physical dimensions of width and gauge (thickness). |
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