1048 Pages
    by CRC Press

    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