Steel Rolling & Coating
Eight in-depth technical articles covering the engineering and process control of steel rolling and coating lines — from pickle lines and cold mills to continuous galvanising lines and plate mills. Written by industry specialists for plant engineers, process technologists and equipment engineers working in steel flat product manufacturing.
Temper Rolling & Tension Levelling
Published: 10 June 2026
Technical guide covering strip shape and flatness correction, discontinuous elongation, surface conditioning and temper mill equipment in galvanising lines.
Air Knife & Coating Mass Control
Published: 11 June 2026
Covers air knife technology, X-ray measurement, ASTM coating specifications, knife design, edge baffles, automated control systems and strip stability.
Coil Winding: Stress & Failure Modes
Published: 11 June 2026
Examines radial and tangential stress in wound coils, strip compressibility, common failure modes and corrective actions for galvanising line recoilers.
Dross Formation & Control
Published: 16 July 2026
Covers dross composition and formation mechanisms, the economic cost of coating metal loss, removal and drainage practice, and aluminium bath control in zinc galvanising lines.
Plate Mill Yield and Provisioning
Published: 16 July 2026
Covers provided yield and provisioning, yield cost and margin loss, the random walk method for aggregating process variability, scale loss, plan view rolling and hydraulic gauge control.
Strip Centring in Vertical Furnaces
Published: 8 August 2026
Covers roll crown mechanics and the strip centring force it generates, the balance between tracking-off and heat buckle, compound ground crown profiles, roll roughness, thermal crown control and incoming strip shape effects in galvanising line vertical furnaces.
Side Trimming in Steel Pickle Lines
Published: 15 August 2026
Covers correct side trimmer knife gap setup and resulting cut edge characteristics, defects caused by knife gap set too tight or too far apart, strip hold-down pressure, and how poor trimming leads to serrated edge in Cold Rolling and Galvanising Lines.
Cold Rolling of Steel Strip
Published: 18 September 2026
Covers reversing and tandem cold mill configurations, work hardening, mass flow and the friction hill, emulsion lubrication regimes, mill modulus and automatic gauge control, flatness and shape control, third and fifth octave chatter, and roll mark defects.