The principal raw materials and consumables required for the manufacture of steel profiles are steel billets, rail & plate spares (billets), furnace oil, tools and spares.
The steel billets are heated in a furnace at around 1,2000c. White hot billets are rolled to desired dimension in rolling mills. After rolling, the materials are shifted in a stockyard for dispatch.
Physical and chemical tests are carried out on the rolled products in order to ascertain that they are manufactured according to specifications.
The chemical tests are mainly carried out for confirmation of the composition and specification of the rolled products. Shearing, drilling, grinding, boring, coil drawing and other related operations are involved in the manufacturing process of steel profiles.
Alternatively, the production process or technology could be more labor intensive and be developed in to multi purpose work shop.
Related postsTake a virtual tour of steel production process
Steel production process video
See also,
Sulfuric acid
