Re: offtopic: translate this
- Posted by simulat <simulat at intergate.ca> Apr 16, 2001
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> > Can someone translate this text to such English I can understand? > thanks. I'll give it a go: > > "The chief application The main use >of composite rolls Don't know about composite - composed of several types of steel? I think "rolls" refers to long strips of metal coiled up. >in the rolling of steel Rolling steel is to put a plate or strip of steel between pairs of rollers to make it thinner > has been for work rolls Work rolls are the raw material provided by a smelter to a manufacturer >in four-high hot and cold strip mills Four-high is maybe a mill that works four strips off rolls through rollers at once and in plate mills; A mill that chops the strip from a roll into plates? >in the rolling of nonferrous metals, Nonferrous metals are like aluminum, brass, copper, etc. - anything without iron > the chief application has been for rolls for hot breakdown and No suggestions about hot breakdown > cold reduction of sheet and strip." I think cold reduction is making the metal thinner by pressure without heat. No guarantees for accuracy( Bye Martin