Is 'bloom' the correct term?

[diogenesNY]

Hey Y'all:

Posted a bunch of photos of this on another thread...... I am working in my machine shop class with this cool long cylindrical piece of cold rolled mild steel that looks like a salamii. Here's a quick peek:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff154/diogenesNY/mini-4coldonsaw.jpg

Is this correctly called a bloom? If not, what is the correct term? Any pointers to sites/pages with glossaries of terms for metal in its various shapes/forms/processes, etc?

Thanx in advance,
diogenesNY

[usmcpop]

It's a bar. See http://www.steel.org/Content/NavigationMenu/LearningCenter/SteelGlossary/Steel_Glossary.htm for terms.

[TRG-42]

Bloom really isnt the correct term .

Most mills nowadays are ConCast mills ( continous casting ) where molten steel is poured into a water cooled mold and further shaped by rollers

Typical shapes that come out are slabs ( to be rolled into sheet goods ) and blooms and billets

By definition, a bloom is square or oblong is at least 3m square cross section. They are further made into beams, channels, rails etc

A billet is smaller and longer than a bloom . Billets are made from blooms or made directly from the concast . Typically bars, pipe, tubes, wires are made from billets

If you google "continous casting" I'm certain you will find lots of info

[diogenesNY]

Thanks for the informative responses....

I think I now have a basic handle on bloom vs. billet. vs. bar. Sometimes the terminology flies around so fast and thick that is is easy to get things a bit jumbled up. The steel.org site is particularly helpful and informative.

diogenesNY

[TOMWELDS2]

Never heard the term bloom before..i always called it round bar..learnin everyday!

[FortyFords]

Where i worked ,it was called bar stock if it was solid.

Rich

[Rocky D]

Or round stock. :rolleyes:

[MushingJeeper]

Ummm....I'd probably call it....steel?

Never was too worried about the terminology...just what I could make from it :D

Gotta go with RockyD on this one, generally call it round stock in my book