Rolled metal: types and applications

Rolled metal products are products of rolling production. These are various types of products produced on rolling mills in the mode of cold or hot rolling of metals. The word rolled metal is a very capacious category of metal products, containing an extensive list of goods: reinforcement, steel sheet, channel, beam, angle, pipe, etc. The products are manufactured both in accordance with State standards, there and by individual orders. The methods of processing used in the production of rolled metal make it possible to create products of various shapes and properties, thereby maximally meeting the operational characteristics and conditions of use of a particular rolled product.
Rolled metal can be processed in two ways: hot or cold rolling. The difference between these two methods is in the recrystallization temperature: in the first case, rolling proceeds above this value, in the second - below.
By the type of material, ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal are distinguished. In the first case, the basis of metal products is steel, in the second - other metals (tin, brass, copper and others).
Steel rolled products are actively used in mechanical engineering and construction. It is used at the base of all metal structures. It is also highly sought after in the construction of panel buildings, concrete walls and floors. Its high strength characteristics are highly appreciated in the machine tool industry.
Colored rolled metal is also used in various industries. Compared to black rolled products, it has a much higher cost. However, due to the resistance of non-ferrous rolled products to corrosion, there is no alternative to it in the military industry, energy.
Rolled metal products are also distinguished by their purpose. Wire rod, circles, hexagons, rebar, squares, strips refer to long products. Products in this category are used in all areas of the industry. Steel sheets, corrugated board, corrugated sheet make up sheet metal products. Its field of application is mechanical engineering and monolithic construction. Pipes of all types, both from ferrous and non-ferrous metals, are combined into rolled pipes, which are used in a wide range: from the housing and utilities sector to the laying of oil and gas pipelines. Shaped metal products include channels, corners, beams, etc. Such products are in demand in the construction of prefabricated buildings.
Today art rental is gaining more and more popularity. It represents decorative products that are more and more in demand on the market. Such products include lattices, baskets of various kinds, curly fences. Such products are based on forged rods, which in the process of special processing acquire the desired shape.
Today there is not a single area of ​​our life, wherever non-ferrous or black metal products are used. It is safe to say that rolled metal is the basis of the industrial development of our country.