Forgers use steel billets or ingots to produce a variety of steel products, including components or steel bars in round/ square/flats shapes. However, billets and ingots possess different properties. Here is a closer look at the differences.
Steel ingots are a block of steel made by pouring hot metal into molds through batch casting. Foundries typically cast ingots using a bottom pouring method. The cross-section of the ingot is either square, rectangular, round or polygonal. The size of the cross-section is tapered from one end of the ingot to the other. It includes the hot top which defines the top of the ingot. The hot-top traps impurities during the casting process as the steel cools and is discarded after the end of production.
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