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Hot rolling is done above the temperature at which steel recrystallises, which is why the material comes out soft, cheap and dimensionally loose. Two consequences follow and both belong in the buying decision. The surface carries mill scale — a hard, dark oxide formed as the sheet cools — and scale is not paintable: it flakes, and a coating applied over it fails with the scale still attached to it. Removing it by pickling or blasting is a real cost that should be in the estimate rather than discovered at the paint shop. And the tolerances on thickness and flatness are wider than on cold rolled material, so a part that has to fit closely or sit flat on a table will need work. What hot rolled is very good at is everything structural and everything that will be cut, welded, and either left bare or blasted anyway. State thickness, size, grade and whether the surface must be clean.
The more of this you send, the closer the first quotation lands.
| Grade | The structural or forming grade the design names |
|---|---|
| Thickness | With the tolerance class if fit-up or machining depends on it |
| Sheet size | Standard sheet, or cut to a stated size |
| Surface condition | As-rolled with mill scale, or pickled and oiled |
| Scale removal | Pickling or blasting, if the part will be coated |
| Flatness requirement | Hot rolled is looser — state if the part must sit flat |
| Edge condition | Mill edge or trimmed edge |
| Downstream process | Cutting, forming, welding, machining, or coating |
| Formability | State if the sheet is to be bent, and to what radius |
| Cutting service | State if profile cutting to drawing is required |
| Certification | Mill certificate type and traceability to the heat |
| Quantity | Sheets or tonnage per thickness and grade |
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