Across the room, a flat steel frame leans against the wall, a pair of handles welded to one end.
Hydroforming uses water pressure (up to 15, 000 pounds per square inch) to force the flat steel against a one-sided tool, achieving the same result for half the cost.
The Nucor Steel plant, built in 1992 near the small town of Hickman, makes huge rolls of flat steel, metal that can be pressed or bent into shapes and parts.
The steel companies have increased their production capacity overall to compensate the increase in demand for flat rolled steel.
The flat carbon steel Europe division saw average steel selling prices down by about 14%, whereas steel shipments slumped 9% to 7.14 million tons.
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Worthington agreed to buy half of its annual flat-rolled steel from Rouge for seven years.
Ford agreed to buy 40% of its annual flat-rolled steel from Rouge for ten years.
Domestic production of flat-rolled steel fell by about a quarter, for instance.
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Acquisitions in Slovakia and Serbia made USS the largest integrated producer of flat-rolled steel in central Europe, serving automakers like Germany's Volkswagen and France's Peugeot.
The 86-year-old maker of flat-rolled and fabricated steel products has been in the dumps for a quarter of a century, in and out of bankruptcy since 1986.
Flat rolled products refer to the steel sheets and plates that are made by rolling processes.
Steel production was mostly flat last month compared to a robust June up in some measures and down in others.
In this case, of course, it evokes images of giant land yachts decked out with couches, flat-screen TVs and stainless steel kitchens.
Slicker brush: These flat brushes typically feature fine, stainless steel bristles that help remove dead hair, mats and tangles from a pet's coat.
China's steel production rose 15% year on year in November after flat-lining in the first half of the year.
The division has 6 flat and long production facilities in three countries and shipped approximately 13 million tons of steel in 2010.
The flat-roofed, rectangular glass house, with white travertine marble floors and decks, floats elegantly on steel supports along the banks of the Fox River in Plano, Ill.
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