PICKLING CLEANS STEEL SURFACE
Pickling prepares steel for further processing, by removing the oxide scale and other impurities that can form during steelmaking, transportation, and storing. Hot rolled steel is processed through a diluted acid bath to produce a steel surface free of scale, rust, inorganic contaminants, and stains.
Why Pickle?
Improve how steel performs on your line.
Oxide scale and other surface impurities are abrasive, decreasing formability and die life in drawing applications. Also, oxide scale affects how well metallic coatings and paint adhere to a steel surface. Your pickling process will be designed to yield cleaned, oiled steel with excellent surface quality and optimum metallurgical conditioning for your needs.
Advanced Processing
Our processes include the latest push-pull technology.
Push-pull pickling allows us to process a wider range of steel grades. It also opens up more flexible scheduling for you. The "pickle bath" that we run the coil through is a diluted solution of inorganic acid, usually hydrochloric.
The hydrochloric acid is reused to neutralize alkaline wastewater at treatment plants.
Broader Specs
We pickle a broad range of dimensions.
| Technical Data | US | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Material Thickness | 0.050” - 0.560” | 1.3 - 14.2mm |
| Material Width | 24” – 74” | 609.6 - 1879.6mm |
| Incoming OD (Max) | 84” | 2133.6mm |
| Outgoing ID (Max) | 24” | 609.6mm |
| Coil Weight | 90,000lbs | 40823.3kg |
Full Capabilities
Check out our wide-ranging capabilities.
Collaborate with us to create the exact steel you need. We have the expertise, experience, and capacity to make your process even more efficient by adding:
- Skin pass temper rolling
- First operation blanking, dry lube
- Slitting, oscillate slitting
- Cold rolling, one-pass rolling, temper rolling
- Hydrogen annealing
- Cut-to-length sheets
- Galvanizing, galvalume, acrylic
Technical Solution
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Helpful Resources
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