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POUND PER DOUBLE BASE BOX [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Steel
CONT

Terne coating is applied by hot-dip method, where sheets are passed through a bath and rollers remove excess coating by a squeezing action. Coating thickness on "short terne" plate is expressed in pounds per double base box. (A surface area of 871.12 square feet.) Generally 3 coating weights are available. Coating thickness on "long terne" is generally expressed in grams per square metres. Some manufacturers continue to use the pound per base box method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Acier
OBS

caisse de base : Selon la compagnie Stelco (à Lachine), cet équivalent est utilisé dans l'industrie. Dans les ouvrages français, l'expression «base box» (de même que son synonyme «basis box») est laissée en anglais.

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