placão

English translation: slab, billet, sheet-bar or bloom

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Portuguese term or phrase:placão
English translation:slab, billet, sheet-bar or bloom
Entered by: Marcia Galdi

20:33 Aug 30, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting / siderurgia
Portuguese term or phrase: placão
Trata-se do placão de aço produzido na siderurgia. Seria "slab"?
Marcia Galdi
Portugal
Local time: 12:53
slab, billet, sheet-bar or bloom
Explanation:
(Slab, Billet, Sheet-Bar, Bloom.) Semifinished products, hot rolled from ingots. The chief differences are in their cross sectional areas in ratio of width to thickness, and in their intended use.
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Lilma Schimmel (X)
United States
Local time: 07:53
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5slab, billet, sheet-bar or bloom
Lilma Schimmel (X)
4block
Susy Ordaz


  

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block


Explanation:
block

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-08-30 20:37:31 GMT)
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or big sheets of steel

Susy Ordaz
Local time: 12:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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slab, billet, sheet-bar or bloom


Explanation:
(Slab, Billet, Sheet-Bar, Bloom.) Semifinished products, hot rolled from ingots. The chief differences are in their cross sectional areas in ratio of width to thickness, and in their intended use.


Lilma Schimmel (X)
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Local time: 07:53
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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