Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rolled while cold, instead of at a red heat; specifically, noting a metal which has become brittle from excessive rolling or hammering.

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Examples

  • Rerollers process hot-rolled coils into cold-rolled coils used in the manufacture of high-end steel sheets for vehicles and home appliances such as liquid-crystal-display TVs and refrigerators.

    South Korean Shipbuilders Ask Posco to Raise Output Kyong-ae Choi 2011

  • The country's three cold-rolled steel majors—Hyundai Hysco, Dongbu Steel and Union Steel—confirmed that they had joined the shipbuilders in their request, but they said they don't see any major impact on their businesses from the disruptions in Japan.

    South Korean Shipbuilders Ask Posco to Raise Output Kyong-ae Choi 2011

  • Posco, the world's No. 3 steelmaker by output after ArcelorMittal and Baosteel, raised prices of shipbuilding plates, hot-rolled and cold-rolled coils by 16%-18% in April, the first price increase since July 2010, to pass high raw material costs onto clients.

    Posco's Net Rises, but Operating Profit Falls 11% Kyong-Ae Choi 2011

  • "A slowdown in demand from the auto sector so far this year has affected sales of cold-rolled coils," said Jayant Acharya , JSW Steel Ltd.'s marketing director.

    India Steel Demand Likely to Grow 7%-9% This Year Prasenjit Bhattacharya 2011

  • Separately, a Japanese steel-pipe maker "which is in urgent need of supplies to reconstruct the infrastructure" destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami has also requested that Posco supply 13,000 tons of hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil, the Posco spokesman said.

    South Korean Shipbuilders Ask Posco to Raise Output Kyong-ae Choi 2011

  • Posco hadn't raised prices of shipbuilding plates, hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil since July until Friday, when it increased domestic prices of the major products by 16% to 18%.

    Posco Profit Falls 33% Kyong-Ae Choi 2011

  • Domestic shipbuilders along with cold-rolled steel companies last week asked Posco to produce a combined 600,000 metric tons steel products for "possible emergency needs" in the coming months, a Posco spokesman said.

    South Korean Shipbuilders Ask Posco to Raise Output Kyong-ae Choi 2011

  • Most of the imports during the period were of hot-rolled coils -- which are primary products for making cold-rolled sheets and pipes -- from China and east European countries, said a senior steel ministry official, asking not to be named.

    India's Steel Imports Rise 2010

  • The project for auto sheets would provide for 1.21 million short tons of cold-rolled coiled sheets as well as 500,000 tons of zinc-plated hot-rolled coils annually, the Hunan provincial government said on its website this weekend, citing data provided by Hunan Valin's corporate affairs department.

    Arcelor's 2010

  • Thinker is hysterical, giving a little tour of the exhaust tube as he goes, Interesting… pre-stressed concrete foundations, with a reinforced cold-rolled steel frame.

    Checkmate #14 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

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