Steel Mill as cast Billet and Rolled bar submission Process

Scope : Submission & Inspection procedure of Billet / Bloom & Rolled/Coil bar to MTOR Mysore Lab for approval.

Objective : Approval on Steel mill / Specific Grade steel / Caster & Rolled bar size for new part development.

1) Purchase team will interact with Supplier development(SD) – Metallurgist about new part development Material Grade,
Steel mill , Caster & Rolled bar size details.

2) SD– Metallurgist will check for the steel mill which is approved in B1-A ( Pre-qualified Vendor list ).

3) If steel mill name is not listed in the B-1-A list , SD-Metallurgist will share B1 specification & Steel mill Metallurgical
survey form to Steel mill.

4) Steel mill must fill steel mill Metallurgical survey form and send to MTOR ( SD India ) .

5) SD India will review the steel mill form and send it to Materials Engineering .

6) Materials engineering will review the steel mill survey form , provide feedback for further information if necessary , followed
by audit the steel mill .

7) Materials Engineering provides approval / Reject / Next steps for improvement .

8) After Materials Engineering approval , Steel mill will submit Billet / Bloom & Rolled bar sample to MTOR Mysore Lab for
approval as per the procedure defined in this std, along with the reports to SD India for review .The sample is to be
collected as First , Middle & Last from each strand of the selected steel grade .

9) For steel mill which is already listed in B1-A,Caster and Rolled bar for that particular grade approval is to be checked with
SD India. If not approved following procedure is applicable.

Example :

Fig-1: No. of strands taken as 3 ( A,B,C...) & No of blooms per strand considered as 10.(sample collection start ,
middle , end )

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10) Samples shall be of 25mm thickness & free of rust and surface imperfections as below in the picture (proper finish
Grinding is mandatory on both sides without turning marks) and dipped with RPO and leakproof packing
before sending to MTOR Mysore Lab.

Thickness
of 25mm

11) Samples should be identified properly with Heat number, Strand number, Billet / bloom number.

12) Rolled bar sample to be collected randomly and submitted to MTOR Mysore Lab of sample quantity 3 bars each
have length 300mm.

300mm

13) If the supply condition is in coil form, Coil sample to be collected randomly and submitted to MTOR Mysore Lab of
sample quantity 3 Nos each have length 300mm.

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Steel Mill sample selection and Inspection Procedure

14) Before sending the Caster and Rolled bar samples to MTOR Mysore lab for approval. Steel mill must ensure that
particular Heat no. # which is being sent for approval is meeting the MTOR requirements as mentioned in std.B-1
(General Wrought Steel Standard) with latest revision level.

15) Macroscopic inspection has to be conducted by Steel mill and Supplier and the respective reports must be sent to
SD India for clearance of samples for shipment to MTOR Mysore lab.

15)The Caster / Rolled bar which are used (A2,A6,A9 as per e.g. defined in Fig -1) for cutting the samples should be
cut in the below defined procedure and sample should be checked at steel mill at defined locations(L1 &L2) and the
other samples should be clearly identified and sent to MTOR Mysore lab for inspection.

➢ Black portion is the Caster / Rolled bar end which needs to be discarded.
➢ Steel Mill should inspect at location( L1 ) identified with Red color as preliminary inspection on main caster
or rolled bar.
➢ 25mm thickness caster sample or 300mm rolled bar with Green color identified location should be cut &
Ground on both sides ( mandatory ) of the caster or Rolled bar . This sample is for MTOR test lab
verification and approval .
➢ Steel Mill should inspect at Location ( L2 ) with Red color as Secondary inspection on main caster or rolled
bar.
➢ Both Preliminary and secondary samples if meeting MTOR B-1 specification requirements , Pl. share macro
images with steel mill comments to SD India for review .
➢ If above samples are meeting the MTOR requirements , MTOR SD India will provide clearance to ship the
green color samples to MTOR Mysore lab for testing and approval.

Fig 2:Sample Inspection location on Caster /Rolled bar by Steel Mill

➢ The samples qty to be inspected by Steel mill relies on the Strands qty for example as defined in Fig-1. If
there are 3 strands all the 6 (A2,A6,A9,B2,B6,B9,C2,C6,C9)samples must be inspected by steel mill as
defined in Fig-2.
➢ For Rolled bars/Coils 3 random bars are selected and inspected by Steel Mill as defined in Fig-2.The
Green color identified area (300mm) ground on both surfaces sample is carefully identified and sent to
MTOR Mysore lab for inspection with RPO applied.

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 Macro Inspection Procedure

Fig 3 :Process flow for Macro Inspection

Inspect the sample for any presence of defects as mentioned in B-1 or refer std ASTM E 381.

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Some common defects ref :

e.g. Linear Ruptures e.g. Pinholes e.g. Hinge crack

e.g. Dis cont. Hinge Crack

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 NOT ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE

**Refer B-1 for better understanding of Defects which are NOT ALLOWED in Strand and Bloom

Material Engg – Contact person

AP Region : Raghuram /Assumpta.

Revision History

Revision Date Change information

3 10/06/2020 Acceptable and unacceptable images included
2 16/04/2020 Steel Mill sample selection and Inspection procedure
1 22/12/2017 Coil samples submission requirements
0 13/2/2017 First release

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