1 the changing face of china's steel trade:a course of concern 1.1 introduction 1.2 overview 1.3 steel trade trends 1.4 esc and issb 2 the history of rolling 2.1 the early history of rolling 2.2 late developments in the hot rolling of steel in europe 2.3 the early rolling of steel in the united states 2.4 energy source for rolling mills 2.5 the historical development of cold rolling 2.6 modern cold-reduction facilities 2.7 foil mills 2.8 temper or skin pass mills 2.9 modern hot strip mills 3 classificetions of rolling mills 3.1 main components of a mill stand 3.2 classification of mill stands 3.3 general classification of rolling mills 3.4 components of high-production hot strip mills 3.5 classification of high-production hot strip mills 3.6 compact hot strip mills 3.7 integrated continuous casting and hot rolling process 3.8 cold mill arrangement 3.9 processing lines incorporating cold mills 4 plate mills 4.1 introduction 4.2 types of mills used for the rolling of plates 4.3 plate-mill design 5 hot-strip mills 6 twin-roll casting technology 7 metal casting processes 8 foundations of materials science 9 cast alloys 10 forging 11 sheet-metal forming 12 extrusion 13 classification of welding processes 14 methods of welding 15 welding techniques for manual welding 16 gas shielded arc welding references