1. Pickling: Hot rolled coils pass through a pickling line, where scale breaker machines and hydrochloric acid solutions are used to remove any surface scale and/or oxide film that which causes surface flaws during the final stage of cold rolled steel processing.
2. Cold Rolling: Pickled coils are cold rolled in tandem mills to a specified thickness, typically 40 to 90%, of original material dimensions. Fully automated shape adjustment is ensured through state of the art process machinery.
3. Electrolytic Cleaning: The purpose of electrolytic cleaning is to remove lubricant oil and contaminants on the cold rolled steel prior to the annealing process.
4. Annealing: This is a highly productive manufacturing method whereby steel products with extra deep drawing qualities and high tensile strength can be produced. Two annealing methods are commonly used: batch annealing and continuous annealing.
5. Skin Pass: This final rolling process is performed in order to remove minor surface defects such as stretch marks and to produce a smooth, lustrous surface. Skin Pass results in a further thickness reduction of about 1%.