Steel Billets, bars, and rods | Britannica
882020· Steel Steel Billets, bars, and rods: Billets are the feedstock for long products of small cross section. In cases when they are not directly cast by a continuous caster, they are rolled from blooms by billet mills. One method of rolling billets, which are usually 75 to 125 millimetres square, is to use a threehigh mill with box passes, as shown in A in the figure.