Metal Glossary

Designed to be a quick reference guide for customers, the Cashmores glossary provides definitions of the latest metal industry terms.

Designed to be a quick reference guide for customers, the Cashmores glossary provides definitions of the latest metal industry terms.

Quarto Plate

Quarto Plate is hot rolled plate over 12mm thick that will not have been coiled during the production by hot rolling as compared to CPP plate, which is up to 12mm thick and will have been coiled up during the hot rolling. For more information and the stock range please click on the link below.
Related Terms: CPP Plate

More information: https://www.cashmores.co.uk/datasheets/Stainless-Steel-Stainless-Steel-Quarto-Plate-and-CPP-Plate_422.ashx
Quenching

The rapid cooling a metal or alloy from the solution treatment temperature by contact with a solid, a liquid or a gas to retain the hardening constituents in solid solution. Quenching is often carried out by immersion in cold water. Extrusions are quenched after extrusion by air blasts.

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