金属薄板(The most general use of hot rolling, therefore, is for 'breaking down' large ingots; cold rolling is used to make smooth and accurate thin sheets of metal. 因此，热轧最普通的用途是大金属锭的"开坯"，而冷轧则用于生产表面光滑、尺寸精确的金属薄板。)
薄板坯-薄钢板厂(North Star is engaged in a series of talks with BHP of Australia to build a joint-venture, thin slab-sheet plant somewhere in the western part of the United States. 北极星钢公司与澳大利亚 BHP 钢公司就在美国西部某地建设一座合资薄板坯 • 薄钢板厂进行了一系列会谈。)