Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Intermediate rolling operation on strip. Strip brass and copper, cast as thick heavy cakes, is reduced by successive rolling to lighter gauge sheet, strip, bar, plate, wire or foil. Here's one of the intermediate rolls used in the production of strip. The man is coiling the strip as it comes from the rolls. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio. Sourced from the Library of Congress.
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