BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE PRETTY MUCH sums up the position of the Coilbox in a steel hot strip mill. Located between the roughing mill and finishing mill stages, Coilbox technology from Hatch (hatch.ca) of Mississauga, ON, plays a key role in maintaining a high quality production process for flat steel products, all in a very aggressive environment.The Coilbox is exposed to “water, scale, high thermal and impact loads, and some unpredictable operating conditions,” according to Darryl Metcalfe of the Hatch Technologies engineering department.Read More...To View 3D Content, Download the Latest Version of Adobe Reader. Click Here.