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         <image:caption>Diagram of air knife gas pressure distribution and liquid zinc coating flow pattern showing knife lips, steel substrate, stagnation pressure distribution, and flow in liquid coating metal</image:caption>
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  <url>
       <loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/resources/technical/dross-control-galvanising-lines.html</loc>
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         <image:caption>Galvanising bath cross-section showing top dross and bottom dross accumulation points</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/strip-exiting-zinc-bath-dross-counter-flow.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Strip exiting a zinc galvanising bath with a downwards counter flow returning excess zinc and dross from the air knives</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/zinc-bath-fe-al-solubility-curve-465c.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Solubility curve for aluminium and iron in a zinc galvanising bath at 465C</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/zinc-bath-aluminium-iron-solubility-465c.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Aluminium-iron solubility in zinc at 465C showing top dross and bottom dross formation zones</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/zinc-bath-solubility-temperature-family-curves.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Zinc bath aluminium-iron solubility curves showing how dross forms as bath temperature changes</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/air-knives-above-zinc-bath-adjustments.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Location of air knives above the zinc bath showing pot roll, stabiliser rolls, knife adjustments and X-ray coating gauge</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Characteristic wet strip surface appearance caused by downwards air flow between the zinc bath and the air knives</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/air-knife-splashing-zinc-liquid-separation.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Splashing condition at the air knives showing early stage separation of liquid zinc from the strip surface</image:caption>
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  <url>
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         <image:caption>Magnified image of plastic mandrel sleeve surface showing rough pocket topography at 500 micron scale</image:caption>
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       <image:image>
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         <image:caption>Steel coil showing soft collapse failure — the coil has deformed from a circular to an oval shape under its own weight</image:caption>
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  <url>
       <loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/resources/technical/strip-centring-vertical-furnaces.html</loc>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/vertical-furnace-generic-layout-diagram.png</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Generic layout of a galvanising line vertical furnace showing strip entry, radiant tube heating, soaking, jet cool, slow cool and hot bridle sections</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/roll-crown-measurement-diagram.png</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing measurement and calculation of roll crown using centreline diameter C and edge diameters E1 and E2</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/strip-roll-contact-crowned-surface-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing strip in contact with the crowned roll surface</image:caption>
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       <image:image>
         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/resolved-centring-force-roll-crown-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing the resolved force component directed towards the roll centreline, generated by strip tension over a crowned roll</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/heat-buckle-thin-wide-strip-photo.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Photograph of heat buckle developing near the centre of thin, wide steel strip in a galvanising furnace</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/crowned-furnace-roll-multi-taper-profile-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram of a crowned furnace roll including a flat centre region and multiple taper angles with smoothed transitions</image:caption>
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       <image:image>
         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/furnace-roll-roughness-flat-centre-photo.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Photograph of a furnace roll showing increased surface roughness in the flat centre region</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/negative-thermal-crown-cold-narrow-strip-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing cold, narrow, thick strip in contact with a hot roll, illustrating negative thermal crown development</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/thermal-crown-control-mechanism-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing the mechanism for control of thermal crown in upper rolls in vertical furnaces using heat shield devices</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/anti-buckle-roll-position-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing the position of anti-buckle rolls immediately after upper furnace rolls in a vertical galvanising furnace</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/severe-edge-wave-strip-photo.png</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Photograph of severe edge wave in cold rolled steel strip on a conveyor roller table</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Side trimmer unit showing upper and lower rotary knife blades, hold-down donut and scrap chute</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Close-up of side trimmer hold-down donut mounted against the upper knife blade</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Diagram defining knife gap, nick and break zones in a side trim cut</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/side-trim-cut-edge-correct-knife-gap.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Close-up photo of a correctly trimmed strip edge showing shiny nick zone and darker break zone</image:caption>
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       <image:image>
         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/side-trim-cut-edge-insufficient-knife-gap.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Trimmed strip edge showing excessive nick and irregular smeared shelf line from insufficient knife gap</image:caption>
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       <image:image>
         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/side-trim-insufficient-gap-shelf-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing the shelf defect formed between nick and break zones with insufficient knife gap</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/coil-wall-shelf-material-fragments.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Coil wall showing fragments of shelf material remaining attached to the strip edge</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/side-trim-excessive-knife-gap-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram of a side trim cut with excessive knife gap showing roll over and multiple breaks</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/trimmed-edge-cross-section-excessive-gap-micrograph.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Cross section micrograph of a trimmed strip edge showing roll over on the top surface and flattening on the bottom surface</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Illustration of a serrated saw tooth edge defect on steel strip</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Cold rolled coil wall showing early stage serrated edge with 45 degree slip lines</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/cold-rolled-coil-wall-fully-developed-serrated-edge.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Cold rolled coil side wall showing fully developed serrated edge with separated cracks</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>Side trimmer equipment showing plastic donut positioned against the upper knife</image:caption>
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         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/insufficient-hold-down-non-square-presentation-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing insufficient hold down pressure causing non square strip edge presentation</image:caption>
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       <image:image>
         <image:loc>https://www.steelonthenet.com/images/excess-hold-down-bottom-surface-marking-diagram.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:caption>Diagram showing excess hold down pressure marking the bottom surface of the strip</image:caption>
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         <image:caption>30-year historical steel price chart for rebar and HRC showing cyclical peaks and troughs from 1996 to 2026</image:caption>
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