The coilers pull the material through the mill, therefore the process is more similar to drawing than rolling.
[1] It is also used to process steel slabs into hot rolled coil.
The Steckel mill allows the rolling of a large slab by providing heated reels on both sides of the mill to store the increased length produced during rolling.
A cutter mechanism is also provided in this mill to cut the irregular head and tail of the incoming slab.
The Steckel mill has quality problems due to temperature losses.