A final cold rolling that is given to heat-treated strip steel, effecting a small reduction in thickness and an increase in length, in order to improve surface and mechanical properties.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in U.S. Patents.
Definition of skin pass in US English:
skin pass
noun
Metallurgy
A final cold rolling that is given to heat-treated strip steel, effecting a small reduction in thickness and an increase in length, in order to improve surface and mechanical properties.