Patent ID: 8813342

Claim:
A method for producing a clad product, the method comprising: providing a welded assembly comprising an alloy cladding material plate disposed on a steel plate, and one or more framing elements of an alloy material comprising a hot strength greater than the cladding material plate, wherein in the welded assembly a peripheral edge of the cladding material plate does not at any point extend to a peripheral edge of the steel plate, thereby defining a margin between the peripheral edge of the cladding material plate and the peripheral edge of the steel plate, wherein each framing element is disposed in the margin and is directly against the peripheral edge of the cladding material plate and defines a seam between the framing elements and the entire peripheral edge of the cladding material plate, and the alloy material and the cladding material plate are welded together along the seam; and wherein each framing element extends to the peripheral edge of the steel plate and is welded to the steel plate; and wherein in the welded assembly, a surface of the cladding material plate is substantially coplanar with a surface of the each framing element disposed in the margin; and hot rolling the welded assembly to provide a hot rolled band, wherein each framing element inhibits the cladding material plate from spreading beyond the edge of the steel plate during the hot rolling.