Cooling beds naturally cool the material as well as cross transfer towards the discharge end. The different types of Cooling Beds available are :

• Simple manual handled cooling bed with 'W' Channel, Stationary Platform and run out table.
• Automatic rake type cooling bed which transfer the material by one pitch for every rake movement. These are provided with twin channel bar delivery system or run in table with apron type diverters. The bed is provided with bar aligning arrangement.
• Simple rope skid/ chain skid type cooling beds for sections.
• Turnover type cooling bed for alloy steel, which rotates the bars by one revolution every time the rake moves by a pitch. These impart superior straightness in material, improvised metallurgical properties, as the bars are uniformity cooled.