Thyssenkrupp Stahl Ag

Hans Huneus

Rudolf Kawalla

Hans Pircher

Manfred Espenhahn

Carl-Dieter Wuppermann

Klaus G&uuml;nther

Andreas B&ouml;ttcher

A process for the production of grain-oriented electric quality sheet by melting a silicon steel and casting the melt continuously into a strand having a thickness of 25-100 mm. During solidification the strand is cooled to a temperature above 700&deg; C. and divided into thin slabs. The thin slabs then pass through an equalization furnace standing in line where they are reheated to a temperature &lE;1170&deg; C. and continuously rolled in a multi-stand hot rolling mill to give hot strip having a thickness of &lE;3.0 mm. The first shaping pass is performed at a temperature in the rolling stock up to 1150&deg; C. The reduction in thickness is at least 20%. The hot strip is cold rolled in one or more stages with recrystallizing intermediate annealing to a final thickness in the range of 0.15-0.50 mm. The cold strip is then annealed with recrystallization and decarburization, furnished with a predominantly MgO-containing annealing separator and given a final annealing for imprinting a Goss texture. The strip is then coated with an electric insulation and given a stress-free annealing.

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Herne, Germany

Hans Huneus