Method of manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and rolling apparatus for manufacturing electrical steel sheet

Abstract

Provided is a method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with low iron loss and little variation in iron loss can be stably manufactured by a tandem mill. The method includes subjecting a steel material to hot rolling to obtain a hot-rolled sheet, subjecting the hot-rolled sheet to cold rolling once or twice or more with intermediate annealing performed therebetween to obtain a cold-rolled sheet with a final sheet thickness, and then subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to decarburization annealing and then to secondary recrystallization annealing, wherein final cold rolling is performed by a tandem mill, and in the final cold rolling, the hot-rolled sheet is heated to a temperature range of 70° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower, then cooled to 60° C. or lower, and then introduced into a first pass of the tandem mill.