Method for producing an electro-magnetic steel sheet

Abstract

When producing a semi-process electromagnetic steel sheet by a series of process steps including cold rolling, annealing and skin pass rolling, in this order, a hot rolled sheet containing not more than 0.02 wt. % of C, 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of Si, 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Mn, 0.1 to 0.6 wt. % of Al and 0.02 to 0.10 wt. % of P and optionally containing at least one of 0.1 to 1.0 wt.% of Ni, 0.01 to 0.2 wt. % in sum of Sb and/or Sn, and not more than 0.6 wt. % of Cu, the semi-process electromagnetic steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties along the circumferential direction is obtained when a roll in which a number of craters each having a diameter of an equivalent circle of the crater of not larger than 200 microns are formed on the roll surface and a level difference between the most protuberant and recessed portions is in the range from 5 to 40 miclons, with the number of craters per square centimeter being not less than 1000 and none of the craters overlapping with an adjoining crater or craters, is used as the roll for skin pass rolling. The semi-process electromagnetic steel sheet excellent in anti-sticking properties and in magnetic properties along the rolling direction is obtained when a roll in which a number of craters each having a diameter of an equivalent circle of the crater of not larger than 500 microns are formed on the roll surface and a level difference between the most protuberant and most recessed portions of the crater is in the range from 5 to 40 microns, with the number of the craters per square centimeter being in the range from 1 to 400 and none of the craters overlapping with an adjoining crater or craters, is used as the roll for the skin pass rolling.