Abstract: The present invention provides a composite roll for cold rolling capable of rolling a cold-rolled steel strip having little edge drop, a cold-rolled stainless steel strip or a bright finish steel strip having excellent surface brightness or a silicon steel strip excellent in magnetic properties without causing breakage of roll, which is a roll in which a sleeve is fitted at a surrounding of a shaft portion with the shaft portion as a central axis and its fabrication method, in which the sleeve is constituted by previously integrating a plurality of pieces of mold members divided by a face intersecting with the central axis of the roll. Further, this is a fit roll in which a sleeve member of an outermost layer is made of WC—Co series hard alloys having Young's modulus of 35000 kgf/mm or more and Co content of 12-50 weight % and is provided with a wall thickness of 3% or more of roll radius and a ratio L/D of a length L of a barrel of the sleeve to a diameter D of the roll falls in a range of 2-10.

Abstract: An apparatus for pre-processing a stainless steel to be cold-rolled comprising: annealing and pickling means having a mechanical descaling device and a pickling device; rolling means consisting of rolls arranged to be two or more stages; and means capable of applying liquid lubricant at a thin thickness to a work roll of the rolling means.

Abstract: A method of pre-processing a stainless steel strip to be cold-processed comprising the steps of: annealing and pickling the stainless steel strip after completing hot rolling; applying liquid lubricant with a thickness of 1 .mu.m or less to the surfaces of rolls before the rolls come into contact with the stainless steel strip; and rolling the stainless steel strip at a reduction ratio exceeding 5%. An apparatus for pre-processing a stainless steel to be cold-rolled comprising: annealing and picking means having a mechanical descaling device and a pickling device; rolling means consisting of rolls arranged in two or more stages; and means capable of applying liquid lubricant in a thin layer to a work roll of the rolling means.

Abstract: A process of producing cold rolled stainless steel strip, according to the invention, includes preliminary treatment for hot rolled stainless steel strip, in which preliminary treatment, hot rolled stainless steel strip is, at first, treated through annealing and picking process and is subsequently subject cold rolling without introducing rolling mill lubricant at a reduction of more than 5%. The process of preliminary treatment for preparation of cold rolling is useful for producing high surface brightness cold rolled stainless steel strip, which can achieve both of satisfactory quality and high efficiency.