Abstract: A method for rolling thin and/or thick slabs made of steel materials into hot-rolled strip, which were previously cast as thin or thick slabs in a continuous casting machine, heated to rolling temperature in a pusher furnace or in a walking-beam furnace, and rolled in a common rolling train, then cooled and wound into coils. The method is carried out in a continuous manner at maximum capacity of the roughing train according to the quality standard of the hot-rolled strip while roller wear is reduced due to the fact that the roughing train is formed inline by roughing stands and finishing stands into which thin slab sections or thick slab sections are introduced at a suitable point of the roughing train according to the thickness thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for milling thin and/or thick slabs (2; 3) made of steel materials into hot-rolled strip (4a). Said slabs are first cast as thin or thick slabs (2; 3) in a continuous casting machine (1), are heated to a milling temperature in a tunnel furnace (5) or walking beam furnace (7), are milled in a mill train (4), and are then chilled and rolled up into coils (18). Said method can be carried out in a largely continuous manner at maximum capacity of the mill train (4) according to the quality standard of the hot-rolled strip (4a) while roller wear is reduced due to the fact that the mill train (4) is formed inline by roughing stands (4c) and finishing stands (4b) into which thin slab sections (2b) or thick slab sections (3b) are introduced at a suitable point of the mill train according to the thickness thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a casting/rolling mill for producing steel strips (1), in particular stainless steel strips, based on the allocation of a conventional strip rolling train (4) to a high-technology continuous casting installation (2). To achieve an improved coupling of a continuous casting installation (2) to a hot-rolling train (4), the invention provides different combinations for an interface between the continuous casting installation (2) and the hot-rolling train (4).