Abstract: A magnesium alloy hot rolling method includes: a first rolling step in which a magnesium plate (M0, M1) is rolled reciprocatingly between an upstream heating furnace (2) which is located on an upstream side of a rolling mill (1) and which heats the magnesium plate (M0, M1), and a upstream heating furnace (3) which is located on a downstream side of the rolling mill (1) and which heats the magnesium plate (M0, M1); and a second rolling step in which the temperature of respective end portions of the magnesium plate (M0, M1) on both the upstream and downstream sides is maintained while the magnesium plate (M0, M1) is being rolled reciprocatingly between an upstream temperature maintaining apparatus (5) which transports the heated magnesium plate (M0, M1) while maintaining the temperature thereof, and a downstream temperature maintaining apparatus (6) which transports the heated magnesium plate (M0, M1) while maintaining the temperature thereof.

Abstract: A recoiling facility for a magnesium alloy sheet is provided with: an unwinder which is able to unwind a coil material formed by winding magnesium alloy onto a fixed mandrel; a heating furnace which heats to a predetermined temperature the magnesium alloy sheet which has been unwound from the coil material; a trimmer which trims both side edges of the sheet; and a winder which rewinds the magnesium alloy sheet. According to the present invention, it is possible to rewind a coil material formed by winding a magnesium alloy sheet onto a fixed mandrel and remove the fixed mandrel, and to perform leveling and trimming on crack portions and shape defect portions in width end portions of a plate that have been generated by multi-pass rolling so as to manufacture a high-quality product coil.

Abstract: In a magnesium alloy hot rolling apparatus in which winders that are able to apply heat to and then maintain the temperature of a magnesium alloy sheet while this sheet is in a coiled state are installed on both entry and exit sides of a rolling mill, and in which the magnesium alloy sheet undergoes a sequential thickness reduction via a plurality of reverse rollings, the rolling mill is provided with working rollers and back-up rollers whose surface temperature can be heated to a particular fixed temperature and then maintained at this temperature. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent any deterioration in the quality of a product which is caused by temperature variations during the hot rolling of the magnesium alloy sheet, and it is possible to improve the yield and increase productivity.