Abstract: The production of a cold-rolled strip or sheet of steel with good deforming properties, which is subjected to recrystallizing annealing and, if appropriate, a dressing operation after hot rolling, coiling and cold rolling and has a bake-hardening potential after a subsequent deformation and for a subsequent temperature treatment, succeeds because the recrystallizing annealing is carried out in a bell-type furnace while coiled and because the strip or sheet is subjected to cooling at a cooling rate of ≧1° C./s after the recrystallizing annealing from a temperature T of 200° C.≦T≦A1. It is consequently possible to obtain properties of bell-annealed steels and nevertheless attain a bake-hardening effect, in particular for C contents of ≧0.02%.

Abstract: The production of a cold-rolled strip or sheet of steel with good deforming properties, which is subjected to recrystallizing annealing and, if appropriate, a dressing operation after hot rolling, coiling and cold rolling and has a bake-hardening potential after a subsequent deformation and for a subsequent temperature treatment, succeeds because the recrystallizing annealing is carried out in a bell-type furnace while coiled and because the strip or sheet subjected to cooling at a cooling rate of ≧1° C./s after the recrystallizing annealing from a temperature T of 200° C. ≦T≦A1.

Abstract: In order to produce sheet possessing good forming properties, in particular for rotationally symmetrical deep-drawings, a low-carbon steel containing not more that 0.009% N is alloyed with 0.01 to 0.94% Ti and in certain cases with 0.01 to 0.06% Nb and continuously cast. The plate slabs are heated to a temperature above 1120 degrees Celsius, rolled to obtain a hot strip above the Ar.sub.3 point, and would at 520.+-.100 degrees Celsius. After cold rolling to the desired fine sheet thickness, the steel strip is annealed by recrystallizaiton, skin-passes and made into sheets.

Abstract: An improved method for the manufacture of hot strips or heavy plates from a denitrated steel composed of 0.04 to 0.16% carbon, 1.25 to 1.90% manganese, 0.2 to 0.55% silicon, 0.004 to 0.020% phosphorus, 0.002 to 0.015% sulfur, 0.02 to 0.08% aluminum, 0.02 to 0.08% niobium, the remainder iron and possibly contaminants, including the steps of having the hot strips or plates leaving the last finishing stand of rolls at a temperature of 750.degree. C. to 820.degree. C., cooling the hot strips or plates to an intermediates temperature of 450.degree. C. to 500.degree. C. at a cooling rate of 2.degree. to 10.degree. C./s and then slowly cooling the hot strips or plates in air to room temperature in a coil or in a pile.