Abstract: Method for heat treating rolled stock leaving a rolling train (12), wherein the rolled stock (13) undergoes a rapid cooling treatment in a rapid cooling assembly (11) located immediately downstream of the last rolling pass, the first cooling step being followed by a temperature-equalisation step in air and at least by a second cooling treatment before being discharged and collected, the temperature-equalisation step in air and the at least second cooling treatment being set so as not to modify the surface and inner crystalline structure of the rolled stock (13) which has formed at the outlet of the first cooling treatment, the at least second cooling treatment being followed by a short segment of temperature-equalisation in air and then directly by the collection of the rolled stock (13) into compact form, such as rolls coils bundles or packs, wherein the slow cooling of the rolled stock (13) collected in compact form leads to the transformation of the crystalline structure in the stable structures.

Abstract: A rolling line for long products having a starting nominal transverse dimension between 120 and 180 mm and a final nominal transverse dimension between 4 and 25 mm. The rolling line comprises at least one roughing assembly, an optional reduction and sizing assembly, a fast pre-finishing assembly, and a fast finishing assembly. The optional reduction and sizing assembly having three rolling passes for finishing the long products when their final nominal transverse dimension is in a range between 20 mm and 25 mm. The fast pre-finishing assembly having a plurality of rolling passes, wherein the products are subjected to a same reduction sequence up to the last rolling pass of the plurality of rolling passes. The fast finishing assembly is provided for finishing the long products when their final nominal transverse dimension is lower than 20 mm and has four rolling passes comprised as two separate modules, each having two rolling passes.