Abstract: The effect of coiling temperatures on the evolution of texture in Ti-IF steel during ferritic hot rolling, cold rolling and annealing was studied. It was found that texture evolution at high temperature coiling is absolutely different from that at low temperature one. The hot band texture includes a strong α-fiber as well as a weak γ-fiber after ferritic hot rolling and low temperature coiling. Both of them intensify after cold rolling and a γ-fiber with peak at {111}<112> is the main texture of annealed samples. However, the main component of the hot band texture after high temperature coiling is γ-fiber. After cold rolling, the intensity of γ texturereduces; α fiber (except {111} <110> component) intensifies and a strong and well-proportioned γ-fiber forms in the annealed samples.

Key words: Ti-IF steel, Ferritic hot rolling, Coiling temperature, Texture