Abstract
It is the purpose of this study to investigate the possibility of controlling the texture of 17 Cr stainless steel sheet to the {100}⟨011⟩ type which is proposed to be appropriate for a can used for a canned motor. The characteristics of the textures were studied on the hot-rolled sheet, which did not recrystallize during the hot-rolling process, and on the same sheet after annealing. The variation of texture in the cold-rolling and annealing processes was studied, paying particular attention to the differences in the initial orientation.
The results are as follows:
(1) The texture of the as-hot-rolled sheet consists of a strongly developed {100}⟨uvw⟩ orientation, whereas that of the annealed sheet is nearly random due to recrystallization.
(2) The {100}⟨uvw⟩ texture component rapidly decreases with cold-rolling and reduction. The cold-rolling recrystallization textures of 70% cold-rolled sheets mainly consist of the {100}⟨011⟩ component.
(3) A canned motor with a sheet having the {100}⟨011⟩ texture shows high efficiency.
