Abstract
The ECAE process was successfully used as an intense straining process to obtain ultra-fine grained metals. However, it has a problem in applicability to long, thin coiled strips. The authors recently proposed a novel continuous shear deformation process called conshearing to solve this problem. Long and thin strip is continuously fed by rolls and passes the ECA die. This process can be used to control texture. Ti-added ultra low carbon interstitial-free (IF) steel strips are subjected to the conshearing process using 55 degree die. The process was repeated up to four passes at room temperature. The shear texture with {110}<001> and {112}<111> components is evolved. The tensile strength increases from 280MPa to 450MPa.
