Method for producing an electric strip

A method for processing a siliceous, cold-rolled steel sheet, the method comprising:

• providing the steel sheet in a strip-type state, the steel sheet including a part by weight of silicon of 1.5 % to 6 %;
• conducting a heat treatment for producing a non-grain-oriented electric steel strip;
• and;
• moving the steel sheet through an annealing plant with a heating region, a holding region and a cooling region in a continuous process during the heat treatment, the steel sheet is moved in the annealing plant in a vertical conveying direction;
• wherein the steel sheet is moved in the annealing plant from a furnace entry region arranged in a lower end region of the annealing plant via deflection rollers arranged in an upper end region of the annealing plant to a furnace exit region arranged in the lower end region of the annealing plant;
• the heating region and the holding region extend between the furnace entry region and the deflection rollers;
• and
• in a cross-section of a region of the steel sheet with a maximum temperature, a tensile stress occurs, the value of which is less than 5 MPa.