Method of rolling hot mill band on a twin stand reversing mill

In a method of hot rolling steel slabs of thin to standard thickness into hot mill band on a hot mill having a coiler furnace upstream and downstream of a reversing mill, the improvement comprising utilizing a twin stand hot reversing mill and:

• a) introducing a slab directly into a first stand of said mill without any breakdown pass;
• b) flat tandem passing said slab back and forth through said first stand and a second stand to form an intermediate product having a thickness on the other of an inch or less capable of being coiled;
• c) coiling said intermediate product on one of said upstream or downstream coiling furnaces;
• d) passing said intermediate product back and forth between said first and second stand in tandem while coiling and decoiling in said upstream and downstream coiler furnaces to form a hot mill band of the desired thickness;
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• e) removing said hot mill band in one of sheet, plate or coil form from said hot mill.