Method of manufacturing hot-worked elongated products, in particular bar or pipe, from high alloy or hypereutectoidal steel

A process for producing a hot-worked elongated element from one of a high alloy and a hypereutectoidal steel, including the steps of:

• initially deforming a feed stock at a deformation temperature by feeding said feedstock through a reducing mill at a predetermined deformation temperature;
• producing a uniform temperature distribution throughout a length and thickness of the deformed feedstock after said step of initially deforming by controlled heating or cooling to a preestablished temperature;
• reheating the deformed feedstock to a temperature within one of a first temperature range of 650 degrees C. to Ac.sub.1 and a second temperature range of Ac.sub.1 to A.sub.cma ;
• deforming the reheated feedstock to a final form by continuously rolling the reheated feedstock in a multi-stand reducing mill for a total deformation of .lambda..gtoreq.1.5 and an individual deformation of .lambda..gtoreq.1.03 through each stand of the multi-stand reducing mill and maintaining a temperature of said reheated feedstock within a narrow range during said continuous rolling;
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• cooling the finally formed feed stock to ambient temperature.