Hot-rolling steel strip

A process for producing a hot strip made from continuous-cast rolling stock and/or rolling stock rough rolled in the austenitic region, having homogeneous structures and characteristics, made of non-alloyed and low-alloyed steel, comprising the steps of:

• hot rolling the rolling stock in a finishing stage in at least two roll passes in the austenitic region, whereby a starting temperature T≧Ar3+30° C., and a total degree of deformation of eh≧30%,
• further hot rolling the rolling stock in at least two roll passes in the ferritic region, whereby the degree of deformation eh≧60%, and
• subsequently coiling the rolling stock,
• wherein the rolling stock in the finishing stage is hot rolled in continuous succession in the austenitic region, in the diphasic region and in the ferritic region,
• wherein during the hot rolling steps, intensively cooling the rolling stock by cooling means after each roll pass, thereby minimizing transformation time from the austenitic to the diphasic region and the diphasic region to the ferritic region, and
• wherein intensive cooling ceases after ferritic transformation is completed.