Evolution of cube texture in strip-cast non-oriented silicon steels

Texture evolution in Fe-1.3%Si steels with ultra-high magnetic induction produced by strip casting, cold rolling and annealing was investigated using macro-/micro-texture analysis. A new and strong {1 1 0} fiber has been founded in thin as-cast sheets. The in-grain shear bands with the Cube orientation can be observed in deformed {1 1 0}〈1 1 0〉 grains after cold rolling. The new Cube grains are mainly nucleated and grow within those shear bands at the beginning of recrystallization and consequently determine the overall annealing texture.