Patent ID: 7011139

Claim:
A method for producing a non-oriented electrical steel comprising the steps of: a) preparing a non-oriented electrical steel melt having a composition in weight % comprising: up to about 6.5% silicon up to about 5% chromium up to about 0.05% carbon up to about 3% aluminum up to about 3% manganese, and balance essentially iron and residuals; b) casting a steel strip by rapid solidification of the steel melt into a strip and developing an as-cast grain structure; and c) suppressing at least one of: i) a phase change in the strip, or ii) recrystallization of the as-cast grain structure; and d) rolling the strip to reduce the thickness of the strip, wherein the act of rolling comprises at least one act of hot rolling and the strip is reduced from greater than about 5% to less than about 90% during the at least one act of hot rolling.