Experimental rolling trials were performed at different temperatures on EN 1.4462 duplexsteel imposing also different reduction ratios and a possible solution quenching. A clearand significant relation between the applied thermo-mechanical process and themicrostructural evolution was shown, and it is useful for designing the steelmicrostructure. The mechanical properties, the micro-structural features and the texturecharacteristics were defined for each condition in order to point out the operativeparameters (i.e. thermal level, imposed strains and application of solution quenching)that permit to maximize the formability of the final hot-rolled products.
