Abstract
	The hot flat rolling of a plain-carbon Al-killed steel was simulated at the computerized laboratory mill. Three different rolling regimes of conventional or temperature controlled rolling were applied. The parameters of pre-heating, finish rolling and/or accelerated cooling varied and their influence on microstructure as well as mechanical properties of final product was evaluated. Experimental potentialities and advantages of the newly developed automated rolling mill Tandem were thus confirmed. The obtained results could be applied by optimizing the rolling technology at the universal three-high stand in ŽDB a.s. Bohumín.