Abstract
Neutron-diffraction was used to study the texture development during pass-rolling of
rods of an austenitic (f.c.c.) steel X8CrNiTi18.10 and a ferritic (b.c.c.) material
X8CrTi17 in a round→oval→round→oval→round groove sequence. The orientation
distributions occurring in the core of the pass-rolled rods can be described in a
good approximation in terms of orthorhombic sample symmetry and qualitatively
interpreted either as press textures on conditions of anisotropic material flow in the
plane perpendicular to the press direction or as rolling textures on condition of large
spreading. However, though they must be characterized by components {hkl}