By eliminating the need for a reheating furnace, direct rolling offers significant benefits compared to the traditional cast-and-reheat process: 

The key to direct rolling is synchronizing the casting and rolling operations to maintain the required temperature throughout the process. 

The most substantial benefit is the massive reduction in energy consumption for reheating.

Another significant advantage is yield improvement by 1 ~ 1.2 %. Skipping the reheating stage reduces the amount of scale (iron oxide) that forms on the steel’s surface, improving the metal yield by 

However ANT will not only tell you about challenges of the direct rolling specifically for your plant, but give you most appropriate solutions to reap the tremendous benefits.

Additionally, for existing facilities, adapting a direct rolling process may require a complete redesign of the plant layout to position the rolling mill in close proximity to the continuous caster.