A device for continuous or
batch production of hot-rolled steel strips with a thickness of 0.6 mm comprises a
continuous casting machine (1), an inlet roller
bed (2), a first shearing
machine (3), a roughing mill (4), a second shearing
machine (5), an
induction furnace (6), a finishing mill (7), a third shearing machine (8), and a multi-coiling machine (9) at the end, and the
continuous casting machine (1), the first shearing machine (3), the roughing mill (4), the second shearing machine (5), the
induction furnace (6), the finishing mill (7) and the third shearing machine (8) are arranged behind the
continuous casting machine (1). Production can be carried out using both a
thin slab from a
casting machine (1) and an outsourcing slab having a thickness of 200-300 mm introduced through an off-line slab charging unit comprising: a reversible roughing mill (10) receiving the slab charged into a
heating furnace (11) through a connecting roller
bed (13); and a translating tunnel furnace (12) comprising at least two parallel segments (12a, 12b), where a first segment (12a) is movable between a position aligned with the reversible roughing mill (10) and an off-line
rest position, and a second segment (12b) is movable between a position aligned with the reversible roughing mill (10) and a position aligned with the entry table (2).