A thick-walled, high-toughness, high-strength steel plate manufactured from steel having a particular composition and casted under conditions where the cooling rate of a surface during solidification is 1° C./s or less. The surface of the steel plate has a toughness (vE-40) of 70 J or more, and the steel plate has a thickness of 100 mm or more.

An edging method including changing an incident angle of a slab with respect to a pair of edging members that are disposed on a conveyance line of the slab and that edge the slab based on information relating to the slab acquired at at least one of prior to edging or after edging.

Methods for making Ta sputter targets and sputter targets made thereby. Ta ingots are compressed along at least two of the x, y, and z dimensions and then cross rolled in at least one of those dimensions. A pair of target blanks is then cut from the cross rolled ingot. The resulting targets have a predominate mix of {100} and {111} textures and have reduced B {100} and B {100} banding factors.

Methods for making Ta sputter targets and sputter targets made thereby. Ta ingots are compressed along at least two of the x, y, and z dimensions and then cross rolled in at least one of those dimensions. A pair of target blanks is then cut from the cross rolled ingot. The resulting targets have a predominate mix of {100} and {111} textures and have reduced B {100} and B {111} banding factors.

Provided are an ultrathick steel material having excellent strength and low-temperature impact toughness for flanges and a method for manufacturing same. The steel material of the present disclosure comprises, by wt %, C: 0.05-0.2%, Si: 0.05-0.5%, Mn: 1.0-2.0%, Al: 0.005-0.1%, P: 0.01% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Nb: 0.001-0.07%, V: 0.001-0.3%, Ti: 0.001-0.03%, Cr: 0.01-0.3%, Mo: 0.01-0.12%, Cu: 0.01-0.6%, Ni: 0.05-1.0%, Ca: 0.0005-0.004%, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, has Ceq satisfying the range of 0.35-0.55 as calculated by the following equation, has an average ferrite grain size of 25 m or less in the central portion thereof, and contains a microstructure including 5-30 area % of pearlite and the balance of ferrite.

An edging method including changing an incident angle of a slab with respect to a pair of edging members that are disposed on a conveyance line of the slab and that edge the slab based on information relating to the slab acquired at at least one of prior to edging or after edging.

A method for preparing a high-performance tantalum target, a high-performance target prepared by the method, and a use of the high-performance target. The method for preparing the high-performance tantalum target comprises: firstly, preparing a tantalum ingot into a forging blank by a method of cold forging in conjunction with hot forging; then, rolling the forging blank by a hot rolling method; and finally, performing leveling, and performing discharging, milling and surface treatment according to a size of a finished product, so as to obtain the tantalum target. The tantalum target prepared by the method has uniform crystallization, with a grain size between 50 m and 120 m. A texture component where a texture (110) dominants in the thickness direction of the target is obtained. A total proportion of three textures (111), (110) and (100) is between 40% and 50%, ensuring a consistent sputtering rate of the tantalum target during use.

In a method for producing a component by hot forming of a pre-product made of steel, the pre-product is heated to forming temperature and subsequently formed. The product is heated to a temperature below the AC.sub.1-transformation temperature and undergoes a strength increase prior to the heating by cold forming.

Methods for making Ta sputter targets and sputter targets made thereby. Ta ingots are compressed along at least two of the x, y, and z dimensions and then cross rolled in at least one of those dimensions. A pair of target blanks is then cut from the cross rolled ingot. The resulting targets have a predominate mix of {100} and {111} textures and have reduced B {100} and B {111} banding factors.

The present disclosure relates to an extremely thick steel material for a flange having excellent strength and low-temperature impact toughness, and a method of manufacturing the same.