AbstractThe effect of discrete operations during thermomechanical processing on the earing behaviour of two aluminium alloys (AA 5052 and AA 5454) has been investigated. In the homogenized condition AA 5454 contained a fine dispersoid distribution while AA 5052 was dispersoidfree. It was found that for the dispersoid-containing material the hot-rolling process was less dominant. Nevertheless, for both alloys the earing quality could be adjusted by suitable modifications to hot-rolling, cold-reduction, and annealing cycles. Pole-figure analysis indicated differences in hot-rolled texture caused by variations in processing, which became more significant as the total hot reduction was increased.MST/41