Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) processes have been extensively investigated in the last 30 years to facilitate the production processes of nanostructured (NS) or ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials with unique properties. However, the majority of the efforts were limited on the laboratory-scale investigations not to be able to overcome the demands for industrial scale applications. Researchers have tried to introduce effective industrial methods for processing large and long UFG/NG materials. In this review, all industrial processes especially continuous SPD methods which are more suitable for mass production are categorized and explained. Furthermore, the factors influencing the process efficiency were presented to give a vision to the researchers who want to step in this scientific field. Finally, the industrial processes were compared regarding final microstructure and properties.
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