Abstract: Taking PCrNi₃MoVA steel as the research object, aiming at the performance defects of anisotropy caused by residual banded structure formed during hot working, a double-gradient normalizing process of temperatures(910, 945, 980, 1015 ℃)-time (1, 2, 3 h) was adopted. The optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Vickers hardness tests and room-temperature tensile tests were employed to explore the influence of normalizing parameters on the microstructure, hardness and tensile properties of the steel after quenching and tempering. The results show that the normalized microstructure is lath martensite. With the increase of normalizing temperature and the extension of holding time, the banded structure shows a elimination trend. At 1015 ℃, the Widmanstatten structure appears, and the hardness generally exhibits a decreasing trend. After quenching and tempering treatment, the microstructure is tempered sorbite. The banded segregation is eliminated due to the long-range diffusion of C, Cr and Mn elements, and the anisotropy of the performance gradually disappears. Comparison of various process parameters verifies that the comprehensive performance is best under the normalizing process at 945 ℃ for 3 h. After quenching and tempering, it becomes uniform tempered sorbite, with the banded structure basically eliminated. The tensile strengths in the direction perpendicular to and parallel to the original banded structure are 1212 MPa and 1208 MPa, respectively. The fracture surface transforms from the anisotropic mixed fracture of the annealed state into the homogeneous dimple fracture, which meets the engineering requirements