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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162032 | Process and plant for manufacturing steel plates without interruption Process and related plant for manufacturing steel plates with thickness | 04/24/2012 |
| 8087449 | Method and plant for the production of flat rolled products A rolling method in a rolling line, to obtain strip with a thickness varying from 0.7 mm to 20 mm, for steel which can be cast in the form of thin slabs with a thickness from 30 mm to 140 mm, the line includes a continuous casting device; a tunnel furnace for mainte... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8011418 | Method and device for manufacturing a metal strip by means of continuous casting and rolling A method of manufacturing a metal strip includes casting a slab (3) or preliminary strip (3′) in a casting machine (2) and subsequently rolling the cast slab (3) or preliminary strip (3′) in at least one rolling train (4, 5 | 09/06/2011 |
| 7958931 | Method of casting rolling with increased casting speed and subsequent hot rolling of relatively thin metal strands, particularly steel material strands and casting rolling apparatus A method for continuous casting and rolling at increased casting speed followed by hot rolling of relatively thin metal strand, especially steel strand (1), where presetting of target temperatures (6) of the hot strip (2) reduces temperature los... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954539 | Process and a plant for the production of metal strip A process and an ultracompact plant for the endless production of hot rolled steel strip comprising an ingot mold (15) that produces a very thin slab, having narrow sides with thickness in the range between 40 and 55 mm and a central swelling, at a speed in t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942191 | Method and system for producing wide steel strip A method for producing a wide steel strip using thin slab continuous casting and rolling by the following steps a) casting a molten steel into a thin slab having a thickness of between 50 and 90 mm; b) cutting; c) soaking; d) heating by electromagnetic induction; e)... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7909085 | Process and plant for producing metal strip Process and ultracompact plant for continuous production of hot rolled steel strip comprising an ingot mould (15) which produces a very thin slab at a speed between 4 and 16 m/min, wherein the thickness of the narrow sides is between 15 and 50 mm with a centr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7874346 | Method for producing manganese dry cell negative electrode zinc material A method for manufacturing non lead added anode zinc material for manganese dry batteries comprising compounding a zinc alloy by melting zinc, 0.1 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less of bismuth and other impurity elements inevitably contained in zinc in a melting ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7726383 | Method for producing a magnesium hot strip The invention relates to a method for producing a magnesium hot strip, in which a melt from a magnesium alloy is continuously cast to form a roughed strip with a thickness of maximum 50 mm, and in which the cast roughed strip is hot-rolled directly from the cast hea... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7367104 | Method and device for the production of a trimmed metal strip The invention relates to a method for production of a metal strip from a strip (6), cast directly from molten metal (4), whereby a trimming of the strip edges (9, 9′) of the strip (6) is carried out, characterised in that the strip edge... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341096 | Method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, and plate or strip produced in this way The invention relates to a method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, in which the slab or strip is passed between a set of rotating rolls of a rolling mill stand in order to roll the slab or strip. According to the invention, the rolls of the ro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318267 | Strip production equipment Arranged are a twin- or single-roll continuous casting machine supplied with molten metal from a tundish arranged above so as to continuously cast a strip with a predetermined width, a trimmer arranged downstream of the continuous casting machine to trim widthwise e... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7213432 | Hot rolling installation A hot rolling installation should be constructed and able to be operated so that strips of materials, which can be shaped with different levels of difficulty and have a thickness of less than 1 mm, can be rolled. According to the invention, strip speeds of 15 m/sec ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7192551 | Inductive heating process control of continuous cast metallic sheets An apparatus for rolling of a powder metallurgical metallic workpiece is provided having a feeding device, a first induction heating apparatus in operable communication with a first RF generator and at least a first hot rolling mill. A process control device monitor... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181822 | Method and apparatus for controlling strip shape in hot rolling mills A hot rolling mill and method for operating the hot rolling mill where the shape of the strip is controlled by localized cooling devices positioned at intervals along work rolls in at least three lateral zones, a central and two edge zones, and capable of separately... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7140417 | Method of continuous casting non-oriented electrical steel strip Non-oriented electrical steels are widely used as the magnetic core material in a variety of electrical machinery and devices, particularly in motors where low core loss and high magnetic permeability in all directions of the strip are desired. A method for producin... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137434 | Continuous roll casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals A method of continuously casting metal strip, as well as an apparatus for carrying out the process, wherein the process includes the steps of: providing a pair of casting rolls operating at a selected rotational speed and the two casting rolls being spaced apart fro... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137437 | Method and device for producing continuously cast steel slabs Continuously cast products (12) are often provided with surface defects such as oscillation marks (17) and other non-homogeneous structures in the cast state thereof during production in a casting die (11) of a continuous casting plant (10 | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121323 | Method and device for the continuous casting and direct shaping of a metal strand, in particular a steel cast strand The invention relates to a method and a continuous casting device for the direct shaping of a metal strand, in particular a steel cast strand (1) of any format (1d). According to said method, the cast strand (1) is only cooled by a liquid... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117925 | Production of thin steel strip A cast carbon steel strip is prepared by continuously casting in a twin roll caster and cooling to transform the strip from austenite to ferrite at a temperature range between 400° C. and 850° C. at cooling the strip to transform the austenite to ferrite within a ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100670 | Method for fabricating uranium foils and uranium alloy foils A method of producing thin foils of uranium or an alloy. The uranium or alloy is cast as a plate or sheet having a thickness less than about 5 mm and thereafter cold rolled in one or more passes at substantially ambient temperatures until the uranium or alloy thereo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089993 | Method and apparatus for continuous casting A method and apparatus for continuous casting of metal strip, the apparatus having (i) a first endless belt supported and moved on the surfaces of a first entry pulley and a first exit pulley and (ii) a second endless belt supported and moved on the surfaces of a se... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086450 | Continuous casting method, continuous casting apparatus and continuously cast steel slab A continuous casting method is demonstrated, in which a slab including a liquid core 11 is bulged and then reduced in its thickness with a reduction roll pair 7, in which case, the uppermost surface of the lower roll 7b in the reduction r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069974 | Method and device for producing thin slabs A method for producing thin slabs whereby the cross-section thereof is reduced during solidification in a continuous casting device wherein the strand guide adjacent to the mold includes wedge-shaped adjustable roller-strand sections for regulating the thickness of ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059384 | Apparatus and method for metal strip casting Disclosed is a method and apparatus for continuously casting a metal strip. A casting pool of molten metal is formed, and a metal strip is solidified onto a casting surface. The temperature of the casting surface is maintained above a predetermined critical value. B... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054711 | Unit for the production of track elements According to the invention, a unit (10) is proposed for the production of track elements (25), which comprises a plurality of clamping devices (14) arranged one after another in the longitudinal direction of the unit. Provided in the clamping de... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049565 | Inductive heating of semi-solid material The present invention utilizes a dynamically controlled frequency system for the process of induction heating semi-solid material. Semi-solid precursor material is machined into billets of a desired size. These billets are subjected to one or more heating processes ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7024750 | Method for the manufacture of layered metal product slabs and layered metal product slabs A method for the production of a layered metal slab by casting, which strip contains a central layer (2) and surface layers (3) on either side of it. The central layer (2) is introduced as a strip through a mould (4), into which is introd... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025118 | Method and device for continuously casting ingots, slabs or thin slabs A continuously cast strand is subjected to soft reduction between the guide rollers below the mold and between the soft reduction stretch and the mold the strand is subjected to format or thickness reduction between at least one pair of position controlled guide rol... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024342 | Thermal flow simulation for casting/molding processes A numerical procedure for simulating the behavior of incompressible, viscous fluid in a casting/molding process. The method is based on classical fluid dynamic equations and uses control volume-finite element and numerical techniques to solve the momentum and energy... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014915 | Controlled binary macrosegregated powder particles, their uses, and preparation methods therefor A material has a mass of powder particles. The mass of powder particles includes controlled binary macrosegregated powder particles made of at least two constituent elements. Each controlled binary macrosegregated powder particle has a chemically binary structure wh... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011139 | Method of continuous casting non-oriented electrical steel strip Non-oriented electrical steels are widely used as the magnetic core material in a variety of electrical machinery and devices, particularly in motors where low core loss and high magnetic permeability in all directions of the strip are desired. A method for producin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6978531 | Method of manufacturing hot rolled steel sheet using mini mill process Disclosed is a method for manufacturing hot rolled steel sheets. The method includes the steps of passing molten steel through a continuous caster (11) having a mold after having been passed through a ladle (91) and a tundish (92) to manufacture... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973956 | Method and device for the continuous production of a rolled metal strip from a molten metal The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing a rolled metal strip from a molten metal by producing a cast metal strip in a strip casting device and then rolling the undivided metal strip in a roll stand to the final thickness of the strip. For con... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945311 | Method for the vertical continuous casting of a steel strip In a method for vertical continuous casting of a steel band, a strand (11) of a parallelogram-like cross section is cast at first in a revolving chill-mold (2) and is thereafter transferred from said initial cross section with completely solidified lon... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945478 | Fuel injector having an orifice plate with offset coining angled orifices A fuel injector having an orifice plate proximate the outlet. The orifice plate has first and second plate surfaces spaced at a predetermined distance from one another and an orifice, the orifice extending along a longitudinal axis and includes a first surface and a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941636 | Method for operating a casting-rolling plant A casting-rolling plant and a method of operating a casting-rolling plant are disclosed. At least one slab production line (40, 50) and at least one mill train (4) as well as at least one slab feeding device (20) that is independent of the slab ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931703 | Rail producing method and producing equipment The present invention provides a method and equipment for producing a rail, the method and equipment being capable of lowering a bend at an end of a rail effectively and the truncation amount thereof. The present invention is a method for producing a rail, character... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932938 | Method and apparatus for containing and ejecting a thixotropic metal slurry A container system including a vessel for holding a thixotropic semi-solid aluminum alloy slurry during its processing as a billet and an ejection system for cleanly discharging the processed thixotropic semi-solid aluminum billet. The crucible is preferably formed ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915839 | Method to shear a strip during the casting step Method to shear a strip during the casting step, wherein the casting speed is increased, with respect to a speed of a stationary regime, maintaining the thickness of said cast strip constant to the value corresponding to the speed of a stationary regime, in order to... | 07/12/2005 |
