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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946022 | Copper alloy for electronic machinery and tools and method of producing the same A copper alloy for electronic machinery and tools, having a surface layer of a work affected layer whose thickness is 0.2 μm or below; and a method of producing the same. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7513026 | Method for rolling thin and thick slabs made of steel materials into hot-rolled strip A method for rolling thin and/or thick slabs made of steel materials into hot-rolled strip, which were previously cast as thin or thick slabs in a continuous casting machine, heated to rolling temperature in a pusher furnace or in a walking-beam furnace, and rolled ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7305859 | Rolling mill The rolling mill comprises a pair of work rolls for rolling a plate material in the thickness direction, a guide for guiding the leading end of the plate material between the work rolls, and a rolling oil supply member for supplying rolling oil between the work roll... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7261864 | Catalyst carrier holding material and catalytic converter To provide a catalyst carrier holding material which is particularly useful for catalytic converters, by exhibiting heat resistance and high compression resistance in high temperature ranges, as well as excellent wind erosion resistance. The catalyst carrier holding... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257977 | Thermo-electromechanical process and system for coiling and uncoiling an in-line hot rolled pre-strip from thin slab continuous casting A system and the relevant thermo-electromechanical process with two superimposed devices (A) able to coil and uncoil a pre-strip (a) by reversing their positions, provided with outer (4) and inner (7) burners to respectively equalize and optimiz... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7159294 | Burr removal apparatus for laser beam machine The invention provides a burr removal apparatus for laser beam machine which removes burrs formed on the top surface of a workpiece. When, for example, pilot holes PH are produced in a workpiece W by a laser machining tool 60, molten particles scatter ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152661 | Method and casting roller plant for the semi-endless or endlers rolling by casting of a metal in particular a steel strip which may be transversely separated as required after solidification The invention relates to a method and casting roller plant for the semi-endless or endless rolling by casting of a metal, in particular a steel strip (1a), which may be transversely separated as required after solidification. The casting strip part len... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143499 | Method and installation for producing metal strips and sheets The invention relates to a method for producing metal strips and sheets involving the following method steps: pouring a strand, which is provided in the form (1) of thin slabs and which is comprised of carbon steel or special steel, into a casting machine ( | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131191 | Method for manufacturing noble metal electric discharge chips for spark plugs In a wire drawing process for forming a wire rod containing iridium as a main component and which further contains nickel and at least one of platinum, rhodium and ruthenium, and having a cross-sectional area of not smaller than 0.05 mm2 and not larger th... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131768 | Extended temperature range EMF device A sensor and method of manufacturing an extended temperature range EMF sensor that is cost effective and highly reliable, with a stable EMF output and with an operating range of up to 1700° C. in hostile environments. The sensor is formed of highly stable dispersio... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121130 | Method and installation for hot-rolling strips using a Steckel rolling frame The invention relates to a method and an installation for hot-rolling strips using a reversible Steckel rolling frame (8), each side of which is equipped with a respective furnace coiler (9, 10) and a driving mechanism (17,18), provided between ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7093342 | Hot rolling thin strip Thin steel strip is passed through a pinch roll stand comprising pinch rolls to a rolling mill comprising a pair of work rolls and upper and lower backing rolls. Strip passes through the bite between the work rolls and strip squeezing forces are applied between the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7061364 | Thermal variable resistance device with protective sheath A sensor and method of manufacturing a variable resistance sensor with a protective sheath that is cost effective and highly reliable, with stable resistance with an operating range of up to 1700° C. in hostile environments. The sheath is formed of highly stable di... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052647 | Method and apparatus for cooling hot rolled steel strip, and method for manufacturing hot rolled steel strip An apparatus for cooling a hot rolled steel strip comprising a transfer means arranged behind a final finishing mill, the transfer means comprising a plurality of transfer rolls for transferring the steel strip; at least one upper surface cooling means arranged at a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047621 | Method for casting and immediate rolling, and device for the support, guidance and deformation of a metal strand, especially in steel strand A method for casting and rolling preliminary sections, especially H-sections, and a device for the support, guidance and deformation of a metal strand, especially a steel cast strand (1), in a continuous casting installation for preliminary sections with soft... | 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 |
| 7026908 | Extended temperature range thermal variable-resistance device A sensor and method of manufacturing an extended temperature range variable resistance sensor that is cost effective and highly reliable, with stable resistance with an operating range of up to 1700° C. in hostile environments. The sensor is formed of highly stable... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959476 | Aluminum automotive drive shaft A method for producing aluminum drive shafts from molten aluminum alloy using a continuous caster to cast the alloy into a slab. The method comprises providing a molten aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Si, 0.05 to 0.4 wt. % Cu, 0.45 to 1.2 w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956187 | Steel plate splicing facility utilizing shear joining A steel plate splicing facility includes, a steel plate heating apparatus for retrieving and heating a preceding steel plate and a following steel plate, and a shear-joining apparatus for clamping a tail end portion of the preceding steel plate and a leading end por... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950713 | Method for creating a three-dimensional engraving in a solid and a product created by said method A method for creating a three-dimensional engraving within a solid. A three-dimensional illustration of the solid is scanned into a numerical controller associated with a machining center. The 3D illustration is projected in the solid according to individual depths ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945307 | Method for manufacturing a golf club head A method for manufacturing a golf club head includes preparing a golf club head casting by casting, the golf club head casting having a striking face, forging the golf club head casting at least one time and removing cinders in the golf club head casting, thereby fo... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946433 | Textiles having a wash-durable silver-ion based antimicrobial topical treatment Durable antimicrobial treatments for textile fabrics are provided. Such treatments preferably comprise silver ions, particularly as constituents of inorganic metal salts or zeolites. This particular treatment requires the presence of a resin binder, either as a silv... | 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 |
| 6877206 | Method for producing a metal strip The invention relates to a method for producing a metal strip from a cast by rolling in which method the technique of a profiled rolling in combination with a strip rolling is used. The material for the metal strip is first cast by using a casting technique to produ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6832432 | Hot-rolling mill A hot-rolling mill for flat products with at least two continuous casting units, wherein the continuous casting units are followed by a shear each and a tunnel furnace with transfer car each, a common breaking-down train, a finishing train, a cooling stretch and at ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6821936 | Textiles having a wash-durable silver-ion based antimicrobial topical treatment Durable antimicrobial treatments for textile fabrics are provided. Such treatments preferably comprise silver ions, particularly as constituents of inorganic metal salts or zeolites. This particular treatment requires the presence of a resin binder, either as a silv... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6763561 | Continuous casting and hot rolling apparatus for parallel production of multiple metal shapes A continuous casting and hot rolling apparatus for the parallel production for a multiplicity of rolled shapes, wire and rod of circular, oval and polygonyl cross section in which a continuous caster or flow shaper produces initially a plurality of discreet strands ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6754953 | Method and device for manufacturing metal ferrules used for optical fibers A method of manufacturing metal ferrules used as connector elements for optical fibers is characterized such that, by growth-guidance of an internal-diameter formation member whose external diameter is the same as the internal diameter of the metal ferrule to be man... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6732434 | Process for forming aluminum hydroforms The present invention provides a process for forming aluminum alloy hydroformed structures for automotive vehicles at low cost. The process continuously casts molten aluminum alloy into aluminum alloy strip material preferably followed by continuously warm rolling t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6671647 | Method and equipment for assessing the life of members put under high in-service temperature environment for long period For each component which is used at a high in-service temperature for a long period, its creep damage degree is approximated by a relational expression containing the Larson-Miller parameter. The creep damage degree is estimated by an approximation expres... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6655282 | Process for manufacturing a strip of aluminium alloy for lithographic printing plates A process for manufacturing a strip of aluminium or an aluminium alloy for electrolytically roughened lithographic printing plates, in which the alloy is continuously cast as a strip and then rolled to final thickness, is such that the cast strip is rolle... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6627055 | Manufacture of fine-grained electroplating anodes A continuously cast copper ingot is made by a procedure in which turbulence is imparted to the metal/solid interface during the casting operation. The ingot is then hot worked to form a billet having a smaller average grain size and a larger diameter than... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6584669 | Method for producing metal shapes with a polygonal cross-section by means of continuous casting on a double-flanged wheel and continuous rolling The invention relates to a method for producing metal shapes with a partially or totally polygonal cross-section by means of continuous casting in a double-flanged wheel and continuous rolling using a series of at least 3 pairs of rollers with a periphera... | 07/01/2003 |
