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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7637133 | Cassette roller leveler with common back-up rolls A roller leveler having a frame; a first bank of upper and lower work rolls journalled in the frame via a work roll journal housing; and a bank of back-up rolls in contact with the work rolls to support the work rolls. The work rolls perform leveling on a work produ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7543470 | Roll straightener A roll straightener which is capable of being switched between a zigzag type and an opposed type is disclosed. The roll straightener has an odd-number of pairs of upper and lower rolls. A group of the lower rolls including the second lower roll from an insertion sid... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7383711 | CNC leveler Embodiments of a leveler that may be controlled by a computer are provided. The leveler may include a top frame that has at least a first set of rolls mounted thereon. The top frame includes a plurality of operatively associated ball screw assemblies that enable mov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7299672 | Bridle unit A bridle unit assigned to a rolling stand with several rolls arranged in adjustable positions below and above the strip flow, which can be moved by means of a drive from an initial position to the strip and from the strip back into the initial position, wherein the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7185519 | Methods and apparatus for monitoring and conditioning strip material Methods and an apparatus for monitoring and conditioning strip material are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus receive encoder signals and sensor data to monitor a condition of a strip material. If an undesired material condition is detected, a material ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159431 | Method of operating a section straightening machine A section straightening machine is operated by a method which involves passing the structural sections through the array of straightening tools. Section straightening forces are applied to adjustable shafts carrying the tools and adjusters at the service sides of th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7114359 | Method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band The invention relates to a method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band. The method is characterized by the following steps: continuous bending of a section of spring band; cutting the bent section of spring band into a spring rail; discontinuo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7076985 | Wire winding machine A wire winding machine has a winding wheel that includes a central core having an adjustable outside dimension. A central member and a plurality of outer members are connected with linkages that allow the outside dimension to be adjusted. At least one of the outer m... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7055354 | Method for adjusting a flattener under traction and corresponding device The invention concerns a method for adjusting a flattener under traction and a corresponding device, for providing a metal strip (5) in particular a cold-rolled steel plate, comprising a cage (1), cage posts (8), two stacked cassettes (2, 3 | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032420 | Method for real-time adjustment of a planisher A method for real-time adjustment of a planisher for planishing metal strip. After a planished strip has been cut into a plate, the method includes measuring the plate at the output of the planisher outside a support zone, correcting the measurement so as to elimina... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024904 | Contour roll former in particular for extruded metal profiles A contour roll former capable of operating with different sets of pairs of roll forming heads depending on the type of extruded profile to be produced. The contour roll former includes pairs of heads mounted on carriages capable of sliding horizontally back and fort... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013547 | Method and device for the production of curved spring strip sections A method and a device for the production of curved spring strip sections. A spring strip runs through a bending unit formed from three separate support points and a reverse bending unit, arranged in series, and formed from a fourth support point. Bent and reverse-be... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6993947 | Device and method for calibrating a multiple-roller flattener A metal measurement plate (5), having a size suitable for being placed between the set of upper rolls and the set of lower rolls of the leveler, has positioning means (60, 61, 62) for positioning it with respect to the rolls in the leveling direction, ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6946081 | Desalination system The invention provides methods and an apparatus for more efficiently and economically producing purified water from sea water or some other salty or brackish water source. The efficiency is derived from the co-location with a power plant or other thermal generating ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925845 | Method and device for tension leveling a cold-rolled strip and regulating the degree of leveling The invention relates to a method for tension levelling a cold-rolled strip, whereby the strip passes through a series of break rolls and a series of traction rolls and in the course of its extension is subjected to traction between the two series of rolls. The stri... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920774 | Drive system for multi-roll leveler A drive system for a multi-roll leveler. The drive system is coupled to a set of upper work rolls of the leveler. Preferably, the lower, and not the upper set of work rolls provide the bending necessary to flatten the strip of material. The drive system employs a ge... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6857301 | Displacement-type shape sensor for multi-roll leveler A displacement-type shape sensor for detecting the flatness of a strip of material. A flatness detection system may be formed from a plurality of said sensors. The displacement-type shape sensor preferably employs a roller bearing coupled to an actuator. A linear di... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6848289 | Integrated actuator assembly for pivot style multi-roll leveler A cassette assembly for a multi-roll leveler and a method for producing necessary work roll bending in such a cassette assembly. An upper and lower cassette module are provided for placement into a precision leveler. The lower cassette module is provided with roller... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6843091 | Section straightening machine In a straightening machine for straightening sections like rolled beams, wherein tools (11) are arranged on a plurality of mutually parallel driven straightening shafts (8, 9; 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b) dispose... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6691544 | Method and apparatus to uncoil and dekink coiled material An apparatus and method for handling web material paid off from a coil to a downstream end-use machine. The method generally includes automatically adjusting the height of the coil of web material to maintain a consistent payoff line, and includes dekinki... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6651476 | Combined coil-stock straightening and feed apparatus A roll-type straightening and feed mechanism includes opposing sets of straightening rolls adapted to straighten coil stock as it travels therebetween, opposing feed rolls adapted to grip the coil stock therebetween to advance the straightened coil stock ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6612145 | Leveler for stretcher leveling of a metal strip or sheet A leveler for stretcher-leveling of a metal strip or sheet and including a frame, at least two roller leveling units supported in the frame and arranged, respectively, above and below a rolled stock, and a guide for displacing the roller leveling units be... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6354126 | Tube straightener and drive therefor A supply of continuous thin wall tubing which is drawn by a pair of opposed conveyor belts frictionally engaging the outside surfaces of the tubing first through a tube straightening device before the tube walls become engaged with the aforesaid conveyor ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354127 | Straightener for rolled ferrous products, having horizontally openable shoulders for fast change of the rolls The invention refers to a straightener for rolled ferrous products, of the type in which a framework (11) comprises a pair of opposed shoulders (12, 13) which support two sets of rolls, a top set (14) and a bottom set (15), which define between them a str... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6345524 | Rotatable head assembly for sheet metal coil straightener device A straightener device for substantially removing the "coil set" from a sheet of coiled material including a base frame assembly and a head assembly rotatably mounted thereto, the head assembly including a pair of feed rollers and an idler roller, the pair... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6318141 | Roller leveller A roller leveller has an upper roller assembly 1 made of a plurality of taper rollers 7 each having a small diameter end with a collar 14 and a large diameter end, with the large diameter ends being set on a same side, and a lower assembly 2 made of a plu... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6266989 | Method and machine for straightening sections A method and a machine for straightening sections by eliminating multi-axle deviations from the required section and from the required straightness using one or more straightening tools arranged, in series above and below the material to be straightened, ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6253587 | Device and method for compressing The invention relates to a device and method for regulating the compressing of metal tubing (20) having inner-lying beam wave guides (8) by means of a roll straightening passage (10a, 10b) comprising a feeding device (36, 36') of the rollers (12-16) with ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6085564 | Device for setting the adjustable rollers of a straightening unit A method for setting a straightening roller of a straightening unit designed to be translationally adjustable with an adjusting mechanism, and a setting device for performing the method. Each straightening roller to be adjusted is individually identified ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6029485 | Roller levelling machine for levelling a rolled section A roller levelling machine for levelling a rolled section includes a section inlet for introducing the rolled section into the roller levelling machine and a plurality of bending rollers for levelling the rolled section. The roller levelling machine furth... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5953946 | Apparatus for bend-straightening metal strip In an apparatus for straightening metal strip comprising guide rolls arranged parallel to one another a straightening roll is arranged in the gusset space between two guide rolls which has the strip wrapped round it in a form-fitting manner between two li... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5906128 | Drawing assembly for bending machines Drawing assembly for bending machines used for metal shapes, in particular round pieces (11) for reinforcement purposes or metallic wire, the drawing assembly comprising at least a drawing device placed upstream of the shears (13) and the bending unit (14... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5829286 | Method for continuously leveling strip by measuring nonplanarity of the strip The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contou... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5829287 | Method for continuously leveling thin metal The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contou... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826455 | Apparatus for reforming rollers for shaping rolled steel A mechanism for simply changing the roller width of a roller straightener for straightening the warp of rolled sections, having two or more straightening rolls and a mechanism for permitting at least one straightening roll to move in a direction parallel ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5768930 | Wire straightening device A straightening device for wire, multiple-wire or tubular material with straightening rollers in two planes that are essentially parallel to the running direction of the material. The rollers are arranged vertical to the material and the rollers are paral... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5758533 | Imbricated roll planisher and process for its use An imbricated roll planisher comprising, inside a fixed stand, two planishing systems each including a plurality of live planishing rolls with parallel axes, rotatably mounted in a supporting chassis and each associated with at least one row of support ro... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735157 | Roll width adjusting device A bearing mount assembly is installed in opposed relation to a roll support frame with the pass line interposed therebetween, the bearing mount assembly being provided with bearings capable of removably supporting the front ends of roll shafts carried on ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5724845 | Bowing correction apparatus for temper rolling mill A bowing correction apparatus for a temper rolling mill corrects vertical bowing of a cold-rolled steel sheet. The bowing correction apparatus includes at least a first bowing correction auxiliary roll, first deflector roll, second deflector roll and seco... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5704237 | Apparatus for continuously leveling thin metal strip The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contou... | 01/06/1998 |
