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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096158 | Sampling apparatus and method The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for cropping the ends of or for separating test pieces from rolled strip wound into bundles. An apparatus is disclosed which, by means of an outwardly pivotable bottom roller (2) and guide devices (5, 6, 7... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7272531 | Aggregation of asset use indices within a process plant A method of monitoring an entity within a process plant wherein the entity includes a plurality of lower level entities, includes acquiring a plurality of use indices, acquiring a plurality of weighting values, and creating an aggregate use index from a combination ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7059558 | Recording material containing device for recording material roll A recording material roll is constituted by winding thermosensitive recording material of paper. A recording material magazine for the recording material roll includes a containing chamber, which contains the recording material roll. A supply roller is secured to th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6997026 | Quick change metal stud to hemmed track roll forming system An apparatus and method for selectively forming metal stud and track members from sheet material, the apparatus including a stud forming assembly capable of transforming the sheet material into a stud member as the material exits the stud forming assembly, and a tra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6892561 | Apparatus for strip processing The invention relates to an apparatus for strip processing with at least one uncoiling station, at least one strip processing station (1) and at least one coiling station. Especially to reduce undesirable strip-edge stresses, a known apparatus for strip proce... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6761506 | Pipe lay system with tension compensator A pipe lay vessel with a reel for carrying a length of pipe and first drive part for controlling rotation of the reel. A substantially vertical guide structure includes at its upper end a deflection member for deflecting the pipe from a first trajectory extending be... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6694584 | Quick set up wire descaler A descaler is provided for descaling the scale on hot finished wire or green rod. The descaler comprises two rollers that are mounted to a rotatable support plate. The support plate and the rollers rotate in unison. One of the rollers pivots relative to t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6694792 | Substrate treatment process A substrate treatment process includes plural steps of delivering a long substrate with application of tensile force to the substrate, wherein the strength of the tensile force is changed at least between a first delivery step and a second delivery step. ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6502445 | Coiling machine for hot rolled stock such as strip or sheet and relative coiling method A coiling machine for hot rolled stock with a thickness of between 0.5 and more than 5 mm, arranged downstream of a rolling train and a shears assembly (11). The coiling machine comprises a turntable assembly (12) rotating around an axis of rotation (13) ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6449999 | Device for feeding the front end of a wire coil into a drawing installation The aim of the invention is to reduce the amount of space and the technical effort required to feed the front end of a wire coil into a wire drawing installation. To achieve this, the arm of the device is formed from a base section and an end section, whe... | 09/17/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6257517 | Method and apparatus for feeding welding wire A welding wire feeding system feeds welding wire from a barrel to a welding gun. The system includes a feed mechanism for drawing welding wire from the barrel and advancing the welding wire toward the welding gun. A free-wheeling wheel is disposed between... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6237383 | Unwinding adjustment device for wire or materials containing several wires An unwinding device for wire or materials containing several wires, having a rotating support for a reel, a coil or the like and a folding roller allocated to a processing device. According to this invention, a dancer is positioned between the support and... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6163757 | Method of and apparatus for analyzing linear object and recording medium having linear object analyzing program stored thereon The characteristics of the wire are calculated, the wire having a cross-sectional shape which is substantially uniform along its length and having a length long enough in comparison with a diameter being deformed. The wire is divided into a plurality of e... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6131431 | Pipe member, method and apparatus for manufacturing the pipe member There is disclosed a pipe member rolled up as a coil and roll-formed, the pipe member made of material having a spring-back characteristics and having a specific residual stress distribution existing along a direction perpendicular to the rolling-up direc... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6067835 | Wire straightener A wire straightener is provided which uses three roller sets in one plane to apply deflection forces to a wire, which may have bends or coiling memory in more than one plane, so that the wire exits the wire straightener essentially straight, and free of b... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6044680 | Machining of sheet without removal of material A method and device for machining a sheet contains a jaw equipped with two plates mounted opposite each other in order to delimit a calibration opening between said plates in which it is possible to vary the spacing between plates. A clamp is provided for... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5911781 | Integral coiler furnace drive motor A hot strip mill for reducing metal strip product as the metal strip product is moved through the mill along a pass line includes at least one coiler furnace on one side of the pass line. Each coiler furnace has a coiling unit selectively receiving a stri... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5865051 | Procedure and apparatus for the optimized manufacture of coil springs on automatic spring winding machines Procedure and apparatus for the optimized manufacture of coil springs on automatic spring winding machines. It is the object of the present invention to offer both a procedure and an apparatus by which even in case of fluctuating values of the wire parame... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5746077 | Article-rolling machine having selectively positionable dispenser for sheet metal coil A machine for rolling an article, such as a rain gutter, from sheet metal dispensed from a coil comprises an elongate base having an input end, at which sheet metal dispensed from a coil is inputted into the machine, and an outlet end, at which an article... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5477718 | Rotary apparatus for removing a habitual tendency of an electric wire A rotary apparatus for removing a habitual tendency of an electric wire according to the present invention, has an electric wire twist removing mechanism for removing a twist of an electric wire while the electric wire is travelling. The electric wire is ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5456098 | Process and apparatus for controlling the loading of a processing machine with band-like material For loading a processing machine with band-like material from a coil, a rotatable support, on which the coil rests with its axis substantially vertical, is driven by a motor. Since the circumference of the coil decreases during unwinding, a sensor is prov... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5425261 | Method for forming thin-wall tubing In a preferred embodiment, a method and apparatus for forming thin-wall tubing for later welding of the seam thereof which includes tightly rolling upon itself a sheet of thin metal stock about a roller between layers of a flexible fabric. When released f... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5413304 | Apparatus for supporting coil material supply device A support apparatus for a coil material supply device includes first and second arms pivotally mounted at their proximal end portions on a frame by respective pins, a third arm which has distal end portions of the first and second arms pivotally supported... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5275034 | Multipurpose device for rolls of round bars of reinforced concrete Multipurpose device for rolls of sections which are advantageously round bars in rolls for reinforced concrete, the device comprising a rotary turret winder (25) able to bear rolls (17) of sections produced with a hot cold process and including a rotary s... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5237848 | Method and apparatus for expanding and contouring honeycomb core A method and apparatus for expanding and contouring honeycomb preforms into compound curved honeycomb core sheets. Honeycomb preforms are provided having a plurality of face to face, contiguous, strips bonded together at selected narrow areas such that wh... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5182931 | Method for continuous tension stretching of thin strips, particularly metal strips A method and an arrangement for continuous tension stretching of thin metal strips. The strip is conducted through a set of brake rollers and a set of pull rollers and the strip is subjected to a stretch-forming or stretch pull operation between the two s... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4953808 | Apparatus for supplying a sheet metal strip to a press A variable speed D.C. drive is effective to feed a web or strip of sheet metal from a supply coil supported by a pay-off reel to an intermittant stock feeder for a reciprocating mechanical press. The drive is operated by a computer control system accordin... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4823582 | Device for planing a sheet metal strip under tension In a device for planing a sheet metal strip under tension as applicable in particular to rolling mills, the strip is passed between at least two small-diameter working rolls while being subjected to alternate flexural deformations in opposite directions a... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4819470 | Method for continuously straightening thin metal strips A method of continuously straightening metal strip comprises directing the strip over devices which act on the strip to effect its straightening by first causing a stretching and leveling and thereafter stretching and bending. The device for continuously ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4788846 | Process for the correction of curls of flexible metal clad laminate and for the improvement of its dimensional stability A long flexible metal clad laminate, which has a thin aromatic polyimide film formed on a long metal foil, is caused to slide under tension, along its length, on curved surfaces of four bars arranged at specific positions, so that its curls are corrected ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4680952 | Process and apparatus for the production of strands for Bowden cables A process for the production and further processing of strands for Bowden cables of several wires stranded together by twisting, comprising dressing the strands after stranding between reversing rolls, subsequently stretching and again dressing between re... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4651549 | Method for correcting rolled material In a leveling line, the shape of a rolled material is corrected by applying a longitudinal tensile force to the material on the entrance or the exit side or both the sides of a roller leveler or within it, a warp of the material is corrected by applying a... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4651550 | Method of decreasing width of thin slab and apparatus therefor For decreasing the width of a thin slab: a turning roll contacts the thin slab being conveyed at a certain contact angle to curve the thin slab; a tension applying device disposed in front and at the back of the turning roll, applys a tension to the thin ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4612792 | Method of manufacturing fatigue resistant cables In order to improve the fatigue resistance of a cable, particularly a rubber adherable cable for reinforcing rubber articles such as vehicle tires, substantially uniformly distributed residual compressive stress is induced in substantially the complete pe... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4608844 | Cradle straightener feeder A cradle straightener feeder for feeding sheet metal to an accessory unit comprising a bottom payoff cradle feeder, driving the coil at the outer periphery thereof, a straightener feeder having an output which feeds sheet metal to an accessory unit, a mec... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4597277 | Process and apparatus for producing reinforced metal strips Metal sheets of aluminum are provided with raised reinforcing portions of substantial height by rolling. The rolls have recesses or channels (6) whose side faces are in a counter-taper configuration with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4567630 | Process of continuously producing plate-shaped catalyst and system therefor There is proposed a process of continuously producing a catalyst plate, wherein a thin metal plate is formed by use of a blade with slits in the widthwise directions thereof, expanded in the longitudinal direction thereof into an expanded metal plate havi... | 02/04/1986 |
