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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980109 | Method for inspecting a strip in a reversible rolling mill A method for inspecting a strip in a reversible rolling plant comprising at least one cage arranged between two winding/unwinding devices each having a mandrel. The rolling is performed in several passes until the requested thickness is obtained over the whole lengt... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7398666 | Method of and installation for rolling in-process stock The invention relates to a method of rolling a strip-shaped in-process stock, in particular a metal strip, with which, a metal strip (3) is unwound from a coil (2, 7) held on an unwinding reel (1, 6), is fed into a reversing rolling mill (8 | 07/15/2008 |
| 7363792 | Apparatus for manufacturing metal material by rolling The invention relates to a device for producing a metallic product (1) by rolling, comprising: a first area (2) inside of which slabs are produced by primary shaping; a second area (3), which is located downstream from the first area (2) ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7334446 | Method for producing a striplike pre-material made of metal, especially a pre-material which has been profiled into regularly reoccurring sections, and device therefor This invention describes both a method and apparatus to practice a method which produces a strip-like pre-material from metal using rollers which have a roll gap in which the metal strip is discontinuously rolled in successively steps between the same two rollers wi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7260968 | Combined use of oil and emulsion for the cold rolling of strip An installation for cold-rolling strip composed of special steel and/or nonferrous metals, which includes a multi-stand tandem rolling mill and essentially two independent coolant and lubricant systems. The installation further includes an emulsion system with tanks... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237414 | Coiler drum with raised surfaces A coiler drum of a reversing rolling mill includes a work portion that engages a strip of metal being processed in the reversing rolling mill. The work portion includes an inner base surface and engaging strips that extend radially outward from the base surface. Whe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7043953 | X-H rolling method for parallel-flange steel sections (supports) A method of X-H rolling of a parallel flange steel structural shape or beam with an H cross section using a compact rolling group. In the first universal mill frame the vertical roll have roll surfaces inclined to one another at an angle up to 10° whereas in the se... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004002 | Rolling method for strip rolling mill and strip rolling equipment A strip rolling mill includes a pair of upper and lower work rolls for rolling a strip, intermediate rolls for supporting each of the paired work rolls, and back-up rolls for supporting each of the intermediate rolls. Each of the work rolls is provided with a tapere... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6959578 | Multi-row rolling mills, methods of operating these mills, and rolling equipment using the mills A multi-row rolling mill has in one housing at least two groups of rolls including at least one pair of work rolls, and constructed so that when the workpiece to be rolled is passed one time, it can be rolled using said respective work rolls. The multi-row rolling m... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 6868707 | Rolling method for strip rolling mill and strip rolling equipment A strip rolling mill includes a pair of upper and lower work rolls for rolling a strip, intermediate rolls for supporting each of the paired work rolls, and back-up rolls for supporting each of the intermediate rolls. Each of the work rolls is provided with a tapere... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6604398 | Working method and installation for the flexible and economical pickling and cold-rolling of metal strips The installation includes an in-line arrangement of a metal pickler, a reeling arrangement installed on the coiling side of the metal pickler, and a cold-rolling mill. The method includes ones of the following alternative sequences of work steps: (a) the ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6453712 | Method for reducing crop losses during ingot rolling A method and apparatus for reducing crop losses during slab and ingot rolling concerns the formation of a slab ingot having a specially configured or shaped butt end and optionally a head end as well. A special shape is formed by machining, forging or pre... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412322 | Rolling method In continuous rolling of a plurality of steel strips: 1. a table speed corrector corrects speeds of tables, on which a succeeding steel strip is placed, through a main controller so that values of an interval between steel strips, obtained by CCD cameras ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6378346 | Steckel hot rolling mill The invention relates to a Steckel hot rolling mill comprising at least one reversing roll stand (1) as well as coilers (6,7) which are positioned upstream and downstream and present torque-controlled drives. The aim of the invention is to improve such a ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6305206 | Reversible rolling method and reversible rolling system A pass schedule calculation apparatus calculates pass schedule and inputs the schedule to a preset apparatus which is plate thickness control means. The present apparatus controls a draft motor before rolling to set an appropriate initial roll clearance, ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293133 | Method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections in reversing roll stand arrangements A method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections by means of roll stand arrangements which operate in reversing operation and include a compact rolling group composed of a first universal stand at the entry side and a second universal stand... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6282938 | Method for rolling a metal strip The invention relates to a method for rolling a metal strip (6) in a reverse rolling mill (1) with a coiler located upstream and a coiler located downstream (4,5). The metal strip is wound off the upstream coiler (4) with a strip thickness (d) and at a st... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6263716 | Hot strip reversing mill with a shapemetering apparatus A shape detection device is incorporated as part of a hot strip reversing mill. The shape detection device is a shape detector roll adapted to contact the metal strip. The shape detector roll is used to provide data to an automated shape control and steer... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6237205 | Reversing cold rolling apparatus Various conventional problems produced by the reason that the coil preparatory line and the reversing cold rolling line are independent of each other are to be solved by unifying the both lines without reducing efficiency of rolling operation. A reversing... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6216516 | Reversing compact installation for cold rolling strip-shaped rolling material The invention relates to an installation for cold rolling strip-shaped rolling material, with a reversing stand disposed between two reel-up or unreeling coils or reels, and a second reversing stand in the rolling line of the first reversing stand, with b... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6205834 | Method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections in reversing roll stand arrangements A method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections by means of roll stand arrangements which operate in reversing operation and include a compact rolling group composed of a first universal stand at the entry side and a second universal stand... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6189358 | Two stand tandem for rolling line A tandem with two reversible four-high rolling stands (14a, 14b) for the cold rolling of thin strip to 0.18 mm, advantageously from 0.18 to 1.2 mm, includes at least a first (12a) and a second (12b) drawing reel, mans to heat the rolls and the lubricating... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6182490 | Super thin strip hot rolling The present invention is a method and apparatus for the production of thin metal strip by the hot rolling process. Significant improvements in the finished products can be made by the arrangement of the apparatus and the method of the present invention. T... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6134934 | Process and device for reverse rolling metal strips To ensure optimum temperature conditions for a strip (9, 9') in reverse rolling, two or several strips (9, 9') are rolled alternately, wherein during the rolling of one of the strips (9) in at least one rolling pass the other strip (9') or the other strip... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6116072 | Method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections in reversing roll stand arrangements A method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections by means of roll stand arrangements which operate in reversing operation and include a compact rolling group composed of a first universal stand at the entry side and a second universal stand... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6085566 | Rolling train for rolling flat steel A rolling train for rolling flat steel using universal stands having--instead of vertical rolls-adjustable support members for pairs of loose vertical rollers arranged in the areas of the stands. The rolling train includes a roughing rolling group with ve... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6035683 | Method of casting and rolling and roll stand arrangement for rolling finished sections (sheet piling sections) from a preliminary section arriving from a continuous casting machine and having approximate final dimensions A method of casting and rolling and a roll stand arrangement for rolling finished sections (sheet piling sections) from a preliminary section which arrives from a continuous casting machine and has approximate final dimensions. The method utilizes roll st... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6026669 | Discrete and coiled plate production The present invention is a method and apparatus for the production of both discrete metal plate and coiled metal plate products. In a mill having at least two in-line reversing plate mill stands, a reheated slab can be rolled on a first reversing plate mi... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6023835 | Process for producing thin-hot rolled strip The invention relates to a process for producing thin hot-rolled steel strip with a final thickness of | 02/15/2000 |
| 6014882 | Process and device for rolling out the ends of a coiled strip in a reversing rolling mill A method of rolling out the ends of a coiled strip in a reversing rolling mill having reels disposed on both sides thereof minimizes a length of strip at the strip ends having a non-conforming thickness. A start of the strip is introduced into the roll ga... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5992201 | Rolling and shearing process and apparatus background A reversing rolling mill for rolling metal strip includes an entry side coiler and an exit side coiler and at least one mill rolling stand including a central roll, an entry side outer roll and an exit side outer roll having their respective longitudinal ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5964115 | Work process for applying a defined surface roughness to a metal strip A process for applying a defined surface roughness to a metal strip, especially steel strip, for preventing the sticking of strip during subsequent annealing in a bell-type annealing installation includes cold rolling the metal strip in at least one rever... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5943894 | Method of rolling plates A method of rolling plates from input stock in several successively arranged work steps, wherein, depending on the desired end product, different numbers of n passes are carried out in one or more roll stands, preferably in a hot-rolling reversing stand. ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5927127 | Reversing compact installation for cold rolling strip-shaped rolling material The invention relates to an installation for cold rolling strip-shaped rolling material, with a reversing stand disposed between two reel-up or unreeling coils or reels, and a second reversing stand in the rolling line of the first reversing stand, with b... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5910184 | Method of manufacturing hot-rolled flat products A production plant for producing hot-rolled flat products includes a rolling train composed of a plurality of roll stands, a run-out table with devices for cooling the hot strip, and with subsequently arranged coiling machines for coiling the strip. At le... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5904061 | Method of rolling finished sections from a preliminary section A method of rolling finished sections from a preliminary section by initially carrying out five or more passes and reversing passes between a universal stand and a horizontal stand, wherein profiled horizontal rolls of the universal stand form in the sect... | 05/18/1999 |
