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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357011 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing metal strips The invention concerns a method for producing metal strip (1) in an installation (2), in which a metal strand, especially a thin slab, is brought to a desired temperature and/or is maintained at a desired temperature in a furnace (3, 3a, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7287317 | Apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips An apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips with a transport device that transports the substrates in cycles to a bonding station where a semiconductor chip is deposited comprises a receiving table with a support surface on which the substrates are presented one a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7150308 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing metallic parts by die casting An injection molding apparatus includes a melt furnace and a metal supply system located in the melt furnace. The metal supply system includes a pump. The injection molding apparatus also includes a first metal inlet from the melt furnace to the metal supply system ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7007737 | Slab handling apparatus A slab handling apparatus comprising a foundation structure, a plurality of longitudinally spaced buffer members positioned on the foundation structure, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced roller assemblies connected to the respective buffer members with a lost... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6953641 | Battery grid A method of forming battery grids or plates that includes the step of applying a lead alloy coating to a continuous strip of interconnected battery grids formed from a lead alloy grid material is disclosed. The battery grids may be formed by a continuous battery gri... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945310 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing metallic parts by die casting An injection molding apparatus includes a melt furnace and a metal supply system located in the melt furnace. The metal supply system includes a pump. The injection molding apparatus also includes a first metal inlet from the melt furnace to the metal supply system ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6834707 | Method and apparatus for the continuous production of cast or remelted billets using an electroslag method The invention relates to a method and the apparatus required for carrying out the method for the continuous production of billets or ingots of metals, in particular steels and Ni- and Co-base alloys using the method of electroslag remelting and electroslag continuou... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6793005 | Method and apparatus for continuously casting uranium rod Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for continuously casting a uranium rod so that impurities generated in melting the metallic substance reduced from nuclear spent fuel are easily removed, the molten metal is easily degassed, the oxidation of uranium is prevent... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6282767 | Method to roll strip and plate and rolling line which performs such method Method line to roll strip and plate starting from thin slabs produced by continuous casting, whereby the cast product is subjected to at least one descaling operation followed by a roughing operation and by a finishing operation before being wound in coil... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6170139 | Deburrer for billets and slabs for use in continuous steel casting plants In this application for protection rights a new deburrer is presented, in which the deburring device working on a slab (1) or a billet (1), as a stationary design moves the work piece with an integrated pusher drive or includes a pusher drive when designe... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5934356 | Compact continuous casting line Compact continuous casting line for thin slabs, the continuous casting line comprising at least a curved segment and a subsequent straight segment, the casting line comprising at least an ingot mould (12) connected at the outlet with an extraction and pos... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5927376 | Method to shear slabs arriving from a continuous casting plant and relative device Method and device to shear slabs arriving from a continuous casting plant, where the slabs (13) leaving the continuous casting plant are sent to be sheared to size so as to obtain sections which are speeded up and sent for rolling, there being included, i... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5632325 | Process and apparatus for strand-casting near final size cast formats A process and an apparatus for strand-casting near to final size cast formats from non-ferrous metals for the purpose of further cold working, especially strips, bars or tubes of copper or copper alloys. The process includes continuously casting the melt ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5626181 | Continuous steel casting plant with an in- or off-line system to deburr oxy-gas cutting beards and cutting beads at strands, slabs, and blooms Apparatus for removing burrs from flame cut steel slabs including multiple deburring pistons extendably mounted in a piston body. Pressurization of the piston body causes extension of the pistons, while rotation of the piston body positions the deburring ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5597030 | Apparatus for deburring flame cut slabs Apparatus for removing burrs from flame cut steel slabs having a rotating shaft and burr knocking members loosely mounted on the shaft for impact removal of the burrs.... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5520241 | Machine for removing burrs from slabs issuing from a continuous casting installation and rotor employed in this type of burr-removing machine The machine for removing burrs from slabs (1) issuing from a continuous casting installation and cut to the desired length by oxygen cutting, is of the type comprising a rotor (10) carrying on its periphery self-retractable hammers (11). The rotor (10) co... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5464053 | Process for producing rheocast ingots, particularly from which to produce high-mechanical-performance die castings A process for semiliquid casting ingots from which to produce high-mechanical-performance die castings, whereby a metal alloy in the form of pigs and containing ceramic particles is smelted in a smelting furnace, transferred to a ladle, degassed, and fed ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5259440 | Steel continuous casting installation with mechanical removal device for oxygen cutting burrs In a steel casting installation with double-acting and fast-acting mechanical burr removal machine or unit for burn burrs which are produced when the continuous casting is cut up thermochemically, travalling or stationary burr removal machines or units ar... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5137075 | Continuous casting apparatus and method Apparatus for continuously casting strip material comprising a casting drum rotatable about a first axis, a pair of cheek members including portions slidably engageable with sides of the casting drum mounted for rotation about a second axis spaced from sa... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5065811 | Apparatus for the manufacture of hot rolled steel strip A manufacturing line for making hot rolled steel strip including a mold for the continuous casting of steel strip, a strip guidance device located downstream from the mold for the diversion of the cast strip into a horizontal plane, a crosscutting device,... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4955126 | Process for fusing steel slabs in longitudinal direction thereof A process for fusing a steel slab in a longitudinal direction thereof is disclosed, wherein when the steel slab is fused in the longitudinal direction at more than 500° C. and at a speed of more than 300 mm/min., a surface portion of the slab including a... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4946575 | Metallic anodes manufactured from molten copper Metallic pieces of predetermined shape, e.g., anodes, are continuously manufactured from molten metal, e.g., impure molten copper, by continuously casting the molten metal in an inclined mold cavity (13) formed by two endless moving belts (14( and (15) an... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4915161 | Fin removing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for notching and removing the fin from a continuously cast metal bar, whereby the fin is broken into small pieces for easy handling by using a driven, blade carrying guide assembly.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4898228 | Method and means for sectioning continuously cast billet having a molten core Continuously cast steel billet is sectioned to length while the core of the casting is molten by being pinched-off to seal the ends of the casting sections and contain molten core metal, effecting thereby energy conservation and economic savings in the pr... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4889178 | Withdrawal and discharge device for a vertical continuous casting machine Withdrawal and discharge device for a vertical continuous casting machine (10) which produces blooms within a field of weights ranging from one to at least twenty units of weight and with variations in speed of a support carriage (16) or foot with a field... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4802356 | Apparatus of processing continuously cast slabs A method and apparatus of processing a continuously cast slab to prevent the formation of surface cracks by applying plastic strains to the surface layer of the slab in which a process of solidification is taking place. The method comprises pressing a pro... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4724895 | Fume control in strand casting of free machining steel Lead or bismuth fumes emitted from steel during a strand casting operation are confined, collected and removed.... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4633933 | Continuous casting plant A continuous casting plant comprising at least one casting line presenting a curved guide path for bending the casting leaving the casting mold from a substantially vertical direction to a rectilinear, substantially horizontal direction through a straight... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4619306 | Quality control in multiple continuous casting plants Multiple castings are cut into billets, combined in a transverse transport facility, separate into billets to be inspected or not, recombined and cooled. Transportation includes two transverse facilities and two longitudinal facilities, combined in variou... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4617067 | Process for the production of semi-finished articles of hard steels using a continuous casting operation The present invention is directed to a continuous casting process for the production of semi-finished articles or blanks of hard steels such as bars, wires or tubes having a carbon content higher than 0.75%. In this process, the blank obtained by continuo... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4598761 | Vertical type continuous casting apparatus having a torch cutter A gas cutting machine for cutting a cast strand includes a torch and is movable downward together with a cut portion of the cast strand. In the neighborhood of the torch is located a movable hood which is movable in synchronism with vertical lifting opera... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4573523 | Method of and apparatus for continuous centrifugal casting A continuous centrifugal casting machine employs a rotating water cooled mould in which a tubular mould cavity is formed by a number of pallet conveyors, each having an upper run defining a part cylinder. The conveyors are driven so that the tubular mould... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4540037 | Method and apparatus for bidirectional horizontal continuous casing A molten metal stream is fed downwardly, especially essentially vertically, into a double-ended, chilled horizontal mold where the molten metal is formed into two strands which are cooled and simultaneously bidirectionally withdrawn from opposed ends of t... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4527613 | Method and apparatus for slitting a continuously cast metal ribbon A method and apparatus for forming a cast metal ribbon with a slit along the ribbon length includes the step of or a means for generating a controlled disturbance of the cast ribbon along a defined and localized width. The disturbance may be generated by ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4498522 | Electrolytic refining of metal In a method of continuously casting unrefined electrodes in quantity for use in the electrolytic refining of metal in which a metal e.g. copper, strip is continuously cast and cut at spaced positions along its length to form electrodes, a substantial savi... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4495000 | Device for cutting a strip cast in a continuous casting machine A device for cutting a continuously cast strip conveyed on a roller bed includes a cutting machine having at least one flame cutting unit. A control unit controls the transverse movement of the flame cutting units in such a way that the flame cutting unit... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4437899 | Metal billet cutting apparatus and method A metal processing system wherein a material removing means such as a shear blade is operative in conjunction with the transverse cutting action of a torch for removing from the cut line produced by the torch residual material resulting from the cutting a... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4388029 | Conditioning apparatus for case metal bars Conditioning apparatus for a cast metal bar is disclosed which comprises a conveyor having a plurality of blocks each of which has a surface depression defining a bar support and guide channel, an endless support to which the blocks are mounted in an endl... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4362448 | Apparatus for removing burrs from continuous cast slabs When a continuous cast slab is cut, such as by gas cutting, burrs tend to be caused at the cut edges. These burrs are removed by a plurality of edged cutting tools which are installed serially along the width of the slab to be treated. Each of the edged c... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4318439 | Hot steel cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus lights the surface of a moving hot steel material with lamps, locates any flaw with a video camera or the like, scarfs the surface of the steel material adjacent the flaw with a scarfing torch, measures the depth of the flaw with an ed... | 03/09/1982 |
