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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7849911 | Method and device for the continuous casting and direct deformation of a metal strand, especially a cast steel strand A device for continuous casting and direct deformation of a metal strand, with a strand guide which is curved after the continuous casting mold in the direction of strand travel, a spray device for liquid coolant, a bending-straightening unit, and an automatic contr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7478664 | Method and continuous casting and rolling plant for semi-endless or endless rolling by casting a metal strand, especially a steel strand, which is cut to length as required after solidification A method for semi-endless or endless rolling by casting a metal strand, especially a steel strand, which is cut to length as required after solidification, wherein the cut lengths of cast strand are fed into a roller hearth furnace for heating and homogenizing at ro... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7367104 | Method and device for the production of a trimmed metal strip The invention relates to a method for production of a metal strip from a strip (6), cast directly from molten metal (4), whereby a trimming of the strip edges (9, 9′) of the strip (6) is carried out, characterised in that the strip edge... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7140417 | Method of continuous casting non-oriented electrical steel strip Non-oriented electrical steels are widely used as the magnetic core material in a variety of electrical machinery and devices, particularly in motors where low core loss and high magnetic permeability in all directions of the strip are desired. A method for producin... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137437 | Method and device for producing continuously cast steel slabs Continuously cast products (12) are often provided with surface defects such as oscillation marks (17) and other non-homogeneous structures in the cast state thereof during production in a casting die (11) of a continuous casting plant (10 | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137434 | Continuous roll casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals A method of continuously casting metal strip, as well as an apparatus for carrying out the process, wherein the process includes the steps of: providing a pair of casting rolls operating at a selected rotational speed and the two casting rolls being spaced apart fro... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7093646 | Dual roll casting machine and method of operating the casting machine A twin roll casting machine that can reduce an amount of inert gas to be fed for prevention of oxidization. The machine includes an enclosure enclosing a strip in a range from chilled rolls to pinch rolls, a first swing wall within the enclosure and having a tip end... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086450 | Continuous casting method, continuous casting apparatus and continuously cast steel slab A continuous casting method is demonstrated, in which a slab including a liquid core 11 is bulged and then reduced in its thickness with a reduction roll pair 7, in which case, the uppermost surface of the lower roll 7b in the reduction r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086263 | Universal rolling stand with roll gap control A universal rolling stand with control of the space between the rolls comprises a pair of horizontal rolls and one or more vertical rolls with respective chocks, positioning housings and a guide for the chocks with adjustment tie rods (6, 7, 6′, 7′, 18, 18′... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7011139 | Method of continuous casting non-oriented electrical steel strip Non-oriented electrical steels are widely used as the magnetic core material in a variety of electrical machinery and devices, particularly in motors where low core loss and high magnetic permeability in all directions of the strip are desired. A method for producin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6945311 | Method for the vertical continuous casting of a steel strip In a method for vertical continuous casting of a steel band, a strand (11) of a parallelogram-like cross section is cast at first in a revolving chill-mold (2) and is thereafter transferred from said initial cross section with completely solidified lon... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6921443 | Process for producing stainless steel with improved surface properties A process for treating a stainless steel strip in an electrolytic tank produces a stainless steel with improved surface properties. The process subjects the stainless steel to a bright annealing process, followed by an electro-chemical treatment stage at current den... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920772 | Pinch roll unit A pinch roll unit for either propelling or retarding a product moving along the pass line of a rolling mill comprises a pair of levers mounted for rotation about parallel first axes. Roll shafts are carried by the levers with each roll shaft being journalled for rot... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6907915 | Method and installation for producing a metal strip The invention relates to a method and to an installation for producing a metal strip. The aim of the invention is to make sure that the metal strip formed in the casting installation passes through the first cooling and grain texturing phase substantially without be... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6871693 | Continuous casting installation comprising a soft reduction section The invention relates to a method and a device for the continuous casting of slabs or ingots, in particular of thin slabs in a continuous casting installation. Said installation comprises a soft reduction section in a continuous casting guide under the mould. The so... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6810942 | Device for the continuous casting of metals, especially steel, for use in a solidified bending method The invention relates to a device for the continuous casting of metals, especially steel, for use in a solidified-bending method. Said device comprises, downstream of the continuous casting mold, a straight strand guide (1) and a bending device (3) tha... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6634416 | Device and process for fast changing of parts of the bar guide in continuous-casting plants In a continuous-casting plant, the segments of the guide for the casting bar are replaced rapidly, at least in part, using a two-station system, at least one of which stations being mobile, so as to be able to align head on a platform provided with means ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612364 | Continuous casting method with soft reduction A continuous slab casting method whereby upstream of a soft reduction portion of a path of the strand and preferably downstream of a liquid core reduction portion, the strand is allowed to bulge by ferrostatic pressure of the liquid core, the bulge being ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6588491 | Apparatus for the direct production of scale-free thin metal strip A method and apparatus for the direct production, from molten metal, of scale-free thin metal strip. Hot thin metal strip exiting a continuous caster system is directed to a reducing chamber wherein a reducing gas reduces strip surface oxides while the ca... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589473 | Apparatus for manufacturing low-oxygen copper An apparatus for manufacturing a copper wire includes a melting furnace in which combustion is performed in a reducing atmosphere so as to produce molten copper; a holding furnace for maintaining a predetermined temperature of the molten copper supplied f... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6536504 | Continuous strip casting device and method of use thereof Continuous strip casting device comprises a pair of parallel casting rolls onto which molten metal is supplied by metal supply means. Casting rolls are enclosed by a casting chamber into which hot strip is delivered downwardly from the casting rolls. Stri... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536505 | Method and apparatus for producing thin slabs in a continuous casting plant A method and an apparatus for producing slabs in a continuous casting plant preferably equipped with a vertical mold, preferably for thin slab plants for casting preferably steel having, for example, a solidification thickness of 60 mm-120 mm, for example... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530418 | Method and apparatus for continuous casting Method and apparatus for continuous casting, especially casting of steel that can easily provide high quality steel that has no central segregation and central porosity. In other words, in the method and apparatus, central defects are to be eliminated fir... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6523601 | Method and apparatus for improving internal quality of continuously cast steel sections Segregation of carbon or alloying elements in a solidifying liquid core during casting of a continuous metal strand of high carbon steel or alloy steel, are disbursed by vibrating hammers engaged with a solidified shell enclosing a liquid steel core. The ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6511557 | Process and relative production line for the direct manufacture of finished pressed or deep drawn pieces from ultrathin hot rolled strip cast and rolled in-line A process for the production of cold rolled finished strip with thickness of 0.5-0.1 mm and a maximum width of 2000 mm for direct preparation of end products such as pressed and deep drawn pieces from thin slab casting with a thickness of the bar leaving ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6496120 | System for on line continuous skidding detection in rolling mills A system for continuous and real-time detection of skidding conditions in a rolling mill in which continuous monitoring of conditions which could lead to skidding and analysis of the monitored conditions is effected and wherein an alarm signal is produced... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6478899 | Installation for making cold rolled stainless steel bands A stainless steel band is continuously cast. The stainless steel band is descaled and cold rolled. The cold rolled band is annealed and descaled or bright annealed. The band is finish formed and finally coiled. The stainless steel band is not coiled after... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6308769 | Continuous casting plant for casting slabs with a continuous casting mold and a strand guiding unit composed of rollers A continuous casting plant suitable for casting steel slabs, wherein the partially solidified strand composed of a strand shell and a partially liquid core is guided after emerging from the mold during the further solidification between the rollers of a s... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6296047 | Endless casting rolling system with single casting stand An integrated plant for the production of elongated metal products, such as bars and rods, is described in which the product is initially cast in continuous caster equipment and conducted toward a rolling mill which is positioned in-line with the continuo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289972 | Integrated plant for the production of rolled stock An integrated plant for the production of elongated metal product of relatively small cross section, such as bars and rods, is described in which the product is initially cast in a pair of continuous casters and conducted along parallel conveyor lines tow... | 09/18/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6280542 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a steel strip Method for the manufacture of a steel strip, wherein molten steel is cast into a slab, conveyed through a furnace, roughed in a roughing apparatus and finish-rolled in a finishing apparatus. The method comprises an endless or semi-endless process having e... | 08/28/2001 |
