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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162031 | High efficiency plant for making steel A method of making steel comprising assembling a steelmaking furnace, a thin strip caster, and a mold caster, inputting to a computer data on demand for production output, raw materials, furnace availability and capacity, sequence schedules and through-put, capaciti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8051894 | Centering submerged entry nozzle for continuous casting of metal slab The present invention relates to an apparatus for centering a submerged entry nozzle. The present invention includes: a plurality of laser beam generators 20 that is disposed above a mold 3 for continuous casting to radiate a laser beam toward the cent... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042602 | High efficiency plant for making steel A method of making steel comprising assembling a steelmaking furnace, a thin strip caster, and a mold caster, inputting to a computer data on demand and customer requirements for production output, raw materials, furnace availability and capacity, ladle treatment fo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8006743 | Method and device for determining the position of the solidification point A method of and a device for determining the position of the solidification point (1a) in a strand (1) during continuous casting of liquid metals, in particular of steel, lead to precise results, while an indirect measurement of a movable amount... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7891407 | Method and apparatus for localized control of heat flux in thin cast strip A method of and apparatus for continuous casting of thin cast strip including removing oxides from the casting surface of each casting roll by contacting the casting surface of each casting roll with a rotating brush between the nip and the casting area, determining... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7775259 | Production of thin steel strip A method of controlling in a twin roll strip caster the thickness of as-cast strip by determining and operating at a target depth of the casting pool and a target speed of the casting rolls. The as-cast strip may be cast to a customer-specified thickness or may be s... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7617863 | Method and apparatus for temperature control in a continuous casting furnace A continuous casting furnace includes a temperature control mechanism for controlling the temperature of a metal casting as it exits a continuous casting mold in order to provide improved characteristics of the metal casting. The temperature control mechanism includ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7543628 | Method for predicting and controlling the castability of liquid steel The invention relates to a method for predicting and controlling the castability of liquid steel. According to said method, the chemical composition of a melt to be cast is analyzed, an alloy calculation is carried out, alloy elements and/or additions are determined... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7404431 | Production of thin steel strip A method of controlling in a twin roll strip caster the thickness of as-cast strip by determining and operating at a target depth of the casting pool and a target speed of the casting rolls. The as-cast strip may be cast to a customer-specified thickness or may be s... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7368690 | Method of and apparatus for processing of semi-solid metal alloys Apparatus for producing a semi-solid metal alloy from a molten charge includes vertically aligned treatment zones which are provided by vertically aligned passages defined by a plurality of spirally wound flow pipes which are interspersed between spirally wound indu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354492 | Method for optimising the production technology of rolled products The inventive method is used for optimising a hot and/or cold strip mill process. Said method consists in discreetly measuring the technological parameters of a strip milling and the angular rates of the working rollers of mill stands and table rollers, in defining ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343961 | Process and production line for manufacturing ultrathin hot rolled strips based on the thin slab technique Ultrathin hot rolled steel strips are obtained from thin slabs using a continuous casting process and production line. The process and production line includes a secondary cooling system, a roughing mill, an induction heating zone to fix temperatures of the intermed... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341096 | Method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, and plate or strip produced in this way The invention relates to a method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, in which the slab or strip is passed between a set of rotating rolls of a rolling mill stand in order to roll the slab or strip. According to the invention, the rolls of the ro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318267 | Strip production equipment Arranged are a twin- or single-roll continuous casting machine supplied with molten metal from a tundish arranged above so as to continuously cast a strip with a predetermined width, a trimmer arranged downstream of the continuous casting machine to trim widthwise e... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7296613 | Mold table sensing and automation system A molten metal sensing and automation system for use with or in a metal casting mold. Aspects of the invention include a molten metal automation system which may include a bleedout detection system which provides an automated response, and an automated system for th... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7201211 | Method and device for controlling flows in a continuous ingot mold The invention concerns a continuous casting ingot mold equipped with an immersed nozzle (3) provided with lateral outlets (2) opposite the small sides (5) of the ingot mold, and whereof the pattern of molten metal flows can be naturally in singl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7172141 | Lubricant mist sprayer for pinch roll A lubricant mist sprayer is composed by spray headers, which have lubricant and gas supply pipes integrally fixed to each other by fixing members and which are spaced apart a required distance from and are arranged in parallel with surfaces of pinch rolls, and mist ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168478 | Method of making thin cast strip using twin-roll caster and apparatus therefor A system and method for producing thin cast strip by continuous casting is disclosed. The system includes a twin-roll casting apparatus having a pair of casting rolls positioned laterally adjacent each other to form a nip between the casting rolls through which meta... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7117925 | Production of thin steel strip A cast carbon steel strip is prepared by continuously casting in a twin roll caster and cooling to transform the strip from austenite to ferrite at a temperature range between 400° C. and 850° C. at cooling the strip to transform the austenite to ferrite within a ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108047 | Method for operating a strip casting machine and jacket ring for a casting roll used to carry out said method The invention relates to a method for operating a strip casting machine (10), whereby molten metal (18) is poured between two rotatable casting rolls (11, 12). A gaseous film (G) is formed between the respective surfaces (11′, 12′) of... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096075 | Apparatus, method and program for physical state controller For determination as to whether there is a possibility that temperature control satisfying conditions according to an upper limit LH_i and a lower limit LL_i of the annealing control temperatures of annealing object steel sections i will be realized under restrictio... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070735 | Aluminum alloy material for forging and continuous casting process therefor An aluminum alloy material for forging obtained by a continuous casting process, the alloy comprising: a surface of which roughness is not more than Ra 35, and a segregation layer having 0.1 to 2 mm thickness and generated in the surface. The cast surface after cont... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069974 | Method and device for producing thin slabs A method for producing thin slabs whereby the cross-section thereof is reduced during solidification in a continuous casting device wherein the strand guide adjacent to the mold includes wedge-shaped adjustable roller-strand sections for regulating the thickness of ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066238 | Method for producing a metal strip using a two-roller casting device A process and apparatus for producing a metal strip using a two-roller casting device formed by two oppositely rotating casting rollers with parallel casting-roller axes and two side plates which bear against end sides of the casting rollers. The metal melt is conve... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044193 | Method of continuous casting In a method for the continuous casting of a thin metal strip according to the two-roll method, metal melt is cast into a casting gap formed by two casting rolls of the thickness of the metal strip to be cast, under formation of a melting bath. In order to for... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025118 | Method and device for continuously casting ingots, slabs or thin slabs A continuously cast strand is subjected to soft reduction between the guide rollers below the mold and between the soft reduction stretch and the mold the strand is subjected to format or thickness reduction between at least one pair of position controlled guide rol... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024342 | Thermal flow simulation for casting/molding processes A numerical procedure for simulating the behavior of incompressible, viscous fluid in a casting/molding process. The method is based on classical fluid dynamic equations and uses control volume-finite element and numerical techniques to solve the momentum and energy... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959476 | Aluminum automotive drive shaft A method for producing aluminum drive shafts from molten aluminum alloy using a continuous caster to cast the alloy into a slab. The method comprises providing a molten aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Si, 0.05 to 0.4 wt. % Cu, 0.45 to 1.2 w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6932938 | Method and apparatus for containing and ejecting a thixotropic metal slurry A container system including a vessel for holding a thixotropic semi-solid aluminum alloy slurry during its processing as a billet and an ejection system for cleanly discharging the processed thixotropic semi-solid aluminum billet. The crucible is preferably formed ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928753 | Device for keeping a cold-rolled strip dry in the outlet of strip rolling mills The preferred quality requirements postulated by producers for the product cold-rolled strip include, among good flatness and optimum thickness tolerances, also dryness of the strip in the outlet of strip rolling mills. Already existing devices that are disposed in ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6896034 | Method for controlling a continuous strip steel casting process based on customer-specified requirements A method of controlling a continuous steel strip casting process based on customer-specified requirements includes a general purpose computer in which product specifications of steel product ordered by a customer is entered. The computer is configured to automatical... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6874561 | Method and system for controlling a casting process A method (300) and a system (100) for controlling a casting process are described herein. The system (100) generally includes a die casting device (110) and a measuring device (120). The die casting device (110) includes a m... | 04/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6871688 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing die-cast product Fluid pressure of a first fluid chamber of a driving means, which acts as a back pressure, is monitored by a monitoring means when a core pin is driven by the driving means in an inserting direction before injection of a molten material into a cavity of a die arrang... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871694 | Device for in-line treatment of rolled metal products A device for treating rolled metal products obtained by continuous casting, such as bars, plates, structural shapes or the like, arranged in line with a rolling system, and comprising a cooling plate (9), an in-line cooling box (13), in-line pickling m... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6776217 | Method for continuous casting of slab, in particular, thin slab, and a device for performing the method In a method for continuous casting bars, billets, and slabs from a melt in dimensional ranges of approximately 20 to 150 mm thickness and approximately 600 to 3500 mm width by means of an oscillating, water-cooled casting mold in cooperation with a submerged-entry n... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6698498 | Casting strip Twin roll caster produces cast steel strip that passes in a transit path through pinch roll stand and optional hot rolling mill and runout table to a coiling station which has a pair of switchable coilers. A strip shear located in advance of the coiling s... | 03/02/2004 |
