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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343308 | Method and system for identifying subrogation potential and valuing a subrogation file A method for identifying select ones of insurance records which possess a favorable subrogation potential. The method includes receiving data indicative of a plurality of claims; automatically calculating a base score to identify select ones of the claims which demo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339972 | Laser filament imager An apparatus includes a gas chamber comprising a gas feed nozzle, an exhaust nozzle, and a window. The apparatus also includes a first partial reflector, in the gas chamber, sharing an optical path with the exhaust nozzle, and the window. Optionally, The apparatus i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7281569 | Casting steel strip with low surface roughness and low porosity A method of producing cast steel strip having low surface roughness and low porosity by casting with molten steel having a total oxygen content of at least about 70 ppm and a free oxygen content between 20 and 60 ppm, and a temperature that allows a majority of any ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279053 | Alloy thin ribbon for rare earth magnet, production method of the same, and alloy for rare earth magnet The present invention provides a rare earth magnet superior in magnetic properties and thermal stability. In an aspect of the present invention, a production method of an alloy thin ribbon for a rare earth magnet includes a step to obtain a quenched thin ribbon by f... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258751 | Rare earth magnet and method for production thereof In a rare earth magnet, an added heavy rare earth element RH such as Dy is effectively used without any waste, so as to effectively improve the coercive force. First, a molten alloy of a material alloy for an R-T-Q rare earth magnet (R is a rare earth ele... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7226515 | Fe—Ni based permalloy and method of producing the same and cast slab A Fe—Ni based permalloy comprises Ni: 30–85 wt %, C: not more than 0.015 wt %, Si: not more than 1.0 wt %, Mn: not more than 1.0 wt %, P: not more than 0.01 wt %, S: not more than 0.005 wt %, O: not more than 0.0060 wt %, Al: not more than 0.02 wt % and, if nece... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210518 | Horizontal casting process for metal alloys A novel process for the continuous casting of lead-free bronze alloys. By careful control of such factors as the melt temperature, order of addition of alloy components, cooling temperature and withdrawal rates, continuous casting of high quality lead-free bronze al... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7152661 | Method and casting roller plant for the semi-endless or endlers rolling by casting of a metal in particular a steel strip which may be transversely separated as required after solidification The invention relates to a method and casting roller plant for the semi-endless or endless rolling by casting of a metal, in particular a steel strip (1a), which may be transversely separated as required after solidification. The casting strip part len... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7121323 | Method and device for the continuous casting and direct shaping of a metal strand, in particular a steel cast strand The invention relates to a method and a continuous casting device for the direct shaping of a metal strand, in particular a steel cast strand (1) of any format (1d). According to said method, the cast strand (1) is only cooled by a liquid... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7100670 | Method for fabricating uranium foils and uranium alloy foils A method of producing thin foils of uranium or an alloy. The uranium or alloy is cast as a plate or sheet having a thickness less than about 5 mm and thereafter cold rolled in one or more passes at substantially ambient temperatures until the uranium or alloy thereo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048033 | Casting steel strip A method of producing strip comprising the steps of assembling a pair of casting rolls with a nip between them, introducing between the casting rolls to form a casting pool of molten carbon steel having a total oxygen content of at least 70 ppm usually less than 250... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6948550 | Method for making aluminum alloy strips with high surface homogeneity A process for manufacturing a strip of aluminum alloy having high surface homogeneity with an upper side showing after a 1 μm thick sulphur anodic treatment, an optical roughness value SN measured on three 5 cm longitudinal sections and three 5 cm transv... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6834708 | Aluminium alloys strips with high surface homogeneity and method for making same An aluminum alloy strip of high surface homogeneity, intended for applications requiring good visual quality or specific optical properties, such as reflectors and anodized plates for construction and decoration. The strip may be characterized by an upper side havin... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818073 | Method of producing steel strip Steel strips and methods for producing steel strips are provided. In an illustrated embodiment, a method includes continuously casting molten low carbon steel into a strip of no more than 5 mm thickness having austenite grains that are coarse grains of 100-300 micro... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6796365 | Method of making aluminum matrix composite wire Method provides ceramic fibers with a matrix that includes aluminum. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793742 | Preparation of bonded rare earth magnet-forming alloy and bonded rare earth magnet composition An alloy powder for bonded rare earth magnets is prepared by melting an alloy consisting essentially of 20-30 wt % of Sm or a mixture of rare earth elements (inclusive of Y) containing at least 50 wt % of Sm, 10-45 wt % of Fe, 1-10 wt % of Cu, 0.5-5 wt % of Zr, and ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6695929 | Method of making material alloy for iron-based rare earth magnet A melt of an iron-based rare earth material alloy, represented by (Fe1-m Tm)100-x-y-z Qx Ry Mz, is prepared, wherein T is Co and/or Ni; Q is B and/or C; R is selected from Y (yttrium) and t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6675869 | Production of thin steel strip A plain carbon steel strip is continuously cast in a twin roll caster and passes to a run out table on which it is subjected to accelerated cooling by means of cooling headers whereby it is cooled to transform the strip from austenite to ferrite at a temp... | 01/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6622778 | Method for the direct production of scale-free thin metal strip A method 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 cast metal strip... | 09/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6585030 | Method of producing steel strip Steel strips and methods for producing steel strips are provided. In an illustrated embodiment, a method includes continuously casting molten low carbon steel into a strip of no more than 5 mm thickness having austenite grains that are coarse grains of 10... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581672 | 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 ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581674 | Method and device for homogenizing a molten metal film Disclosed is a method and apparatus for making a molten film of metal, steel, in particular a steel film, more uniform, by strip casting, in which the molten material which is applied to a revolving belt is to have a thickness and properties which are as ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6540011 | Method to control the axial position of slabs emerging from continuous casting and relative device Method and device to control the axial position of slabs emerging from continuous casting applied in rolling plants comprising at least a casting machine (11), a heating and/or temperature maintenance furnace (15) and a roughing and prefinishing (16) or f... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6524408 | Method for producing load-optimized steel strips To produce sheet steel components optimised for loading, a steel strip is cast between two cooled rolls with a variable nip and the thickness of the steel strip is changed by changing the time of contact between the strand shells and the rolls or by chang... | 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 |
| 6436205 | Method for surface processing of a continuously cast steel product and device therefor In a surface processing method for removing surface flaws, surface contaminants, and the like from a continuously cast metal product in a hot state, at least a portion of at least one metal product surface is cooled for a defined temperature decrease of a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6406800 | Bent pipe for passing therethrough a material containing solids A bent pipe for use in piping arrangement for transporting materials conaining solids, the bent pipe being prepared by subjecting to high-frequency bending work a straight blank pipe prepared by centrifugal casting and having a plurality of layers. The st... | 06/18/2002 |
