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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145346 | Method for monitoring a physical state of a hot-rolled sheet while controlling a rolling train for reverse rolling the hot-rolled sheet A method of monitoring the physical state of a hot-rolled sheet or hot-rolled strip while controlling a plate rolling train for the reversing working a hot-rolled sheet or hot-rolled strip. For the reversing rolling of the hot-rolled sheet or hot-rolled strip a roll... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8108064 | System and method for on-line property prediction for hot rolled coil in a hot strip mill A system for on-line property prediction for hot rolled coils in a hot strip mill of a steel plant, including a unit for capturing the chemistry from the steel making stage and providing the data on rolling schedule. Field devices are provided at the instrumentation... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7312716 | Wireless communication using an intrinsically safe design for use in a hazardous area A wireless circuit setup is used in a hazardous area where the circuit is intrinsically safe and does not require explosion proof containment. In this setup, an intrinsically safe master barrier (420) is used without the use of a resistor and one or more resi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302282 | Communications system for implementation of synchronous, multichannel, galvanically isolated instrumentation devices An apparatus and method for synchronous communications using a serial data stream employs a housing with a controller and a back plane. The housing accepts one or more modules for interconnection with the back plane. The back plane distributes power to the modules a... | 11/27/2007 |
| RE39907 | Tolerance based motion control system The present invention involves a tolerance based motion controller. The controller is capable of processing a group of tolerance constraints. The tolerance constraints specify where and when each tolerance constraint is to be applied, along with the information spec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7251593 | Simulation system, method and computer-readable medium for human augmentation devices A system, a method and a computer readable medium are provided for simulating a combined musculoskeletal and augmentation device system. The dynamics model of the combined musculoskeletal and augmentation device system receives computed torques at the joints as inpu... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7151978 | System and method for the control of a production machine The disclosure comprises methods for controlling a production machine having a converter controlled drive wherein the applicable converter receives data from its associated drive as well as additional data from the machine and wherein the converter provides actuatio... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140283 | Automated method and apparatus for vision registration of graphics areas operating from the unprinted side A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing finishing operations on at least one graphics area on a graphics sheet, the graphics sheet having a graphics side, an opposite process side, and reference features, the graphics side bearing the graphics area(s) an... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7110840 | Master control system for a rolling mill A master control system for a rolling mill, especially a mill train, having at least one rolling stand driven by means of a drive system, and the master control system having an automation device for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the rolling stand. The... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7040204 | Method for preparing graphics on sheets A method for preparing a graphic on a sheet of material which also includes at least one registration mark at and about the graphic in predetermined positions. The method involves the steps of applying the graphic and at least one registration mark on a sheet of mat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7031797 | Computer-aided method for determining desired values for controlling elements of profile and surface evenness Input variables, which describe a metal strip prior to and after the passage of a rolling stand, are fed to a material flow model. The material flow model determines online a rolling force progression in the direction of the width of the strip and fees said progress... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6909923 | Safety communication on a single backplane Safety level error detection comparable to that provided by redundant wired safety relays is obtained on a backplane of a programmable logic controller or the like by a combination of error detection methods that in sum provide the requisite level of error detection... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6842656 | Method and device for the process-optimizing regulation of parameters in a production process A surface of a long flat product is observed in a production process by way of a surface inspection system. The entire surface is plotted, on the basis of the observation data, as a surface map with established surface characteristics in the, form of surface data an... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6772661 | Method and apparatus for precision cutting and the like of graphics areas from sheets A method and apparatus for cutting a graphics area from a sheet of material which includes such graphics area. The method involves applying a plurality of registration marks on the sheet at and about the graphics area in predetermined positions at the time the graph... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6721610 | Universal method for pre-calculating parameters of industrial processes The invention relates to a method for pre-calculating the parameters of industrial processes. According to said method, an admissible process input variable vector is determined with definition ranges allocated to each variable and a process output variable vector i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6688352 | Multi-axis work center, for multiple production, in particular for wood working The invention relates to a work center for wood working including: a support base (1) for the pieces to be worked; a structure (6), mobile along said base in the direction of a first numerically controlled axis (X); a support (12) of a tool group (13) mounted on sa... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6672187 | Method and apparatus for rapid precision cutting of graphics areas from sheets An improved method and apparatus for cutting graphics areas from a sheet of material bearing a combination of graphics areas and a plurality of registration marks in predetermined positions with respect thereto, the combination being in a predetermined ap... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6625515 | Roll defect management process The Roll Defect Management Process (RDMP) is a system which is designed to manage, track and evaluate all mill rolls found in use in the hot and cold production of flat rolled metal strip. The RDMP is capable of detection, distinction and differentiation ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6606534 | Strip thickness control apparatus for rolling mill A strip thickness control apparatus for a rolling mill includes a strip thickness gauge provided on a delivery side of the rolling mill, a moving distance calculating module for calculating a moving distance of the strip from the rolling mill, a rolling r... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601422 | Method of operating a rolling train and a control system for a rolling train A rolling train for structural shapes in which at least on one side of a train having a plurality of mill stands, e.g. universal mill stands, a detector is provided for the actual profile of the rolled product. The actual profile is compared with a setpoi... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6560498 | Formation method and device for curved plates This invention includes the generation of forming information and its manipulation scheme as a method to form curved plates in ship hull-pieces. This invention consists of three components as follows: one is to construct and utilize a database which inclu... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6546310 | Process and device for controlling a metallurgical plant A process for controlling a metallurgical plant for producing steel or aluminum, in particular a rolling mill, steel or aluminum having specific material properties that depend on the structure of the steel or aluminum being produced in the metallurgical ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546306 | Method for adjusting incoming film thickness uniformity such that variations across the film after polishing minimized A method comprising determining a polishing profile produced by a polishing tool and manufacturing a process layer with a surface profile prior to polishing operations based upon the determined polishing profile of the polishing tool.... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6526328 | Process for rolling a metal product The invention relates to a process for rolling a metal product by successive passes into at least one roll stand associated with a calculation unit comprising a computer and a mathematical model for adjusting the rolling load applied by the clamping means... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6487470 | Method and apparatus for determining magnet wire production die sets A method for determining optimum enamel die sizes for each of a plurality of dies for fabricating magnet wire includes a series of calculations based upon an empirically determined build factor for each of the enamel coatings used in the fabrication proce... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6430461 | Process for monitoring and controlling the quality of rolled products from hot-rolling processes Process to monitor and control the quality of rolled products from hot-rolled processes which produce products such as sheets, rods, etc., from input stock such as slabs, billets, etc. The process estimates in advance the expected material properties of t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418354 | Optimizing the band width at the band ends on a mill train The width of bands to be laminated on a mill train is adjusted by vertical upsetting rollers, resulting, however, in a narrowing at the band ends due to the asymetric material flow there. In order to solve the problem, the upsetting rollers are so designe... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6263257 | Method and device for determining relevant variables in the processing of textile structures A device for the simulation of spinning machines with a view to their optimum economic use and operation. Starting from material properties of a preproduct (1) determined by measurement, as well as from configuration and setting parameters (3) of such a s... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6233497 | Contact detecting method and an apparatus for the same Under the conditions that the tool is movable in an X-axial direction for approaching a work W and in a Y-axial direction perpendicular to the X-axial direction, the tool is moved at a specified speed in the X-axial direction to make the tool approach a w... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6205370 | Method of making a nest of cuts For making a nest of cuts (N) for cutting blanks out of flat, irregular workpieces (W), the contour (U) and the flaws (F) of the spread workpieces (W) together with a workpiece characteristic are detected by means of a digitizing unit (3), and the corresp... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192284 | Clamping arm position sensing apparatus A sensor detects the absolute angular position of a rotatable clamp arm between full opened and full closed positions. The sensor is coupled to a clamp arm pivot shaft to provide output signals corresponding to the absolute position of the clamp arm. One ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6154683 | Low voltage industrial control system providing intrinsically safe operation Low voltage logic circuitry is used to permit an entire subsystem of an industrial controller to be placed within a hazardous environment to receive a high speed serial link and undertake the control of multiple control points without expensive and awkwar... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6094955 | Self-organizing rolling mill A rolling mill system associates an autonomous control unit with each piece of equipment in the rolling mill system. The autonomous control unit has a model of the particular piece of equipment, for example, of the rolling mill, a reheat furnace or a cool... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6038538 | Generating process models from workflow logs A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and article of manufacture that constructs graph models from logs of past, unstructured executions of the given process. The graph model so produced conforms to the dependencies and past executions present in the ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6009378 | Method of applying an anisotropic hardening rule of plasticity to sheet metal forming processes A method is disclosed for developing a sheet metal forming process prediction method which is based on the application of an anisotropic hardening rule of plasticity in the mathematic theory.... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5956525 | Method of measuring body measurements for custom apparel manufacturing A tailoring system and apparatus for tailoring clothing wherein body measurements are photographically recorded for computer data entry from special form fitting articles of clothing to which disposable strips of tape measures are temporarily adhesively a... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5798925 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a moving strip A monitoring system for determining a cross-sectional shape or profile of a steel strip. The monitoring system includes a scan unit that traverses back and forth across the width of the strip as the strip moves through a plating line. The scan unit includ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5608660 | Automated system for controlling the quality of geometrically regular-shaped products during their manufacture An apparatus and method for controlling the quality of cylindrical or other geometrically regular-shaped products, such as tube or rounds, through high precision, continuous, real-time three-dimensional analysis of hot or cold products during their manufa... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5479803 | Control apparatus for a continuous hot rolling mill A setting means sets variables for expressing the process model, a target thickness value of the rolled material, a target interstand tension value of the rolled material, variables for responses of the thickness and the interstand tension and variables f... | 01/02/1996 |
