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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353676 | Method and apparatus for precision rolling of rotationally symmetrical components An apparatus (1) and a method serve for precision rolling of a surface area (2) of a rotationally symmetrical component (3), especially a screw. The apparatus (1) includes at least two spaced apart rolling tools (4, 5), a measuring... | 04/08/2008 |
| 6817219 | Flospinning method and device for carrying out flospinning A flow-forming method and apparatus, in which a blank is placed on a rolling mandrel of a flow-forming machine, the blank is rotated relative to at least one flow-forming roll, the at least one flow-forming roll is infed radially and/or axially relative to the blank... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6708547 | Rolling mill and rolling method There are disclosed a rolling mill capable of keeping a uniform plate of thickness distribution and manufacturing a good-quality plate, and a rolling method. The rolling mill comprises working rolls movable in roll axis directions, profile-measuring means for measur... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6619091 | Quick-change system for measuring probe assembly On a hard-rolling machine (41) for crankshafts (1) there is provided a plurality of measuring probes (4) corresponding to the number of main bearings (3) to be measured, which are arranged on a measuring-probe bridge (6) with the mutual spacing (5). The m... | 09/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6568232 | Method and a device for controlling the dimensions of an elongated material rolled in a rolling mill A method and apparatus for controlling the dimensions of an elongated material rolled in a rolling mill comprising at least two mill stands arranged after each other, each of said stands comprising two spaced rolls, said elongated material being fed betwe... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6519990 | Method and a device for controlling a rolling mill A method of controlling a rolling mill comprising at least two mill stands (1,2) arranged after each other, wherein a first stand (1) is arranged upstream of a second stand (2). Each of said stands comprises two spaced rolls (3,4,5,6). An elongated materi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6494071 | Rolling mill facility with strip shape detection equipment, strip shape detection device, strip shape detection method and rolling method A rolling mill facility includes a single or plural rolling mills having a pair of top and bottom work rolls and that roll strip steel and strip shape detecting devices installed at least on one side of the inlet and outlet sides of the rolling mill. The ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6292262 | Method and device to measure the gap between variable-position elements Device and method to measure the gap between substantially static elements with a variable reciprocal position, used to adjust the reciprocal position of said elements to obtain a desired transit gap, comprising visual recording means connected to a proce... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6202459 | Method of and rolling mill train for producing bar-shaped rolled products A method of rolling a bar-shaped stock to predetermined end height and end width measured transverse to the end height and including providing a rolling will train having a plurality of arranged one after another active rolling mill stands having adjustab... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6055834 | Method to control the drawing of the rolled stock A method to control the drawing of rolled stock in a segment of the rolling line includes measuring the section of the rolled stock passing through is made by a first detector located at the outlet of the semi-finishing block and by a second detector loca... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6047578 | Multi-stand mandrel-free stretch reducing mill A roll pass of a roll set having three rolls for a multi-stand mandrel-free stretch reducing mill has a roll pass shape that deviates from the circular. A tube is passed in its longitudinal direction through the non-circular roll pass shape enabling modif... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5794473 | Method of regulating the cross-section of rolling stock A method of regulating the cross-section of rolling stock through a looper for the rolling stock, particularly between roll stands in section rolling mills. In accordance with the method, the horizontal forces in the rolling stock are varied by varying th... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791182 | Method to control between rolling stands the drawing of the rolled stock and relative device Method and device to control between rolling stands the drawing of the rolled stock (14) in a segment (10) of a rolling line, the segment (10) possibly comprising two conventional rolling stands with or without an interposed drawing unit (19), a conventio... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5740686 | Method and apparatus for rolling a metal strip In rolling a metal strip in a roughing line and a finishing line, the rolling process in the roughing line is adjusted as a function of a predicted value for the change in width of the metal strip in the finishing line such that the metal strip has a give... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5553475 | Method for detecting setting errors of clearance between rollers in universal rolling mill, and method for rolling H-shaped steel having favorable flange dimensions utilizing same detecting method According to the present invention, in the rolling of an H-shaped steel wherein a roughly shaped billet subjected to a breakdown rolling and having a web and flanges is formed into a shape steel having H-shaped cross section by passing it through an array... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5365761 | Method for the production of low-residual-stress rolled strip The invention relates to the production of low-residual-stress strip and is applicable in the field of metal forming. Pursuant to the invention, the gap between the finishing rolls is adjusted in n strip elements during the rolling process by adjusters in... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5311759 | Method and system for real-time statistical process monitoring Method and system for monitoring the operation of a stamping press preferably for forming automobile parts, such as fenders and quarter panels, based on a plurality of features extracted from a press signature. The method includes defining the plurality o... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5193066 | Equipment for adjusting the shape of a running band-like or plate-like metal material in the width direction A target shape adjusting equipment of a metal material furnished with an expert system by adaptive inference and learning inference processing for applying the engineering know-hows of skilled operators being engaged in the control of the shape in the wid... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4557126 | Control device for continuous rolling machine A control device for a rolling machine includes a forecaster for predicting a change in the lateral dimension of a rolled material at the exit of a downstream mill stand based on dimensional variations, and a mechanism by which the tension on the material... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4537051 | Control device for successive rolling mill A rolling mill control device detects a dimension or dimensions of a product material between two mill stands, and forecasts a width deviation value of the material at a downstream stand on the basis of rolling characteristics of the material, etc. The po... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4535614 | Method of gauging and controlling workpiece profile in a rolling mill Disclosed is a method of gauging the diameter of a moving bar or like workpiece in a rolling mill comprising the steps of continuously gauging diameters at peripheral positions of the workpiece by a diameter gauge adapted to continuously rotate around the... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4123927 | Rolling mill Means are provided for adjusting the rotational speed of at least the first pass of a plurality of successive rolling mill passes by measuring the cross section of the work-material being fed to said first pass and adjusting the drive for at least said fi... | 11/07/1978 |