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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175738 | Automated fold and seal apparatus A folding and sealing apparatus supporting a feed platform for feeding a supply of pre-glued forms to the folding and sealing apparatus. The housing accommodating a first roller, a second roller, a third roller and a fourth roller, and the first and second rollers f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137283 | Plate reduction press apparatus and methods A material 1 to be shaped is reduced and formed by bringing dies with convex forming surfaces, when viewed from the side of the transfer line of the material 1, close to the transfer line from above and below the material 1, in synchronism with ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6470722 | Looper A looper for measuring a wedge proportion of a longitudinal pull present within a strip in a longitudinal direction of the strip, wherein the wedge proportion is present across a width of the strip, has a looper shaft and pivot arms each having a first en... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6227021 | Control apparatus and method for a hot rolling mill A control apparatus for a hot rolling mill having a plurality of rolling stands, including a roll gap tension controller configured to control a roll gap of one of the rolling stands so that a detected interstand tension value of a rolled material positio... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6164104 | Method of and apparatus for measuring planarity of metal strip The planarity of a strip, especially metal strip is measured in a measurement zone in which the tension of the strip has been reduced in a targeted way by braking the strip. The braking force should be practically equal to the strip tension.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5910185 | Device for the guidance of hot-rolled strip through an inductor An apparatus for guiding hot-rolled strips through an inductor, arranged between two adjacent roll stands, of an induction heating device, in particular within a finishing mill behind a strip-casting installation or thin-slab casting installation. The app... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5873277 | Control process for a roll stand for rolling a strip The invention relates to a control process for a roll stand consisting of a pair of work rolls, a pair of backup rolls, and optionally a pair of intermediary rolls. The controls for a rolling force, a deflecting force, and optionally a roll shift are give... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5809817 | Optimum strip tension control system for rolling mills A system and method for achieving an optimum interstand strip tension providing substantially equal loading of adjacent stands of a tandem rolling mill where such optimum tension is determined by the expression ##EQU1## where A1 and B1 are, respectiv... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799526 | Process and plant for cold rolling with compensation for ovalization of the rolling rolls A process for the cold rolling of a metal strip between rollers of rolling stands arranged sequentially is provided, along with a plant for its implementation, wherein the process involves: analyzing, as a function of frequency, a signal from an inter-stand te... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5784914 | Method to control between rolling stands the drawing of the rolled stock and relative device A method of controlling and maintaining a drawing force applied to a length of rolled stock between two-spaced apart rolling units includes the steps of determining the value of at least one of a frequency and an amplitude of a transversed vibration of th... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5778717 | Process and device for rolling bands with uneven thickness and/or length distribution over their width The present invention relates to a process and to a device for the rolling of bands (B) with uneven thickness and/or length distribution over their width by using at least one control roller (5, 9, 21, 27, 41, 43) located on the inlet and/or outlet side o... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5722279 | Control method of strip travel and tandem strip rolling mill A control method of strip travel for ensuring, in a tandem rolling operation for metal strips, stable positioning of rolled work during the rolling process including the rolling of the leading and trailing ends of the work, and a tandem rolling mill in wh... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5718138 | Looper control system for a rolling mill A looper control system has a looper that is interposed between two rolling stands of a tandem rolling mill and is actuated by a hydraulic actuator; and a control calculating section for calculating a speed change rate command value of a primary rolling m... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5660066 | Interstand tension controller for a continuous rolling mill An interstand tension controller for a continuous rolling mill having a plurality of rolling stands and provided with a looper between the adjacent rolling stands controls two controlled variables, i.e., the interstand tension of the workpiece and the loo... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5425257 | Method and apparatus for bending an elongate workpiece A method and an apparatus for bending manufacturing of a long workpiece capable of manufacturing different sections of the workpiece in different bending radiuss, while preventing a buckling deformation in manufacturing small bending radius sections and a... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5379631 | Flatness detector A flatness detector has a fixed shaft and a plurality of rotary rings loosely fitted over the shaft and adjacent to each other along an axis of the shaft, a pneumatic bearing being defined by a gap between the rings and the shaft. The shaft is provided wi... | 01/10/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5325692 | Method of controlling transverse shape of rolled strip, based on tension distribution A method of controlling a transverse shape of a strip rolled by a rolling mill having a plurality of shape correcting devices, the method including the steps of detecting a change in a strip rolling force, and a tension distribution of the rolled strip in... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5089776 | Apparatus for detecting defects in a moving steel strip with a magnetizing yoke and a sensor placed on opposite sides of the strip A magnetic defect detector having a pair of rotatable cylinders made of nonmagnetic material which pinch a running steel strip therebetween, two pairs of bearings being engaged with the end parts of the pair of cylinders. A pair of stationary shafts are r... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5012660 | Control system and method for compensating for speed effect in a tandem cold mill In an arrangement for a tandem cold mill in order to compensate for "speed effect," each stand has a roll force memory unit and an oil film roll force controller unit which operate together, and in conjunction with a tensiometer, to maintain a relatively ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5007270 | Web handling apparatus for metal ribbon stock A web handling apparatus for supplying material to a metal forming machine wherein an uncoiler unit is mounted on a frame to draw metal web from a coil. A pivot support is mounted on the frame and supports a dancer arm with a track roller assembly. The da... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4976158 | Tension measuring apparatus The distribution of tension in flat products is measured by a bendable roll engaged by segmented rolls. The bendable roll has a peripheral surface which engages the width of workpiece and is elastically bendable along its axis under the tension in the wor... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4972706 | Device for measuring the flatness of rolled strip A flatness measuring device for rolled strip (5) according to the invention comprises a measuring roller over which the rolled strip passes. The measuring roller is divided into a number of roller sections (6). The forces on the roller sections are measur... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4860212 | Rolled strip shape detecting device with high accuracy A rolled strip shape detecting device includes a tension detecting device for detecting tension applied to a shape detecting roller, a storage device for storing information relating to the rolled strip and the roller, and an arithmetic device for computi... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4809528 | Hot strip mill A multi-stand hot strip rolling mill has a pinch roll assembly downstream of the last stand and before the coiler and a shapemeter roll is located between the last stand and the pinch roll assembly so as to engage with the strip.... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4774824 | Apparatus for straightening self-hardening hot-rolled wires and for feeding them to a consumer In an apparatus for feeding self-hardening hot rolled wires from supply reels to a consumer and for straightening the wires, in each feed path there is a rotor-type straightening device (3) with a straightening rotor (3b) deflecting the wire (1) radially ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4741192 | Rolling metal ribbon stock into convoluted fin strip for use in heat exchangers In an apparatus for rolling metal ribbon stock into convoluted fin strip for use in heat exchangers, an uncoiler apparatus comprising a base, a pair of coil supports for supporting a pair of coils of sheet metal ribbon stock. The coil supports are mounted... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4680978 | Rolling mill strip tension monitoring and shapemeter assembly A rolling mill strip tension monitoring assembly has a roll supporting structure which supports a plurality of pivotally mounted rolls. A sensor support is movably secured to the roll supporting means such that movement of the rolls other than axial rotat... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4674310 | Strip tension profile apparatus and associated method A rolling mill strip tension controlling apparatus may also function as a looper roll and shape meter and is provided with a plurality of generally aligned axially rotatable strip contacting rolls which are supported on rotating arms which in turn are rot... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4561313 | Device for measuring the longitudinal tension in a strip of material The device for measuring the longitudinal tension in a strip leaving a rolling mill or stand comprises a measuring roll over which the strip bearingly runs, said roll consisting of at least one roll mounted on active radial magnetic bearings acting as loa... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4470297 | Camber-monitoring tensiometer A device for monitoring the flatness or camber of a moving metal strip is disclosed. The device includes a cylindrical roller over which the metal strip travels, which cylindrical roller is independently supported at each end on a plate which is pivotally... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4459842 | Roll wear testing method and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to an apparatus suitable for accomplishing a roll testing method. The object of the present invention is accomplished by hot rolling steel strip under the specified rolling condition using small size testing apparatus having ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4429558 | Method of and apparatus for fabrication of spiral fin A method of and an apparatus for fabricating a spiral fin in which a strip of material is bent with rolling by a pair of rolls while being imparted with a tension to reduce the speed at which the strip is drawn between the pair of rolls to reduce a compre... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4428244 | Apparatus for measuring internal stress of strip during rolling process An apparatus is disclosed for measuring the internal stress generated in a strip in the width direction thereof in the course of a rolling process thereof, comprising a plurality of ring-shaped stress detection mechanisms with small gaps therebetween, whi... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4366720 | Apparatus for measuring stress distribution across the width of flexible strip A device for measuring stress distribution across the width of flexible litudinally moving strip material, such as strip steel during coldrolling. The device includes a deflection measuring roller comprised of a plurality of rotatable sections mounted si... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4307591 | Rolling mill looper control system In a hot strip rolling mill a velocity damping compensator circuit is added to the current regulating loop of the looper motor drive generating a torque on the looper arm mechanism between roll stands, thereby to prevent disturbances when applying the loo... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4116029 | Device for measuring the flatness of metal strips An arrangement for measuring the flatness or planar degree of metal strips under tensile stress while being rolled, in which measuring rollers are subdivided into roller sections. Measuring elements which may be in the form of strain gages, are held in su... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4047411 | Numerically controlled pyramid roll forming machine As a part to be contour formed passes through the rolls of a pyramid roll forming machine, the vertical position of the upper roll is continuously controlled. Specifically, upper roll position feedback signals are summed with position command signals and ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4004459 | Combination strip contacting device for use in a rolling mill A strip contacting device used between stands of a rolling mill for simultaneously performing combined modes of operation, such as a shapemeter/looper or a shapemeter/tensiometer. It consists of a frame with a pivotal arm connected to a piston cylinder as... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3979935 | Strip shape measuring device For use in a rolling mill, a deformable, deflection roll with a continuous, unitary surface and a system for detection of roll deflection when a strip of sheet material is passed over the roll. The roll construction may include a dimpled or perforated sur... | 09/14/1976 |
