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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7268319 | Method of metallurgically bonding articles and article therefor An article suitable for metallurgical bonding having a first part having a lower surface, and a second part having an upper surface is disclosed. The lower surface of the first part is disposed at the upper surface of the second part to provide for a faying surface ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7240530 | Auxiliary embosser An auxiliary embosser for use with a mobile or stationary on or off-site roll forming apparatus which roll forms sheet material into objects such as a rain gutter or aluminum siding having complex cross section profiles. The auxiliary embosser includes a frame adapt... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7193177 | Method of metallurgically bonding articles and article therefor An article suitable for arc-welded metallurgical bonding having a first part having a lower surface, and a second part having an upper surface is disclosed. The lower surface of the first part is disposed at the upper surface of the second part to provide for a fayi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189145 | Method of and apparatus for producing roll A belt grinding is integrated with an electroerosion machine for contouring the working surface of a mill roll and providing a texture thereon. The belt grinder can superfinish the roll and remove peaks in the surface without significantly affecting the mean surface... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7146836 | Piercing method for manufacturing of seamless pipe A piercing method for manufacturing a seamless pipe capable of suppressing the rotary forging effects and suppressing the redundant shear strain without excessive narrowing of the roll diameter is provided. This method is characterized by holding a feed angle β and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7043953 | X-H rolling method for parallel-flange steel sections (supports) A method of X-H rolling of a parallel flange steel structural shape or beam with an H cross section using a compact rolling group. In the first universal mill frame the vertical roll have roll surfaces inclined to one another at an angle up to 10° whereas in the se... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7013547 | Method and device for the production of curved spring strip sections A method and a device for the production of curved spring strip sections. A spring strip runs through a bending unit formed from three separate support points and a reverse bending unit, arranged in series, and formed from a fourth support point. Bent and reverse-be... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6948346 | Method for specifically adjusting the surface structure of rolling stock during cold rolling in skin pass mills The invention relates to a method for specifically adjusting the surface structure of rolling stock (3) during cold rolling in skin pass mills. The aim of the invention is to partially transfer the surface structure of the working roll (2) onto the rol... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6925711 | Micro-textured heat transfer surfaces A wrought aluminum sheet product having a textured surface for improved heat transfer properties. A plurality of textured features having dimensions of about 1-50 microns is roll textured onto one or both sides of the sheet. The aluminum sheet may be used as the fin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6877351 | Linear guide rail and method for working same When working a linear guide rail having one or more raceway grooves 2 on the side surfaces thereof, using rotary dies each including on the circumferential portion thereof a projection-shaped working portion matched in shape to the raceway groove 2, th... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6813921 | Method for rolling metal material into a metal strip The invention relates to a method for rolling a metal profile into a metal strip in which method the technique of a profiled rolling in combination with a strip rolling is used, comprising that during the at least two-staged profiled rolling the metal rod is divided... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6807836 | Method of applying a surface finish on a metal substrate and method of preparing work rolls for applying the surface finish The method of preparing cold mill work rolls for forming a surface finish on a metal substrate includes the steps of placing a work roll on a grinder, truing the work roll, roughening the work roll, and performing at least one finishing pass on the work roll. The me... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6662616 | Method and device for flexibly rolling a metal band A method and a device for flexibly rolling a metal band by guiding the metal band through a roll gap formed between a first working roll and a second working roll, and by varying the size of the roll gap in such a way that band sections with a greater ban... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6619092 | Tandem rolling mill facility and rolling method using the same In a tandem rolling mill facility and a rolling method using the tandem rolling mill facility, stable rolling is performed with suppressing deflection of working rolls and without fluctuation of working roll bearing boxes. Axes of working rolls 1 are offs... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6619087 | Strip rolling method and strip rolling mill In a rolling method applied to a multi-roll strip rolling mill composed of not less than four rolls, one of the zero point of the roll positioning devices and the deformation characteristic of the strip rolling mill or alternatively both the zero point of... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6613174 | Process for the manufacture of an acoustically effective foil stack for a vehicle heat shield The method and the device for manufacturing an acoustically effective foil stack (9) made of embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) is characterised by the fact that at least two foil webs lying over one another (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are embossed at the same time... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6604398 | Working method and installation for the flexible and economical pickling and cold-rolling of metal strips The installation includes an in-line arrangement of a metal pickler, a reeling arrangement installed on the coiling side of the metal pickler, and a cold-rolling mill. The method includes ones of the following alternative sequences of work steps: (a) the ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6497129 | Method for rolling tube blanks in a planetary skew rolling mill A method and device for rolling tube blanks in a planetary skew rolling mill continuously feeds tubular blanks which are to be rolled into the rolling gap end to end. A first tube blank is located in the rolling mill. A second tubular blank following the ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6490900 | Pipe gauging and rounding apparatus and method Apparatus and method for gauging and rounding, at room temperature, a section of fully formed seamless ductile iron pipe that has an out-of-round initial cross-section profile and/or a larger than desired initial gauge. The apparatus includes a set of hou... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6446480 | Process for producing improved rail A process for creating a curved rail for use by a trolley by providing a rail having a first side, a second side, a third side, a first edge located between said first side and said second side, and a second edge located between said second side and said ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6408665 | Finish hot rolling method for structural steels The present invention provides a finish hot rolling method for structural steels capable of realizing enhanced dimensional accuracy and a uniform microstructure, using a 2-stand 3-roll finishing mill, wherein an area reduction rate of the final finishing ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6374656 | Rolling stand for plane products and method to control the planarity of said products Rolling stand (10) for plane products and method to control the planarity of said plane products, said rolling stand comprising a pair of working rolls (11a, 11b), a corresponding pair of back-up rolls (13a, 13b) and at least an intermediate roll (15a) lo... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6338262 | Method for the static and dynamic control of the planarity of flat rolled products Method to control the planarity of flat products rolled with a rolling stand (10) having a pair of working rolls (11a, 11b), a corresponding pair of back-up rolls (13a, 13b) and at least an intermediate roll (15a) placed between one of said working rolls ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336349 | Method for the flexible rolling of a metallic strip A method for the flexible rolling of a metallic strip in which, during the rolling procedure, the metallic strip is lead through a roll gap which is formed between two working rolls, and during the rolling operation, the roll gap is deliberately changed i... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6324881 | Method to control the profile of strip in a rolling stand for strip and/or sheet Method to control the profile of a strip (13) in a rolling stand for strip and/or sheet comprising at least two working rolls, respectively upper (11a) and lower (11b) and defining a reference pass-line (15) substantially coinciding with the center line o... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6314776 | Sixth order actuator and mill set-up system for rolling mill profile and flatness control A rolling mill stand having a pair of side shiftable rolls defining a roll gap profile therebetween varying along the length of the rolls according to a sixth order polynomial equation. The flatness of the strip exiting the rolling mill stand is controlle... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6266989 | Method and machine for straightening sections A method and a machine for straightening sections by eliminating multi-axle deviations from the required section and from the required straightness using one or more straightening tools arranged, in series above and below the material to be straightened, ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6253593 | Piercer roll exchanging apparatus for vertical piercing mill and piercer roll exchanging method A piercer roll exchanging apparatus for use in a vertical piercing mill, as well as a piercer roll exchange method for use with the apparatus, which can automate the exchange of piercer rolls and which are suitable for flexible manufacture of small quanti... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6216505 | Method and apparatus for rolling a strip A method and apparatus for rolling a strip by a rolling mill wherein one back-up roll of the pair of back-up rolls is a variable crown roll having a single oil chamber and the other back-up roll is a variable crown roll having a plurality of oil chambers.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6187455 | Decorative roll-patterned strip and process of making same A decorative roll-patterned metal strip or sheet, preferably aluminium strip or sheet, having: a thickness of about 0.05-1.0 mm, preferably about 0.1-0.8 mm, with a surface having a plurality of indentations of a depth of about 0.001-0.05 mm, preferably a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6158260 | Universal roll crossing system A method for hot rolling and cold rolling metal strip to a finish strip thickness, profile and flatness in a series of rolling mills each having roll bending and roll crossing capabilities to effect a plurality of roll gap profiles. A control method utili... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6119500 | Inverse symmetrical variable crown roll and associated method The method and apparatus of the present invention is a rolling mill having rolls with inverse symmetrical profiles and a method of using the same. An inverse symmetrical profile is a profile in which the right and left sides of a roll, with respect to the... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6116072 | Method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections in reversing roll stand arrangements A method of rolling finished sections from preliminary sections by means of roll stand arrangements which operate in reversing operation and include a compact rolling group composed of a first universal stand at the entry side and a second universal stand... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6092408 | Steel mill processing by rhombic reversal reduction rolling A steel billet is reduced to a bar in a hot steel mill rolling operation by plural reductions successively produced by passage of a workpiece through a series of reducing mill stands. Each mill stand produces a workpiece having a rhombic shaped cross sect... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6012313 | Process for producing seamless tubes in cold rolling mills and for the formation and electronic regulation of external thrust Process for creation and adjustment, from one moment to the next, of the external force to apply by the feed assembly to the preformed forging in cold rolling mills of the "pilgrim process" type with rollers and mandrel for producing seamless tubes by mea... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6000259 | Position-controlled edging stand arranged in front of a finishing train for continuously cast strip material A finishing train for continuously cast strip material and a method of operating the finiching train, wherein an edging stand is arranged in front of the finishing train for preventing strip material cracks occurring during the reduction of the strip thic... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5970771 | Continuous spiral motion system for rolling mills A system and method for improving properties of a metal strip during rolling between rotating upper and lower work rolls in a mill stand, for reducing work roll edge wear, for improving distribution of thermal expansion of the work roll during rolling, fo... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970773 | Rolling plant for rolling all types of finished sections A rolling plant for rolling all types of finished sections from flat blooms or preliminary sections with close to final dimensions, wherein the blooms or preliminary sections arrive from a continuous casting plant and may be stored in reheating furnaces a... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5953949 | Method and apparatus for producing a metal strip having areas of different thickness over its width The invention relates to the production of a metal strip having formed-in thinner areas. To this end the strip B is drawn through a drawing nip 1, 2 formed by the end face of a working roll 3 adjusted at an angle and a support roll 4, which can take the f... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5943896 | Method of influencing the strip contour in the edge region of a rolled strip A method of influencing the strip contour in the edge region of a rolled strip in which by superimposing a conventional CVC contour the harmful side effect of a unilaterally narrowing roll on the body portion of the roll gap is compensated. Special CVC ro... | 08/31/1999 |