Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5964115 | Work process for applying a defined surface roughness to a metal strip A process for applying a defined surface roughness to a metal strip, especially steel strip, for preventing the sticking of strip during subsequent annealing in a bell-type annealing installation includes cold rolling the metal strip in at least one rever... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5666203 | Measurement system for detecting a gap of a roll pair A measurement system for determining a gap of a roll pair by scanning the position of the roll body ends on the side facing away from the roll gap. The system includes a lever bar arranged on a carrying structure and carrying a height-adjustable optical s... | 09/09/1997 |
| 4312209 | Method for operating a strip rolling mill A method for the operation of rolling mills, which rolls are guided by means of chocks with clearance in the window openings of the uprights. Prior to the appearance of rolling force the chocks (3) are thrust laterally and against their guide surfaces in ... | 01/26/1982 |
