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1.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGULATING A STRAND CASTING SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18682807
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-19
First Publication Date 2025-05-01
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Humer, Veit
  • Watzinger, Josef
  • Wieser, Philipp

Abstract

A method that includes casting liquid metal in the mould of the strand casting system, extracting a metal strand from the mould using rollers of the strand guide of the strand casting system, determining a measurement variable, which correlates to the fluctuation of the casting level in the mould, cyclically changing the spacing of the opposing rollers of the strand guide in directions opposite to the fluctuations of the casting level to reduce fluctuations of the casting level, and detecting casting level fluctuation frequencies and providing at least one observer, which determines the actual value (ACT) of the roller spacing being used as one of the input variables for the observer in order to compensate a phase shift and/or amplitude of the actual value (ACT) of the roller spacing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/20 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for removing cast stock

2.

INSTALLATION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A METAL STRIP IN CONTINUOUS MODE OR IN BATCH MODE

      
Application Number EP2024078248
Publication Number 2025/078356
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-08
Publication Date 2025-04-17
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Schwarz, Gero
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Fischer, Markus
  • Montazerolzohour, Elmira
  • Scholler, Juergen
  • Watzinger, Irene
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

The present invention is in the field of combined casting and rolling processes, which can be carried out in a continuous mode and in a batch mode. The object of the present invention is to provide a compact installation that is intended for producing a metal strip and can be operated both in continuous mode and in a batch mode. The object is achieved on the one hand by an outfeed device (5a) and an infeed device (5b) being arranged between the first casting installation (1) and a rolling mill (8). The outfeed device (5a) can outfeed cut first slabs (40) transversely to the casting direction (G). Directly downstream of the outfeed device (5a) is an infeed device (5b) which has a heating furnace (5c) and is intended for infeeding cut slabs (41). The distance (L) between the end of the first casting installation (1) and the start of the rolling mill (8) is less than 100 m, preferably less than 80 m, particularly preferably less than 60 m.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 13/22 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 39/00 - Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21B 15/00 - Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

3.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS OF A MAIN PROCESS

      
Application Number EP2024075963
Publication Number 2025/067957
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-17
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor Plattner, Tobias

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for treating exhaust gas (2) of a main process (3), comprising a filter unit (4), which has a first and a second filter stage (5, 6), and a gas feed line (11) for feeding the exhaust gas (2) from the main process (3) to the filter unit (4). The first filter stage (5) comprises a first filter (7) and a second filter (8); the second filter stage (6) comprises a third filter (9). The third filter (9) is disposed in the filter unit (4) between the first filter (7) and the second filter (8). The gas feed line (11) has a device (12) for dividing the incoming exhaust gas (2) among a first and a second gas feed line (13, 14). A gas transfer system (18) is used to transfer the partial gas flows (16, 17), after flow through the first and second filters (7, 8), to the third filter (9). The gas transfer system (18) has a main-additive feed device (21) for feeding a main additive (22) to the exhaust gas. Discharge devices (23, 25, 27) are provided for discharging filter products (24, 26, 28) removed by the filters (7, 8, 9). The invention also relates to a method for treating exhaust gas of a main process by means of the apparatus according to the invention.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 53/83 - Solid phase processes with moving reactants
  • B01D 46/00 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours
  • B01D 46/32 - Particle separators, e.g. dust precipitators, using loose filtering material the material moving during filtering
  • B01D 46/58 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours with multiple filtering elements, characterised by their mutual disposition connected in parallel
  • B01D 46/62 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours with multiple filtering elements, characterised by their mutual disposition connected in series
  • B01D 46/66 - Regeneration of the filtering material or filter elements inside the filter
  • B01D 53/10 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with moving adsorbents with dispersed adsorbents
  • B01D 39/08 - Filter cloth, i.e. woven, knitted or interlaced material

4.

BRIDGING AN INTERRUPTION IN PRODUCTION IN A COMBINED CASTING-ROLLING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number 18568760
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-04-27
First Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Mayr, Alexander
  • Peitl, Wolfgang
  • Seilinger, Alois

Abstract

A method and a device that bridge an interruption in production in a combined casting-rolling installation to provide a combined casting-rolling installation for producing a hot-rolled finished strip, in which, in the case of an interruption, also thick precursor material having a thickness of >30 mm can be separated in a rapid and reliable manner from the next precursor material.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 13/22 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 15/00 - Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

5.

TEMPERATURE-RAISING DEVICE, ROLLING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND METHOD FOR RAISING TEMPERATURE OF CAST SLAB

      
Application Number JP2023035216
Publication Number 2025/069267
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-27
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. (Japan)
  • ABP INDUCTION SYSTEMS GMBH (Germany)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Horii Kenji
  • Kuroda Akio
  • Usugi Toshihiro
  • Sugimoto Tatsunori
  • Ebbing Stefan
  • Rische Marco
  • Umbrasko Andrej
  • Pichler Lukas
  • Seilinger Alois

Abstract

The present invention is provided with: a first temperature-raising device provided on a rolling line between a continuous casting machine 12 and a roughing mill 70; a second temperature-raising device provided on a temperature-raising line different from the rolling line; a first slab conveyance device 40 configured to be capable of moving a slab 100 between the outlet side for the slab 100 in the rolling line of the first temperature-raising device and the inlet side for the slab 100 in the temperature-raising line of the second temperature-raising device; and a second slab conveyance device 42 configured to be capable of moving the slab 100 between the inlet side for the slab 100 in the rolling line of the first temperature-raising device and the outlet side for the slab 100 in the temperature-raising line of the second temperature-raising device. The first temperature-raising device has a first induction heating slab heater 20, and the second temperature-raising device has a second induction heating slab heater 22. As a result, the present invention provides: a temperature-raising device with which it is possible to improve the temperature-raising efficiency before feeding a cast slab to the roughing mill as compared with the prior art; rolling equipment provided with the same; and a method for raising the temperature of the cast slab.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting

6.

GAS COMPRESSION IN HYDROGEN-BASED DIRECT REDUCTION

      
Application Number 18294151
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-01
First Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Sattler, Hans Thomas

Abstract

A direct reduction plant that includes a catalytic reformer and/or a gas furnace and a gas compression plant having one or more compressors. The gas compression plant includes at least one compression stage, and wherein at least one gas cooler for compressed gas. A direct introduction line for introducing gas directly into the reformer and/or into the gas furnace proceeds from the gas compression plant or the gas cooler. A bypass is provided at least at one of the compressors. During operation, at least a portion of the compressed gas is cooled and compressed gas from the gas compression plant or the gas cooler is introduced directly into the reformer and/or the gas furnace. At least intermittently, a portion of a gas compressed by a compressor is returned by means of the bypass.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes

7.

STIRRER ROLLER FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A HOT STRAND, AND CONTINUOUS CASTING MACHINE

      
Application Number EP2024071465
Publication Number 2025/056233
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-29
Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hirschmanner, Martin
  • Lindlbauer, Felix
  • Rockenschaub, Fabio
  • Wimmer, Peter Paul
  • Ziegler, Guenter

Abstract

The invention relates to a stirrer roller (55, 60) for a continuous casting machine (10) for producing a hot strand (40) and to a continuous casting machine (10) comprising such a stirrer roller (55, 60), said stirrer roller (55, 60) having a first barrel (70) which is rotatably mounted about a first rotational axis (65), a second barrel (75) which is rotatably mounted about the first rotational axis (65), a connecting unit (81), a first coil assembly (85) with at least one first electric coil (165), a second coil assembly (90) with at least one second electric coil (170), and an intermediate bearing (80), wherein the connecting unit (81) and the intermediate bearing (80) are arranged axially between the first barrel (70) and the second barrel (75) with respect to the first rotational axis (65), and the intermediate bearing (80) engages around the circumference of the connecting unit (81) and is designed to support a respective force (F) from the first barrel (70) and the second barrel (75). The connecting unit (81) electrically connects the first electric coil (165) to the second electric coil (170) in a series circuit, and the first coil assembly (85) and the second coil assembly (90) are designed to generate a respective magnetic field which acts radially outwards relative to the first barrel (70) and the second barrel (75) when the first electric coil (165) and the second electric coil (170) are energized.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • B22D 11/115 - Treating the molten metal by using agitating or vibrating means by using magnetic fields

8.

DIE FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number 18723280
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-21
First Publication Date 2025-02-20
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Enzinger, Christian
  • Guttenbrunner, Josef
  • Leitner, Guenter
  • Leopoldseder, Michael
  • Muehlbachler, Martin
  • Watzinger, Josef
  • Wieser, Philipp

Abstract

A die (for a continuous casting installation) that includes a movably mounted frame having a first subframe and a second subframe; a first broad-side insert which is positioned on the first subframe; and a second broad-side insert which is positioned on the second subframe. Narrow sides each having a narrow-side copper plate and abuting the two broad-side inserts are positioned between the two broad-side inserts. The die also has: a clamping device which is designed to exert, on the subframes, a clamping force that acts between the subframes; and an oscillation drive which is designed to make the frame oscillate in and counter to a horizontal width direction (H) relative to the narrow sides. A spring band assembly which guides the subframes is positioned on each subframe on sides which are opposite one another in the width direction (H).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/051 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into open-ended moulds into moulds having oscillating walls
  • B22D 11/053 - Means for oscillating the moulds

9.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING PARAMETERS IN A MATHEMATICAL MODEL

      
Application Number EP2024071781
Publication Number 2025/036716
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-01
Publication Date 2025-02-20
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Aflenzer, Helmuth
  • Rohrhofer, Andreas

Abstract

The present invention describes a method and a device for data processing for automatically adjusting parameters in a mathematical model. The technical problem consists in improving a computer-implemented method for automatically adjusting parameters in a mathematical model for the monitoring and/or open-loop/closed-loop control of a production process for steelmaking, said improvement being achieved by optimizing parameters. Input variables comprising at least one measured value are fed into the mathematical model, and the mathematical model outputs output variables that are used for the monitoring and/or open-loop/closed-loop control of the production processes. The technical problem is solved in that the input variables and the parameters are recorded at least in part, wherein operands comprise at least one process variable, for which measurands are also available. A cost function of differences is determined which evaluates the deviation between said measurands and the corresponding operands, with a sensitivity vector being determined from the cost function of differences and from the parameters. By means of an optimization method, parameters are determined progressively such that the cost function of differences is minimized.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 17/02 - Systems involving the use of models or simulators of said systems electric

10.

ROLLER ARRANGEMENT AND OPTIMISATION METHOD

      
Application Number EP2024069782
Publication Number 2025/026694
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-12
Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Vila, Alija
  • Watzinger, Irene
  • Watzinger, Josef

Abstract

122) between two identical pairs of rollers (12) varies within the roller arrangement (10, 10a, 10b).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • B21B 1/02 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling heavy work, e.g. ingots, slabs, billets, in which the cross-sectional form is unimportant

11.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A LUBRICANT DURING COLD ROLLING OF A ROLLING PRODUCT ON A ROLLING STAND

      
Application Number EP2024066246
Publication Number 2025/026608
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-12
Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Bergmann, Martin
  • Danielczyk, Bernhard
  • Dirisamer, Gernot
  • Krimpelstaetter, Konrad
  • Schinagl, Bernhard

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a system (20) for applying a lubricant (11) during cold rolling of a metal rolling product (2) on a rolling stand (1) having two work rolls (3, 4) spaced apart from one another by a roll gap (7). The lubricant (11) is dispensed by a plurality of single-material nozzles (23), each designed as a flat jet nozzle, either onto a surface (2.1, 2.2) of the rolling product (2) or onto a surface of the work roll (3, 4). Each single-material nozzle (23) dispenses an amount of lubricant in the range of 200 ml/min to 500 ml/min at a pressure in the range of 2 bar to 10 bar, and the amount of lubricant dispensed by each single-material nozzle (23) is adjusted such that the amount of lubricant dispensed by the single-material nozzle (23) per unit area onto the surface (2.1, 2.2) of the rolling product (2) or onto a surface of a work roll (3, 4) is essentially independent of the current rolling speed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 27/10 - Lubricating, cooling, or heating rolls externally
  • B21B 45/02 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning

12.

STRAND GUIDE OF A CONTINUOUS-CASTING INSTALLATION HAVING A MOVABLE SEPARATING DEVICE

      
Application Number EP2024059857
Publication Number 2025/016571
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-11
Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor Morton, Jeffrey

Abstract

Liquid metal (3) is cast to form a metal strand (4) by means of a continuous-casting die (2) of a continuous-casting installation (1). The cast metal strand (4) is drawn off from the continuous-casting die (2) at a drawing-off rate (vA) in a drawing-off direction (x) by means of a strand guide (5) of the continuous-casting installation. When it is being drawn off from the continuous-casting die (2), the cast metal strand (4) has a solid strand shell (6) and a still-liquid core (7), which gradually solidifies while the cast metal strand (4) is running through the strand guide (5). A control device (14) controls a separating device (10) of the continuous-casting installation (1) as and when required in such a way that the separating device (10) detaches an already solidified portion (11) of the metal strand (4) from the cast metal strand (4) at a cutting location (12). The cutting location (12) is that location along the strand guide (5) at which the detachment of the already solidified portion (11) from the cast metal strand (4) begins. Before the respective detachment, the respective cutting location (12), as seen in the drawing-off direction (x), is known to the control device (14) individually for the respective detaching operation. Before the respective detachment, the control device (14) positions the separating device (10) at the respective cutting location (12), as seen in the drawing-off direction (x).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/126 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cutting
  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations

13.

CONVEYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING METAL STRIP COILS

      
Application Number 18713301
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-30
First Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hofer, Roland
  • Pichler, Lukas
  • Salzmann, Christoph

Abstract

A conveying device for conveying metal strip coils. The conveying device includes: at least one coil carrier to carry a metal strip coil; two conveying stations arranged at different heights and each designed to receive one coil carrier; and a conveyor track extending between the conveying stations and having a conveyor drive by means of which a coil carrier can be conveyed on the conveyor track between the conveying stations. Each conveying station is tiltable between a first end position in which the conveying station is oriented horizontally and a second end position, wherein the conveying station has an inclination in the second end position which corresponds to the inclination of the conveyor track and adjoins the conveyor track so that a coil carrier can be conveyed by means of the conveyor drive from the conveyor track into the conveying station and from the conveying station onto the conveyor track.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21D 43/00 - Feeding, positioning or storing devices combined with, or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, apparatus for working or processing sheet metal, metal tubes or metal profilesAssociations therewith of cutting devices

14.

INDUCTIVE HEATING USING A CONTROL MODE SWITCH-OVER PROCESS

      
Application Number EP2024067396
Publication Number 2025/011922
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-21
Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • ABP INDUCTION SYSTEMS GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Mohr, Markus
  • Schwarz, Gero
  • Umbrasko, Andrej
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

An elongated rolled product (2) made of metal is conveyed through a working region (3) of an inductive heating element (1) in a transport direction (x) by means of a transport device (4) such that first a rolled product head (6), then a starting region (7) which adjoins the rolled product head (6), then a central piece (8) which adjoins the starting region (7), then a terminating region (9) which adjoins the central piece (8), and finally a rolled product foot (10) which terminates the terminating region (9) enter the working region (3) and then later exit the working region (3). The working region (3) is the region in which the inductive heating process is carried out. The starting region (7), the central piece (8), and the terminating region (9) are defined in that at a first point in time (t1) at which the rolled product head (6) exits the working region (3), the transition from the starting region (7) to the central piece (8) enters the working region (3) and at a second point in time (t2) at which the rolled product foot (10) enters the working region (3), the transition from the central piece (8) to the terminating region (9) exits the working region (3). Prior to the first point in time (t1) and after the second point in time (t2), the controller (11) operates the inductive heating element (1) according to a voltage control, and between the first and second point in time (t1, t2), the controller operates the inductive heating element according to a power control.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05B 6/06 - Control, e.g. of temperature, of power
  • H05B 6/10 - Induction heating apparatus, other than furnaces, for specific applications
  • C21D 1/42 - Induction heating

15.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DUAL-PHASE STEEL STRIP IN A COMBINED CASTING AND ROLLING SYSTEM, A DUAL-PHASE STEEL STRIP PRODUCED BY MEANS OF THE METHOD, AND A COMBINED CASTING AND ROLLING SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18705987
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-19
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

A method for producing a dual-phase steel strip in a system having a finish-rolling train with a first stand group that includes at least one first finish-rolling stand, and a second stand group that includes at least one stand cooler. The system has a cooling section that includes a first cooling section group and a second cooling section group. Immediately following finish-rolling of a finish-rolled strip, the finish-rolled strip is fed to the second stand group, and force-cooled to a second exit temperature (TA2) so that upon exiting the second stand group the strip has a predominantly austenitic structure. Once the force-cooling stops, a ferritic and austenitic structure forms in the finish-rolled strip during transport. The finish-rolled strip is force-cooled to a fourth exit temperature (TA4) in the second cooling section group so that, upon exiting, the finish-rolled strip has a dual-phase structure composed of martensite and ferrite.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/124 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cooling
  • B21B 3/02 - Rolling special iron alloys
  • B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
  • B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand
  • C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/22 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with molybdenum or tungsten
  • C22C 38/26 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with niobium or tantalum
  • C22C 38/28 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with titanium or zirconium
  • C22C 38/38 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.5% by weight of manganese

16.

WORK ROLL BALANCE FORCE SETTING METHOD AND ROLLING MILL RUNNING METHOD, ROLLING MILL RUNNING SWITCHING METHOD, AND ROLLING MILL

      
Application Number 18704819
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-01
First Publication Date 2024-12-19
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Horii, Kenji
  • Sugimoto, Tatsunori
  • Murato, Shunsuke
  • Hackl, Manfred
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Pichler, Lukas

Abstract

Work roll balance force setting method of rolling mill. Determine kiss roll load Pk, rolling load Pr, and rolling torque Tr of work rolls relative to work roll angle θx of tip position of rolled material between start and completion of biting of rolled material using mill longitudinal rigidity coefficient K and rolling condition. Determine traction coefficient μrt between work and intermediate rolls, and maximum value μrtmax of μrt in relation to θx when hypothetical work roll balance force Pb is applied from sum P of Pk, Pr, and Pb, and Tr between start and completion of biting. Compare tolerated value μrter of μrt with μrtmax. Work roll balance force at start of biting reset to equal to or larger than required when μrt assumes maximum value μrtmax, and equal to or smaller than limit based on strength of rolling mill, when μrter is equal to or larger than μrtmax.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 13/14 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories having counter-pressure devices acting on rolls to inhibit deflection of same under load
  • B21B 13/02 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with axes of rolls arranged horizontally
  • B21B 31/20 - Adjusting rolls by moving rolls perpendicularly to roll axis
  • B21B 37/58 - Roll-force controlRoll-gap control

17.

DRY GRANULATOR FOR THE DRY GRANULATION OF MOLTEN MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR SLAG

      
Application Number EP2024066229
Publication Number 2024/256461
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-12
Publication Date 2024-12-19
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fenzl, Thomas
  • Fleischanderl, Alexander
  • Neuhold, Robert
  • Rosner, Johannes

Abstract

The invention relates to a dry granulator (10), wherein: the dry granulator (10) has a housing (15) and an atomizer (20), which is arranged in the housing (15) and has an atomizer element (55) mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (45); the housing (15) has a first housing inner wall (70), with a first housing inner-wall section (295) and a second housing inner-wall section (305); the atomizer element (55) has a wall (115) and a floor (110); on an axially remote axial side in relation the the floor (110), the wall (115) has a rim (125) located axially at a distance from the floor (110); the rim (125) extends varyingly between a first high point (185) and a first low point (190); the rim (125) is at a closer distance from the floor (110) at the first low point (190) than at the first high point (185); the rim (125), between the first high point (185) and the first low point (190), inclusive, is designed to spray molten material (35) from the atomizer element (55) along different trajectories (291, 296) in the direction of the first housing inner-wall section (295) and the second housing inner-wall section (305).

IPC Classes  ?

18.

PEDESTAL BEARING AND PRODUCTION PLANT WITH SUCH A PEDESTAL BEARING

      
Application Number 18696996
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-14
First Publication Date 2024-12-12
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Dirnberger, Gregor
  • Hohenbichler, Gerald
  • Poeppl, Johann
  • Wimmer, Franz
  • Zemni, Marvin

Abstract

A pedestal bearing that has a pedestal bearing housing with a bearing seat, a cooling duct system with at least one cooling duct, and an anti-friction bearing arranged in the bearing seat and has an anti-friction bearing outer ring. The bearing seat has a first inner circumferential side. The pedestal bearing housing has a first contact surface and is configured to transmit a bearing force (F) from the anti-friction bearing outer ring to the first contact surface. The cooling duct extends circumferentially and is configured to conduct a coolant, which can be fed into the cooling duct in order to cool the anti-friction bearing and/or the pedestal bearing housing. The first inner circumferential side of the bearing seat of the pedestal bearing housing delimits the cooling duct radially on the outside and the anti-friction bearing outer ring delimits the cooling duct radially on the inside.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 37/00 - Cooling of bearings
  • F16C 33/58 - RacewaysRace rings
  • F16C 35/04 - Rigid support of bearing unitsHousings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings

19.

MELTING VESSEL FOR AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE, AND ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE

      
Application Number EP2024063623
Publication Number 2024/236155
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-16
Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Sauerbrey, Michael
  • Schmid, Michael

Abstract

The invention is in the field of steel manufacture, specifically in the field of steel manufacture using an electric arc furnace. The aim of the present invention is to offer a cost-effective solution and to allow for different expansion behaviors of the materials used. This aim is achieved in that the side wall (3) and a first portion of the melting vessel base, which is connected to the closed side wall (3), are manufactured from a metal, preferably steel having magnetic properties. A second portion of the melting vessel base (4), which is enclosed by the first portion, is designed as a recess (5); the recess (5) is closed by a cover sheet (10) having non-magnetic properties. The cover sheet (10) has an overlapping support face which rests on the first portion; the cover sheet (10) is mounted floatingly. Stops (11) that are arranged accordingly ensure that the cover sheet (5) always has an overlapping support face (4a) across the entire periphery of the recess (5).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F27D 27/00 - Stirring devices for molten material
  • C21C 5/52 - Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces
  • F27D 11/12 - Arrangement of elements for electric heating in or on furnaces with electromagnetic fields acting directly on the material being heated
  • F27B 3/08 - Hearth-type furnaces, e.g. of reverberatory typeElectric arc furnaces heated electrically, e.g. electric arc furnaces, with or without any other source of heat
  • F27D 1/00 - CasingsLiningsWallsRoofs
  • F27D 11/06 - Induction heating, i.e. in which the material being heated, or its container or elements embodied therein, form the secondary of a transformer

20.

HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANT

      
Application Number EP2024062792
Publication Number 2024/231480
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-08
Publication Date 2024-11-14
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Enzinger, Christian
  • Haslinger, Manfred

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of continuous casting technology and describes a hydraulic system and a continuous casting plant. The hydraulic system comprises a hydraulic station (1), downstream of which at least one pressure amplifier having a control device (8) is connected, which pressure amplifier can output high pressure at the outlet. At least one valve assembly (5b) is connected to an output of the pressure amplifier having the control device (8), and the valve assembly (5b) can supply a downstream hydraulic actuator (5a) with high pressure. The continuous casting plant contains the hydraulic system, comprising a hydraulic station (1) for providing an operating pressure, as well as a plurality of strand guide units for guiding the strand and/or reducing the thickness of a casting strand, which have (hydraulic actuators 5a) for adjusting the casting gap. At least one pressure amplifier having the control device (8) is connected downstream of the hydraulic station, which pressure amplifier is supplied with the operating pressure at the input and can output high pressure at the output. At least one strand guide unit having at least one hydraulic actuator (5a) is connected, via an upstream valve assembly (5b), to an output of the pressure amplifier having the control device (8).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B22D 27/11 - Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile by using pressure making use of mechanical pressing devices
  • B22D 46/00 - Controlling, supervising, not restricted to casting covered by a single main group, e.g. for safety reasons

21.

Six-high rolling mill stand and finishing mill train for hot rolling an intermediate strip into a thin strip

      
Application Number 18291192
Grant Number 12233443
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-21
First Publication Date 2024-10-31
Grant Date 2025-02-25
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hackl, Manfred
  • Horii, Kenji
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Sugimoto, Tatsunori
  • Winkler, Roman

Abstract

A six-high rolling (also known as sexto) mill stand that is suited for hot rolling an intermediate strip into a thin strip that is less than 0.8 mm thick. A combined casting and rolling installation that includes the six-high rolling mill stand allowing for hot rolling in long uninterrupted sequences, without any change of the work rolls to obtain a strip with good geometry due to moderate rolling forces.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 13/02 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with axes of rolls arranged horizontally
  • B21B 15/00 - Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21B 37/42 - Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates using a combination of roll bending and axial shifting of the rolls
  • B21B 37/44 - Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates using heating, lubricating or water-spray cooling of the product
  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • B21B 45/02 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning

22.

OPERATING METHOD FOR A METALLURGICAL PLANT IN IRON OR STEEL PRODUCTION

      
Application Number EP2024061261
Publication Number 2024/223670
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-24
Publication Date 2024-10-31
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Tauber, Christian
  • Fritschek, Harald
  • Krahwinkler, Petra
  • Schaler, Martin

Abstract

During the operation of a metallurgical plant (1, 9, 10) in iron or steel production, a gas (2) containing solid particles (4) is produced. Samples of the gas (2) are repeatedly taken. By means of analysis of the samples taken, at least one analysis value (n) of the gas (2) is determined in each case. Based on the determination of the analysis value (n), at least one process parameter (P) of the metallurgical plant (1, 9, 10) is updated. The objective is for the at least one analysis value (n) of the gas (2) to come closer to a target value (n*). The at least one analysis value (n) is a quantity of solid particles (4) based on a predetermined amount of the gas (2).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 5/00 - Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
  • F27D 17/00 - Arrangements for using waste heatArrangements for using, or disposing of, waste gases
  • F27D 19/00 - Arrangement of controlling devices
  • C21C 5/52 - Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces
  • C21C 5/30 - Regulating or controlling the blowing
  • C21C 5/46 - Details or accessories

23.

COST-EFFICIENT OPERATION OF A DRI SYSTEM AND OF ADDITIONAL SUB-SYSTEMS OF AN OVERALL SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2024058872
Publication Number 2024/208799
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-02
Publication Date 2024-10-10
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH (Germany)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Becker, Gerd
  • Fleischanderl, Alexander
  • Weinzierl, Klaus

Abstract

The invention relates to an overall system which comprises, as sub-systems, a DRI system (1), an electrolysis system (4), a hydrogen store (6) and a supply device (7). The DRI system (1) and the electrolysis system (4) are connected to an electricity-supply network (2) for receiving electricity, the DRI system (1), the electrolysis system (4) and the hydrogen store (6) are interconnected for transferring hydrogen, and the DRI system (1) and the supply device (7) are interconnected for supplying the DRI system (1) with natural gas and/or ammonia. Information about current states (Z1, Z4, Z6, Z7) of the sub-systems (1, 4, 6, 7); at least one desired production plan (PP) for the DRI system (1) for a forecast horizon (PH); a cost (B1) for electricity received via the electricity-supply network (2) which cost can at least be expected; and a cost (P2, B3) for the natural gas and/or ammonia which cost can at least be expected, is obtained by a controller (8). The controller (8) calculates operating modes (B1, B4, B6, B7) for the sub-systems (1, 4, 6, 7) for the forecast horizon (PH) and determines final states (Z1', Z4', Z6', Z7') that can be expected for the sub-systems (1, 4, 6, 7) on the basis of the current states (Z1, Z4, Z6, Z7) and the operating modes (B1, B4, B6, B7). The controller (8) varies the calculated operating modes (B1, B4, B6, B7) for the forecast horizon (PH) and varies, on the basis thereof, the final states (Z1', Z4', Z6', Z7') that can be expected so as to minimize a cost function (K). The costs for receiving electricity from the electricity-supply network (2) and for consuming natural gas and/or ammonia, and losses of hydrogen located in the hydrogen store (6) enter into the cost function (K). The operating modes (B1, B4, B6, B7) of the sub-systems (1, 4, 6, 7) and/or assessments of the expected final states (Z1', Z4', Z6', Z7') of the sub-systems (1, 4, 6, 7) which final states can be expected also enter into the cost function (K). The productivity of the DRI system (1) also enters into the cost function (K). The controller (8) operates the sub-systems (1, 4, 6, 7) according to the varied operating modes (B1, B4, B6, B7) at least for the beginning of the forecast horizon (PH).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
  • G06Q 50/06 - Energy or water supply

24.

PROCESS FOR DIRECT PRODUCTION OF A TRIP STEEL STRIP IN AN INTEGRATED CASTING-ROLLING PLANT AND A TRIP STEEL STRIP PRODUCED BY THE PROCESS

      
Application Number 18411282
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-01-12
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Rimnac, Axel
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

A process for production of a TRIP steel strip that includes supplying a finished strip to a first cooling group of a cooling sector to force-cool the core of the finished strip to a second exit temperature (TA2) in the range 620° C. to 700° C., whereby, upon exiting the first cooling group, the core has a predominantly austenitic microstructure, transporting the finished strip to a third cooling group establishing, during the transport, a second cooling rate of the core of the finished strip in the range −25 K/s to 20 K/s to convert a first portion of the austenitic microstructure into a ferritic microstructure, force-cooling the core of the finished strip in the third cooling group to a third exit temperature (TA3) which is not more than the bainite starting temperature (BS) to at least partially convert a second portion of the austenite into a bainitic microstructure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 9/52 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for wiresHeat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for strips
  • B21B 1/26 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous process by hot-rolling
  • B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
  • B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand
  • C21D 1/18 - HardeningQuenching with or without subsequent tempering
  • C21D 6/00 - Heat treatment of ferrous alloys
  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/06 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing aluminium

25.

METHOD FOR DIRECTLY PRODUCING A TRIP STEEL STRIP IN A CAST-ROLLING COMBINATION PLANT

      
Application Number EP2024057783
Publication Number 2024/200274
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-22
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Rimnac, Axel
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

The invention relates to a cast-rolling combination plant (10) which has a finish-rolling mill (55) and a cooling section (65), wherein: following the finish rolling of the finished strip (165), the finished strip (165) is fed to a first cooling group (166) in the cooling section (65), and a core of the finished strip (165) is force-cooled to a second exit temperature (TA2) in the first cooling group (166), the second exit temperature (TA2) being in the range of 620-700°C; when exiting the first cooling group (166), the core has a predominantly austenitic structure; the finished strip (165) is conveyed to a third cooling group (168) which is spaced from the first cooling group (166); while the finished strip (165) is being conveyed, the cooling rate of the core of the finished strip (165) changes to a second cooling rate; the second cooling rate of the core amounts to -25 K/s to 20 K/s, and, while the finished strip is being conveyed, a first portion of the austenitic structure in the finished strip (165) is converted into a ferritic structure; in the third cooling group (168), the core of the finished strip (165) is force-cooled to a third exit temperature (TA3) which is less than or equal to the bainite starting temperature (BS), so that a second portion of the austenite in the finished strip (165) is converted at least in part into a bainitic structure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 1/02 - Hardening articles or materials formed by forging or rolling, with no further heating beyond that required for the formation
  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • C21D 9/46 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for sheet metals
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/06 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing aluminium

26.

SQUEEZING ROLLER HAVING AN INTERNAL DRIVE FOR A COLD ROLLING SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2024053476
Publication Number 2024/193901
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-12
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Bergmann, Martin
  • Dirisamer, Gernot
  • Kellermayr, Roland
  • Schinagl, Bernhard

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for removing cooling lubricant during rolling of a rolled strip (100) in a cold rolling system having at least one roll stand. The device (1) comprises a squeezing roller (3) which is arranged between a first and a second roll rack (21, 21') of the roll stand. The squeezing roller (3) is mounted in a holder (2) to rotate about a rotational axis (R) and comprises a roller casing (15) and an internal electric rotary drive (5) which is designed as an internal rotor. By means of a positioning device (4), the squeezing roller (3) can be positioned against the rolled strip (100). An open- and closed-loop control device (30) actuates the rotary drive (5) synchronously to a current speed (v) of the rolled strip (100) behind the roll stand such that the roller casing (15) rolls on a surface (101) of the rolled strip (100) without slip and guides cooling lubricant from the rolled strip (100) in a lateral direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 45/02 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning

27.

GAS-WITHDRAWAL DEVICE AND GAS-ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR WITHDRAWING A HOT, DUST-LADEN GAS FROM A WASTE-GAS LINE OF A METALLURGICAL INSTALLATION

      
Application Number EP2024056550
Publication Number 2024/189024
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-12
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Tratnig, Mark
  • Reischl, Christoph
  • Rohrhofer, Andreas
  • Wohlfart, Klaus

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of gas withdrawal of dust-laden gas in metallurgical installations, and to the preparation of the gas for the purpose of gas analysis. The invention relates to a gas-withdrawal device (1) for withdrawing a hot, dust-laden gas from a waste-gas line (2) of a metallurgical installation, in particular of an oxygen top-blowing converter or an electric-arc furnace. The hot, dust-laden gas contains ferromagnetic particulate material. A withdrawal tube (3) is arranged in the waste-gas line in such a way that a partial flow of the gas is withdrawn, wherein the following are located downstream of the withdrawal tube: - a cooling section (4), - a gas-purification section (6), - an analysis section (7a), - a gas-conveying unit (8), and - a return pipe (9). The invention also relates to a gas-analysis device comprising the gas-withdrawal device (1). The aim of this invention is to provide a device which makes it possible to measure the gas composition of a hot, dust-laden waste gas with low time delay, low measurement uncertainty and high reliability. This aim is achieved in that the gas-purification section 6 comprises a magnetic particle separator by means of which a corresponding proportion of the ferromagnetic particulate material is separated from the partial flow of the gas.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 1/22 - Devices for withdrawing samples in the gaseous state
  • G01N 1/20 - Devices for withdrawing samples in the liquid or fluent state for flowing or falling materials

28.

RAIL HAVING AN IDENTIFICATION MARKER, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE RAIL

      
Application Number 18569928
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-10
First Publication Date 2024-08-22
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fischer, Paul
  • Hartl, Franz
  • Kappacher-Winter, Yvonne
  • Rohrhofer, Andreas

Abstract

A rail for a rail vehicle track that has a longitudinal extension (L), an apparatus for identifying the rail, and a method for identifying the rail. An identification marker is attached along the longitudinal extension (L) of the rail on an inner side and/or an outer side of the rail. The identification marker is composed of a plurality of symbols, each symbol having at least one partial length (TL) of 0.15 meters, and one identification marker having at least eight symbols. The rail makes it possible for the rail vehicle to identify the rail laid as track during travel in normal operation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B61L 23/04 - Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains for monitoring the mechanical state of the route

29.

SCRAP CLEARING SYSTEM, METAL-STRIP PRODUCTION LINE, AND SCRAP CLEARING METHOD

      
Application Number EP2023086231
Publication Number 2024/170135
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-18
Publication Date 2024-08-22
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Peitl, Wolfgang
  • Scholler, Juergen

Abstract

The present invention relates to a scrap clearing system (1) for a metal-strip production line (50), in particular a combined casting and rolling system, to a metal-strip production line (50) having a scrap clearing system (1) of this type, and to a method (100) for clearing scrap from a metal-strip production line (50). A cutting means (10) for cutting up a metal strip (2) fed to the scrap clearing system (1) and a strip catcher (20) located upstream of the cutting means (10) in a transport direction (T) of the metal strip (2) are provided. The strip catcher (20) has a pivotably mounted catching arm (21).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 15/00 - Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21C 47/26 - Special arrangements with regard to simultaneous or subsequent treatment of the material

30.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROALLOYED STEEL, A MICROALLOYED STEEL PRODUCED USING THE METHOD, AND A COMBINED CASTING/ROLLING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number 18568741
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-25
First Publication Date 2024-08-15
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

A process that produces a microalloyed steel in an integrated casting-rolling plant having a continuous casting machine with a mold, a single- or multi-stand prerolling train, a finish-rolling train having a first stand group with at least one first finish-rolling stand and a second stand group having at least one stand cooler. A metallic melt is cast in the mold to obtain a partly solidified thin-slab strand, which is supported, deflected and cooled. The solidified thin-slab strand is rolled by the prerolling train to obtain a prerolled strip that is finish-rolled in the first stand group to obtain the finish-rolled strip, which is fed to the second stand group and force-cooled in the second stand group, the finish-rolled strip having a thickness that results in a cooling rate of the core of the finish-rolled strip in the second stand group greater than 20° C./s and less than 200° C./s.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
  • B22D 11/124 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cooling
  • B22D 11/22 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould
  • C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/22 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with molybdenum or tungsten
  • C22C 38/24 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with vanadium
  • C22C 38/26 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with niobium or tantalum
  • C22C 38/28 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with titanium or zirconium
  • C22C 38/44 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with molybdenum or tungsten
  • C22C 38/46 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with vanadium
  • C22C 38/48 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with niobium or tantalum
  • C22C 38/50 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with titanium or zirconium

31.

Method for determining mechanical properties of a rolled material using a hybrid model

      
Application Number 18293067
Grant Number 12093796
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-13
First Publication Date 2024-08-08
Grant Date 2024-09-17
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Nguyen Duy, Du
  • Freinschlag, Katharina
  • Bragin, Sergey
  • Jax, Klaus
  • Rimnac, Axel
  • Seyr, Alfred
  • Strasser, Sonja

Abstract

A method for determining mechanical properties of a first rolled material by a hybrid model that includes production datasets relating to further rolled materials, a physical production model and a statistical data model. The production dataset relating to the first rolled material is used to determine a first mechanical dataset, a further production dataset and a metallurgical dataset and also a second mechanical dataset. An averaged normalized distance value for production datasets relating to the further rolled materials is determined that is used to ascertain the mechanical properties of the rolled material as a weighted average from the first and second mechanical datasets. When creating the hybrid model, the physical production model is used to determine further production datasets relating to the further rolled goods for training the statistical data model.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06N 20/00 - Machine learning
  • B21B 37/00 - Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
  • G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model

32.

Cooling a rolled product upstream of a finishing train of a hot rolling mill

      
Application Number 18566707
Grant Number 12049677
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-20
First Publication Date 2024-07-30
Grant Date 2024-07-30
Owner
  • Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
  • Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Opitz, Erich
  • Pichler, Lukas
  • Rimnac, Axel
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Sieber, Albrecht
  • Weinzierl, Klaus

Abstract

A method for cooling a rolled product in a cooling section which is located upstream of a finishing train of a hot rolling mill. The cooling section includes a cooling device which can deliver a coolant flow of a coolant onto a rolled product surface of the rolled product. In the method, a coolant flow is delivered, by means of each cooling device and in each cooling section pass, onto the rolled product surface, which flow is set to a set value that is assigned to the relevant cooling device for the cooling section pass. The set values for a cooling section pass are determined in a simulation of the cooling section pass so that surface temperatures, determined in the simulation, of the rolled product surface upon leaving active regions of the cooling device do not exceed a minimum value for a surface temperature of the rolled product surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • B21B 37/76 - Cooling control on the run-out table

33.

HEATING A FLAT METAL ROLLING STOCK

      
Application Number EP2023084721
Publication Number 2024/153391
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-07
Publication Date 2024-07-25
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • ABP INDUCTION SYSTEMS GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Kreuzwieser, Christian
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Mohr, Markus
  • Umbrasko, Andrej

Abstract

A flat metal rolling stock (2) extends transversely to a longitudinal direction (x), from a left to a right rolling stock edge (3, 4). By means of a first inductive heating device (5), the left rolling stock edge (3) is heated more intensely than the right rolling stock edge (4), and by means of a second inductive heating device (6), the right rolling stock edge (4) is heated more intensely than the left rolling stock edge (3). During the heating of the two rolling stock edges (3, 4), characteristic variables (K1, K2) are recorded which are characteristic of the heating of the respective rolling stock edge (3, 4). The characteristic variables (K1, K2) are fed to a control device (8), which determines a control command (P1, P2) based on the ratio (k) or the difference (δK) between the two characteristic variables (K1, K2). Based on the control command (P1, P2), a lateral position of at least one of the two heating devices (5, 6) relative to the rolling stock edge (3, 4) that is heated more intensely by the particular heating device (5, 6) is adjusted. The control command (P1, P2) is determined by the control device (8) in such a way that the ratio (k) of the two characteristic variables (K1, K2) is brought closer to a setpoint ratio (k*) or the difference (δK) between the two characteristic variables (K1, K2) is brought closer to a setpoint difference (δK*). The setpoint ratio (k*) or the setpoint difference (δK*) can be re-specified to the control device (8) directly or indirectly by an operator (15) at any time.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

34.

METHOD FOR HEATING A STEEL INTERMEDIATE STRIP WHEN PRODUCING A FLAT STEEL STRIP

      
Application Number EP2023083919
Publication Number 2024/141218
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-01
Publication Date 2024-07-04
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Gorycki, Jakub
  • Milbredt, Jonas
  • Schwarz, Gero
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for heating, in particular reheating, an intermediate strip (2) when producing a flat strip, wherein the intermediate strip (2) is heated using induction module heads (12) of induction modules (10) of an induction furnace (1), in particular of a rolling mill, preferably of a steel strip production system, and the induction module heads (12) are mechanically positioned according to at least one current parameter of the intermediate strip (2) at/in the induction furnace (1).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 1/10 - Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energySurface hardening by particle radiation by electric induction
  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • C21D 1/42 - Induction heating
  • C21D 1/52 - Methods of heating with flames
  • F27B 9/28 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity for treating continuous lengths of work
  • F27B 9/36 - Arrangements of heating devices
  • F27B 9/40 - Arrangements of controlling or monitoring devices
  • F27D 19/00 - Arrangement of controlling devices
  • F27D 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

35.

TRANSPORT APPARATUS, LINING MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE

      
Application Number 18573951
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-20
First Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Kluge, Jens
  • Pichler, Martin
  • Strasser, Dominik
  • Szczech, Jakub
  • Voraberger, Bernhard

Abstract

A lining machine that includes a base frame, a rail group, a feed apparatus, a lift apparatus and a working platform, the rail group being mechanically fastened to the base frame and the rail group having at least one rail arrangement. The lift apparatus has a roller carriage and a lift unit located on the roller carriage, the roller carriage being provided on the rail arrangement so as to be movable between an installation position and an operating position. The lift unit is connected to the working platform and is designed to lower the working platform into the converter via the converter opening, and the feed apparatus has a roller conveyor, one end of which ends at the lift apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

36.

ENERGY-EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF A FERRITIC HOT-ROLLED STRIP IN AN INTEGRATED CASTING-ROLLING PLANT

      
Application Number 18599283
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-03-08
First Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

Energy-efficient production of a ferritic hot-rolled strip (6) in an integrated casting-rolling plant (1), which modifies the known processes for producing a ferritic hot-rolled strip (6) in an integrated casting-rolling plant (1) so that the ferritic hot-rolled strip (6) can be produced significantly more energy-efficiently but nevertheless has good metallurgical properties and a good surface quality.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 9/60 - Continuous furnaces for strip or wire with induction heating
  • C21D 1/42 - Induction heating
  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • C23G 3/02 - Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously

37.

ADJUSTING CARBON CONTENT IN DIRECT REDUCED IRON

      
Application Number EP2023085654
Publication Number 2024/132797
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-13
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hiebl, Bernhard
  • Rein, Norbert
  • Wurm, Johann
  • Zellinger, Karl-Heinz

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for introducing carbon into direct reduced iron (DRI) (20), wherein at least one solid carbon carrier is added to the DRI (20), and the DRI (20) is hardened once the solid carbon carrier has been added to the DRI (20).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • C21B 13/12 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in electric furnaces

38.

OPTIMIZED MELTING OF COMPACTED DRI

      
Application Number EP2023085655
Publication Number 2024/132798
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-13
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Plaul, Jan-Friedemann

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for melting DRI (20, 90) consisting at least partly of HBI (40) and/or HCI (110) using a melting process, wherein the HBI (40) and/or the HCI (110) is comminuted before being supplied to the melting process, and HBI (40) or HCI (110) fragments obtained during the comminuting process are supplied to the melting process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • C21B 13/14 - Multi-stage processes
  • C21C 5/28 - Manufacture of steel in the converter
  • C21C 5/52 - Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces
  • C22B 1/00 - Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
  • F27B 3/08 - Hearth-type furnaces, e.g. of reverberatory typeElectric arc furnaces heated electrically, e.g. electric arc furnaces, with or without any other source of heat
  • F27B 3/18 - Arrangement of devices for charging
  • F27D 3/00 - ChargingDischargingManipulation of charge

39.

USE OF TAIL GAS MADE OF THE DISCHARGED GAS OF A REDUCTION PROCESS OF IRON OXIDE-CONTAINING MATERIAL

      
Application Number EP2023085656
Publication Number 2024/132799
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-13
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Rein, Norbert
  • Wurm, Johann
  • Zellinger, Karl-Heinz

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing molten iron (20). The reduction of iron oxide-containing material (50) in order to form a metallized product (30) is carried out using a reduction gas consisting at least largely of hydrogen H2, and a top gas (60) is accumulated during the reduction process, wherein - optionally after a treatment of the top gas (60) - a first sub-quantity (100) of the top gas (60) is combined with reducing reduction gas components (110) in order to provide reduction gas, and a second sub-quantity (120) of the top gas (60), as a discharged gas, is subjected to a gas separation process into a hydrogen-enriched gas flow (140) and a hydrogen-depleted tail gas flow (150). The metallized product (30) of the reduction process is combined with carbon carriers so as to be melted in a melting device (10) in order to form a molten iron (20), and a smelting exhaust gas (180) is accumulated. In the process, at least a sub-quantity of the tail gas flow (150) is combined with at least a sub-quantity of the smelting exhaust gas (180), and a tail gas mixture (190) is produced. At least a sub-quantity of the tail gas mixture (190) is supplied to a thermal use (200).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes

40.

IMPROVED OPERATION OF AN INDUCTION FURNACE

      
Application Number EP2023082206
Publication Number 2024/132315
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-17
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • ABP INDUCTION SYSTEMS GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Mohr, Markus
  • Schwarz, Gero
  • Umbrasko, Andrej
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

A planar rolled stock material (2) made of metal is heated in an induction furnace (1). The rolled stock (2) passes through the induction furnace (1) in a longitudinal direction (x). It extends transversely thereto from a first to a second rolled stock edge (3, 4). The induction furnace (1) has a plurality of module pairs (5) which, viewed in the longitudinal direction (x), follow one another sequentially and each have a first and a second induction module (6, 7). The induction modules (6, 7), as viewed in the transverse direction (y), are positioned at a respective initial position (p1*, p2*), so that the first induction modules (6) are arranged offset towards the first rolled stock edge (3) and the second induction modules (7) are arranged offset towards the second rolled stock edge (4). The induction modules (6, 7) are each supplied with electrical power via their own power supply device (8), which is assigned in a proprietary manner to the respective induction module (6, 7). A respective electrical target variable (I1*, I2*) is defined for each induction module (6, 7). It is monitored whether actual variables (I1, I2), with which the induction modules (6, 7) are operated, correspond with their respective target variables (I1*, I2*). In the event that only one actual variable (I11), with which one of the first induction modules (61) is operated, has a reduced value compared with its corresponding target variable (I11*), the target variables (I12* to I15*) for the remaining first induction modules (62 to 65) are increased, while maintaining the operation of all the second induction modules (71 to 75), so that any reduced heating of the rolled stock (2) caused by the reduced actual variable (I11) is compensated as much as possible. This applies to both those first induction modules that are arranged upstream of the first induction module (61) for which the actual variable (I11) has a reduced value compared to its corresponding target variable (I11*), as well as to the first induction modules (62 to 65) which are arranged downstream of that first induction module (61) for which the actual variable (I11) has a reduced value compared to its corresponding target variable (I11*).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F27B 9/28 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity for treating continuous lengths of work
  • F27B 9/36 - Arrangements of heating devices
  • F27B 9/40 - Arrangements of controlling or monitoring devices
  • F27D 19/00 - Arrangement of controlling devices
  • F27D 21/00 - Arrangement of monitoring devicesArrangement of safety devices
  • F27D 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • H05B 6/06 - Control, e.g. of temperature, of power
  • B21B 37/74 - Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product
  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

41.

REEL SYSTEM FOR A COMBINED CASTING-ROLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE REEL SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2023083918
Publication Number 2024/132462
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-01
Publication Date 2024-06-27
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor Kreuzwieser, Christian

Abstract

The invention relates to a reel system (45) for a combined casting-rolling system (10) and a method for operating the reel system (45), wherein the reel system (45) comprises at least one first mandrel (90), a first coil unit (95), a first strip feed (100), a second strip feed (105), a strip store (110) and a drive unit (115), wherein the drive unit (115) has a component carrier (150) and a drive motor (145) that is connected to the component carrier (150), wherein the first coil unit (95) and the second strip feed (105) are secured to the component carrier (150) and the drive motor (145) is designed to rotate the component carrier (150), the first coil unit (95) and the second strip feed (105) about the winding axis (140), wherein the strip store (110) is arranged radially on the outside of the component carrier (150) and the first coil unit (95), wherein the finished rolled strip (80) is supplied via the first strip feed (100), wherein the strip store (110) is designed to wind the finished rolled strip (80) supplied via the first strip feed (100) to form an intermediate ring (305), wherein the second strip feed (105) is designed to unwind the finished rolled strip (80) wound into the intermediate ring (305) radially inside the intermediate ring (305) and to supply same to the first coil unit (95), and wherein the first coil unit (95) reels the finished rolled strip (80) on the first mandrel (90) to form a coil (85).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21C 47/06 - Winding-up or coiling on or in reels or drums, without using a moving guide with loaded rollers, bolts, or equivalent means holding the material on the reel or drum
  • B21C 47/24 - Transferring coils to or from winding apparatus or to or from operative position thereinPreventing uncoiling during transfer
  • B21C 49/00 - Devices for temporarily accumulating material

42.

INLINE SILICON DEPOSITION IN A PICKLING PLANT

      
Application Number 18287908
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-29
First Publication Date 2024-06-20
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Kofler, Klaus
  • Stadlbauer, Alois
  • Frithum, Gerhard

Abstract

A device and a method for depositing undissolved materials, in particular undissolved silicon compounds, from a pickling fluid in a pickling plant. A pickling circuit of the pickling plant has a pickling tank for pickling metal strips, a return line between the pickling tank and a circuit tank, a circulation pump for circulating a main volume flow of pickling fluid from the pickling tank, and a heating device arranged in a pressure line between the circuit tank and the pickling tank. The device includes a flocculation device for introducing at least one flocculant into the main volume flow, and a deposition device in the circuit tank and preferably designed as an inclined clarifying device, for the sedimentation of undissolved materials directly from the main volume flow. When pickling silicon-containing steel strips (electrical steel strips), an at least two-stage flocculation can be carried out using two or more mixing zone containers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23G 1/36 - Regeneration of waste pickling liquors

43.

OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR OPERATING PLANTS IN THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY

      
Application Number 18554390
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-23
First Publication Date 2024-06-13
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hohenbichler, Gerald
  • Kradel, Benjamin
  • Sattler, Manuel
  • Strasser, Sonja

Abstract

An optimization method in which a computer ascertains expected values (E1) for actual variables (I1) of a technical process based on values (R) for target variables (Z1) of the technical process that attain the values (R) as far as possible. From data records (D), the computer provisionally selects a number (n1) of records (D) in which the variables (I1) display a minimum distance from the values (E1). The computer then ascertains expected values (E2) for the actual variables (I2) based on the values (R) and the values (E1). From the provisionally selected data records (D), the computer selects a predetermined second number (n2) of data records (D) in which the variables (I1, I2) display a minimum distance from the values (E1, E2). The computer ascertains set values (S) for the variables (Z2) for a yet-to-be-executed cycle to attain variables (Z1) as close to possible to the values (R).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]

44.

WINDING METHOD AND SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2023078690
Publication Number 2024/099701
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-16
Publication Date 2024-05-16
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hofer, Roland
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Ostheimer, Pascal
  • Schwinghammer, Jan
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method (100) and to a system (1) for winding a continuously produced metal band (2). The metal band (2) is guided (S1) via a guide pulley (11), positioned in a first pulley position (P1) and belonging to a pair (10) of guide pulleys, along a first transport path (22) to a first reel (20) and divided (S3a, S4b) upstream of the pair (10) of guide pulleys. In addition, the guide pulley (11) of the pair (10) of guide pulleys is repositioned (S3b, S4a) into a second pulley position (P2), in which the metal band (2) is guided (S5a, S5b) via the guide pulley (11) along a second transport path (32) to at least one second reel (30). According to the invention, the repositioning of the guide pulley (11) depending on a thickness of the metal band (2) and/or a transport speed of the metal band (2) is undertaken in terms of time either before or after the dividing of the metal band (2).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21C 47/04 - Winding-up or coiling on or in reels or drums, without using a moving guide
  • B21C 47/34 - Feeding or guiding devices not specially adapted to a particular type of apparatus
  • B21C 47/24 - Transferring coils to or from winding apparatus or to or from operative position thereinPreventing uncoiling during transfer

45.

ROLLING OF STEEL WITH MEASURED DETECTION OF THE PHASE TRANSITION

      
Application Number EP2023079566
Publication Number 2024/094475
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-24
Publication Date 2024-05-10
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Fett, Helmut
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

A strip (2) of steel is rolled in a rolling stand (3) of a rolling mill (1). During the rolling of successively rolled sections (10) of the strip (2), values are measured that are characteristic of the rolling force (FW) and/or the rolling moment (M) occurring. A gradient (G) of the rolling force (FW) and/or the rolling moment (M) relative to the temperature (T) is determined by utilising the rolling forces (FW) and/or rolling moments (M) that occur and changes (δT) in the associated temperatures (T) of the sections (10) of the strip (2). The gradient (G) is used to determine whether or not a phase transition from an austenitic to a ferritic microstructure occurs in the sections (10) of the strip (2) during rolling in the rolling stand (3).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 37/74 - Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product
  • B21B 38/06 - Methods or devices for measuring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the product for measuring tension or compression

46.

Reliable handling of sleeves or metal coils of small external diameter on a coiler mandrel

      
Application Number 18284140
Grant Number 12011751
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-22
First Publication Date 2024-05-09
Grant Date 2024-06-18
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Kutschar, Wolfgang
  • Dirisamer, Gernot
  • Schallauer, Franz

Abstract

The invention relates to a coil-transporting carriage with adjustable retaining arms and to a method for the reliable handling of metal coils of small external diameter, or of sleeves, on a coiler mandrel. The coil-transporting carriage has a vertically displaceable coil saddle for accommodating a coil or a sleeve, also has two retaining arms for stabilizing the coil or the sleeve, the retaining arms being arranged opposite one another on the coil saddle and being pivotable by means of rotary drives, and additionally has a second drive unit for moving the coil-transporting carriage. For pulling off from a coiler mandrel, the coil saddle is positioned against a coil located on the coiler mandrel and the retaining arms are pivoted onto the coil. For pushing onto a coiler mandrel, first a sleeve is placed on the coil saddle of the coil-transporting carriage and is thereby guided by the retaining arms.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65H 19/12 - Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web rollRemoving empty core
  • B21C 47/24 - Transferring coils to or from winding apparatus or to or from operative position thereinPreventing uncoiling during transfer

47.

IRON MELT FROM SINTER

      
Application Number EP2023076751
Publication Number 2024/074375
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-27
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hiebl, Bernhard
  • Ofner, Hanspeter
  • Rein, Norbert
  • Wurm, Johann

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing an iron melt (80) from iron-oxide-containing material (30), wherein a reduction gas (90) containing at least hydrogen is fed to a reduction reactor (20), containing the iron-oxide-containing material (30), for prereduction. The iron-oxide-containing material (30) comprises at least 35 mass% sinter, and the reduction gas (90) comprises at least 60 vol.% hydrogen H2. Solid, prereduced product obtained in the prereduction step is fed from the reduction reactor (20) into a melting device (40) and is subjected there to a treatment comprising at least the following steps: - introducing energy to generate a melt, said energy being introduced substantially in the form of electricity, and - reducing at least some of the iron oxides contained in the solid prereduced product. The treatment can also include setting a carbon content in the melt. A reduction reactor (20) for prereduction is embodied as a reduction shaft which has a feed region (A) for feeding in the iron-oxide-containing material (30); - a removal region (B) for removing the solid prereduced product obtained in the prereduction step; and - an introduction region (C) for introducing reduction gas (90), wherein the reduction shaft is conical below the introduction region (C), with a wall angle to the vertical of less than 20°, and tapers from the introduction region to the removal region (B). A system for carrying out the method according to the invention comprises: - a reduction reactor (20) for direct reduction of iron-oxide-containing material; - a melting device (60); and - a feed device (50) for feeding solid product obtained by the direct reduction process into the melting device (60).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • C21B 13/14 - Multi-stage processes

48.

MetTwin

      
Application Number 1784023
Status Registered
Filing Date 2023-12-20
Registration Date 2023-12-20
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
  • 42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design

Goods & Services

Simulation software; simulation software for simulating industrial systems. Development, installation and maintenance of simulation software for simulating industrial systems; computer software consulting for simulation software for simulating industrial systems; software as a service [SaaS] with simulation software for simulating industrial systems; customer-specific software adaptation of simulation software for the simulation of industrial systems.

49.

CASTING-ROLLING INTEGRATED PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOT STRIP WITH A FINAL THICKNESS < 1.2 MM ON THE CASTING-ROLLING INTEGRATED PLANT

      
Application Number 18264342
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-15
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Linzer, Bernd
  • Preuler, Lukas
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Watzinger, Irene

Abstract

A combined casting and rolling installation that produces hot-rolled strip with a final thickness<1.2 mm, and includes a first continuous casting installation and a second continuous casting installation, each producing slabs from liquid steel; a slab manipulator that conveys the slabs into a walking beam furnace that conveys the slabs into a rolling installation and heats the slabs to rolling temperature. The rolling installation includes a rough rolling mill forming rough-rolled strips from the heated slabs; a coil box forming a coil from the rough-rolled strip and unwinding the rough-rolled strip; a joining device forming an endless rough-rolled strip by connecting its ends without filler material; a multi-stand finishing rolling mill finish-rolling the endless rough-rolled strip to form a finished strip with the final thickness; a cooling section forming the hot-rolled strip; and a plurality of coiling devices coiling the hot-rolled strip.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B21B 1/04 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling heavy work, e.g. ingots, slabs, billets, in which the cross-sectional form is unimportant in a continuous process
  • C21D 6/00 - Heat treatment of ferrous alloys
  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • C21D 9/52 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for wiresHeat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for strips

50.

STEEL PRODUCTION FROM IRON MELT

      
Application Number 18250928
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-28
First Publication Date 2024-02-15
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Rein, Norbert
  • Wurm, Johann

Abstract

A process for steel production that includes: production of sponge iron from iron oxide-containing starting material by direct reduction with reduction gas, wherein the reduction gas has at least 20% by volume of hydrogen H2, and production of an iron melt having a carbon content of 1-5% by mass from the sponge iron. A process for steel production that includes: production of sponge iron from iron oxide-containing starting material by direct reduction with reduction gas, wherein the reduction gas has at least 20% by volume of hydrogen H2, and production of an iron melt having a carbon content of 1-5% by mass from the sponge iron. Sponge iron is subjected to a treatment that includes: energy input and addition of additives to produce a melt and a slag, wherein the energy input is effected substantially from electricity and wherein the slag has a basicity B2 of less than 1.3, preferably less than 1.25, particularly preferably less than 1.2, adjustment of the carbon content in the melt, reduction of at least a sub-amount of the iron oxides present in the sponge iron A process for steel production that includes: production of sponge iron from iron oxide-containing starting material by direct reduction with reduction gas, wherein the reduction gas has at least 20% by volume of hydrogen H2, and production of an iron melt having a carbon content of 1-5% by mass from the sponge iron. Sponge iron is subjected to a treatment that includes: energy input and addition of additives to produce a melt and a slag, wherein the energy input is effected substantially from electricity and wherein the slag has a basicity B2 of less than 1.3, preferably less than 1.25, particularly preferably less than 1.2, adjustment of the carbon content in the melt, reduction of at least a sub-amount of the iron oxides present in the sponge iron The slag is separated during and/or after the treatment.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/14 - Multi-stage processes
  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • C21C 5/52 - Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces

51.

STRAND GUIDING ROLLER FOR GUIDING A METAL STRAND IN A CONTINUOUS CASTING FACILITY

      
Application Number EP2023071784
Publication Number 2024/033286
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-07
Publication Date 2024-02-15
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Ziegler, Guenter
  • Poeppl, Johann
  • Wimmer, Franz

Abstract

Strand guiding roller (1) comprising, for each bearing, a bearing carrier (60) which is arranged between a shaft portion surrounded by the roller sleeve (30) and the roller sleeve (30). Between the bearing carrier (60) and the roller sleeve (30) there is at least one channel (70), and between the bearing carrier (60) and the shaft (20) there is at least one channel (80). There is at least one channel (90) which connects the cavity (21) in the shaft (20) to the channel (80) between the bearing carrier (60) and the shaft (20). There is at least one channel which connects the cavity (21) in the shaft (20) or the channel (80) between the bearing carrier (60) and the shaft (20) to the channel between the bearing carrier (60) and the roller sleeve (30). There is at least one channel (110) in the bearing carrier (60) which connects the channel (80) between the bearing carrier (60) and the shaft (20) and/or the channel (70) between the bearing carrier (60) and the roller sleeve (30) to the cooling channel (40) for receiving a cooling fluid for cooling the roller sleeve (30).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • F16C 13/02 - Bearings
  • F16C 37/00 - Cooling of bearings

52.

METALLURGICAL VESSEL WITH A TAPPING DEVICE FOR THE CONTROLLED TAPPING OF LIQUID METAL

      
Application Number EP2023070592
Publication Number 2024/023095
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-07-25
Publication Date 2024-02-01
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor Mueller-Mathis, Alexander

Abstract

The invention is in the field of metallurgical installations, specifically in the field of metallurgical vessels for metals. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a simple type of construction for the tapping device in which liquid metal is prevented from solidifying in the tapping channel. The problem is solved by a metallurgical vessel (1) with a tapping device (10) for the controlled tapping of liquid metal which is located in a lower part of the vessel. A partial region of a vessel wall (3) has, from an inner side (3a) of the vessel wall (3) to an outer side (3b) of the vessel wall (3), an outflow channel (4) which opens out into a tapping channel (11) of the tapping device (10). Measured from an edge where the vessel wall (3) and the vessel bottom (2) intersect, a lower edge (5) of the outflow channel (4) on the inner side (3a) of the vessel wall (3) is at a height (H) of 50-300 mm. At least in a partial region of the vessel wall (3), the outflow channel (4) extends through substantially at an angle of 90° to the vessel wall (3).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F27B 3/19 - Arrangement of devices for discharging
  • F27B 3/20 - Arrangements of heating devices
  • F27D 3/15 - Tapping equipmentEquipment for removing slag

53.

VIRTUAL FILL LEVEL SENSOR FOR A MOULD OF A CONTINUOUS CASTING MACHINE

      
Application Number EP2023069788
Publication Number 2024/017831
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-07-17
Publication Date 2024-01-25
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Aistleitner, Beate
  • Diesenreither, Thomas
  • Humer, Veit
  • Watzinger, Josef

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining a fill level height (h1) of a metal melt in a mould (4) of a continuous casting machine by means of a virtual fill level sensor, wherein the metal melt in the mould forms a mould level (5) with the fill level height (h1), and to a virtual fill level sensor suitable therefor. The problem addressed by the invention is that of finding a method for determining the fill level in the mould (4) of the continuous casting machine, so that the start and end of casting can be carried out fully automatically and without using a radiometric sensor. The technical problem is solved by a method according to claim 1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations
  • B22D 11/18 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for pouring
  • B22D 11/20 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for removing cast stock

54.

METTWIN

      
Serial Number 79393085
Status Registered
Filing Date 2023-12-20
Registration Date 2025-04-08
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
  • 42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design

Goods & Services

Downloadable simulation software for simulating industrial systems Development, installation and maintenance of simulation software for simulating industrial systems; Computer software consulting for simulation software for simulating industrial systems; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring simulation software for simulating industrial systems; customer-specific software adaptation in the nature of custom design of computer software of simulation software for the simulation of industrial systems

55.

METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS OF A METALLURGICAL PLANT

      
Application Number EP2023062611
Publication Number 2023/217967
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-11
Publication Date 2023-11-16
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Vukovic, Matej
  • Koutroulis, Georgios
  • Krahwinkler, Petra
  • Mutlu, Belgin
  • Tauber, Christian
  • Thalmann, Stefan

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a computer system for controlling a process of a metallurgical plant, the method comprising two phases, wherein in a first phase a data driven (regression) model is trained with offline process data, and wherein in a second phase online measured data are input to the trained data driven (regression) model, which outputs optimized production parameters. At least one process variable of a process of the metallurgical plant is predicted by means of a data driven model (1) for the prediction of the at least one process variable.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators

56.

X CONTENT FOR A REDUCTION GAS

      
Application Number EP2023061809
Publication Number 2023/213949
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-04
Publication Date 2023-11-09
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Sterrer, Wolfgang

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for reducing a metal oxide-containing material. A reduction gas which at least contains hydrogen is supplied to a reduction reactor (3), and a hydrogen-containing top gas is discharged from the reduction reactor (3). A sub-quantity of the top gas is supplied to gas burners (6), which are used in the preparation of the reduction gas, as a component of the fuel gas. If the content of hydrogen in the reduction gas and/or in the top gas increases, the content of water vapor in the fuel gas is increased. A device for this purpose comprises a reduction reactor (3), a top gas discharge (5) for discharging a top gas out of the reduction reactor (3), a preparation system (7) which comprises at least one gas burner (6) for preparing reduction gas, and a supply line (8) for supplying a sub-quantity of the top gas to the at least one gas burner (6) as a fuel gas component. The device is characterized by also comprising at least one member of the group consisting of the two members a) at least one device (9) for determining the water vapor content in the reduction gas and/or in the top gas and b) a device (9a) for ascertaining an increase of the proportion of hydrogen in the reduction gas and/or in the top gas as well as a device (10) for controlling and/or regulating the water vapor content in the fuel gas using the hydrogen content in the reduction gas and/or in the top gas.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • F27D 19/00 - Arrangement of controlling devices

57.

CONSTRUCTIVE DESIGN AND ARRANGEMENT OF A DISSIPATOR FOR SUPPRESSING VIBRATIONS IN A ROLL STAND

      
Application Number EP2023057266
Publication Number 2023/186639
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-22
Publication Date 2023-10-05
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Mittlböck, Simon
  • Glaser, Franz Hermann
  • Keintzel, Georg

Abstract

The invention relates to a dissipator (1) comprising a hydraulic inductor (21), a hydraulic resistor (22) and a hydraulic capacitor (23) for damping vibrations in a roll stand for producing flat metal rolled material. The dissipator (1) has an intermediate piece (20) with a first hydraulic interface (24) for directly hydraulically-mechanically linking to an adjusting cylinder (2) of the roll stand. Via a second hydraulic interface (26), a valve block (6) with a control valve (11) for the adjusting cylinder (2) can be directly hydraulically-mechanically linked to the dissipator (2). The intermediate piece (20) can be formed as a rigid block, to which the hydraulic resistor (22) and the hydraulic capacitor (23) are detachably fluidically connected. The hydraulic inductor (21) is introduced into the block, preferably in the form of a tubular cavity and fluidically connected to the first and second hydraulic interfaces (24, 26).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 37/00 - Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby

58.

3

      
Application Number EP2023058112
Publication Number 2023/186967
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-29
Publication Date 2023-10-05
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Fleischanderl, Alexander
  • Weiss, Bernd

Abstract

33 is used. The reducing gas is supplied to a reduction reactor (2) containing the metal oxide-containing material, and a top gas is discharged from the reduction reactor. At least one sub-quantity of the top gas is used as components in the preparation of the reducing gas, optionally after the top gas is prepared. A device (1) for the reduction of the metal oxide-containing material (3) comprises a reduction reactor (2), a top gas discharge line (4) for discharging top gas out of the reduction reactor (2), at least one supply line for an ammonia contribution (7), a preparation system (6) for preparing the reducing gas, at least one supply line for the ammonia contribution (7) leading into the preparation system, and a feed line (8) for feeding the reducing gas and/or a precursor of the reducing gas to the reduction reactor (2), wherein the top gas discharge line (5) leads into the preparation system (6).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 5/06 - Making pig-iron in the blast furnace using top gas in the blast furnace process
  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • C21B 13/02 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in shaft furnaces

59.

DISPENSING DEVICE FOR INTERMITTENTLY DISPENSING A COOLING MEDIUM ONTO A CAST STRAND

      
Application Number EP2023056046
Publication Number 2023/174796
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-09
Publication Date 2023-09-21
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Mittermair, Andreas
  • Poeppl, Johann
  • Stepanek, Thomas
  • Wieser, Philipp

Abstract

The invention relates to a dispensing device (1) for intermittently dispensing a cooling medium (6) onto a cast strand (2) in a continuous casting installation (3). The dispensing device (1) comprises a housing (4) with at least one inlet opening (5) for letting the cooling medium (6) into the housing (4) and with a dispensing opening (7) for dispensing the cooling medium (6) out of the housing (4), and comprises a switching valve (8) which is arranged in the housing (4) and which is designed to open and close the dispensing opening (7). The switching valve (8) has a sleeve (9) which is filled with a working fluid (7) and which, on the dispensing opening side, is closed with a closure (11) in a fluid-tight manner. The closure (11) comprises a switching element (12) which, by controlling a pressure in the working fluid (10), is displaceable relative to the sleeve (9) into a closing position in which the switching element (12) closes the dispensing opening (7).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/124 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cooling
  • B05B 1/30 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
  • B22D 11/22 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould

60.

CASTING-ROLLING INTEGRATED PLANT FOR PRODUCING A HOT-ROLLED FINISHED STRIP FROM A STEEL MELT

      
Application Number 18005521
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-16
First Publication Date 2023-08-31
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Linzer, Bernd
  • Schwarz, Gero
  • Winkler, Roman
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

A casting-rolling integrated plant that is capable of producing, from a steel melt, in a cost-effective manner and with high productivity, a hot-rolled finished strip having a thickness of ≤0.6 mm, an excellent flatness, and an excellent profile by dividing the thickness reduction into at least three stages (roughing, intermediate and finishing train), measuring the actual profile after the roughing, intermediate and finishing train, and equipping the stands in the roughing, intermediate and finishing train with actuators for influencing the strip profile and/or the strip flatness.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
  • B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand
  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations
  • B21B 37/28 - Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates
  • B21B 13/22 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting

61.

DRY CASTING IN A COMBINED CASTING-ROLLING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number EP2023051136
Publication Number 2023/156116
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-18
Publication Date 2023-08-24
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Watzinger, Josef
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of combined casting-rolling installation for producing hot-rolled finished strip. The aim of the invention is to modify an existing combined casting-rolling installation and a method for producing a hot-rolled finished strip in such a way that the strand leaves the horizontal strand guide of the continuous casting installation at a high strand temperature even at low casting speeds, but without the segments or the strand guide rolls overheating. The horizontal strand guide (6) of the continuous casting installation has at least one, preferably multiple, dry-castable dry-cast segments (20), the dry-cast segments (20) each having a plurality of strand guide rolls, arranged one behind the other in the transport direction (T), above and below the strand (41), the strand guide rolls of the dry-cast segments (20) having, on the inside of the lateral surface guiding the strand (41), at least one decentralised axial cooling channel for cooling with a liquid coolant so that the strand guide rollers do not reach inadmissibly high temperatures during a casting sequence in dry operation (32), wherein each dry-cast segment (20) has cooling nozzles for cooling the upper and lower side of the strand (41) and at least one valve for adjusting the quantity of coolant to the cooling nozzles, and wherein a dry-cast segment (20) can be selectively operated either 1) in dry operation (32), i.e. without spraying a liquid or liquid-gas coolant onto the strand (41), or 2) in wet operation , i.e. by spraying a liquid or liquid-gas coolant onto the strand (41).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 37/76 - Cooling control on the run-out table
  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21B 45/02 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
  • B21B 45/04 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for de-scaling
  • B22D 11/124 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cooling
  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand
  • B22D 11/22 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould
  • B21B 15/00 - Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

62.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIRECT REDUCTION WITH DRY VENT GAS DE-DUSTING

      
Application Number 18134703
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-04-14
First Publication Date 2023-08-10
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Eder, Thomas
  • Millner, Robert

Abstract

A method for direct reduction of metal oxide-containing starting materials to produce metallized material by contact with hot reduction gas in a reduction unit (1), wherein the product of the direct reduction is discharged from the reduction unit (1) by means of a product discharge device (3) which is flushed with seal gas and from which vent gas is drawn and subsequently de-dusted. The vent gas is de-dusted dry and the content of at least one gaseous constituent is reduced by catalytic conversion or combustion. Also, a device for carrying out the method is disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
  • F27B 1/21 - Arrangement of devices for discharging
  • F27D 17/00 - Arrangements for using waste heatArrangements for using, or disposing of, waste gases

63.

METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR INDUCTIVELY HEATING FLAT OBJECTS

      
Application Number 18004573
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-08
First Publication Date 2023-08-03
Owner
  • Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
  • ABP Induction Systems GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Thus, Achim
  • Umbrasko, Adrej
  • Zahedi, Michael

Abstract

A method and an installation for inductively heating flat objects that are transported in a feed direction. The installation has at least one transverse field inductor device which extends transversely to the feed direction over the width of the flat object and has a longitudinal axis running parallel to the transverse axis of the flat object. The transverse field inductor device is positioned such that the longitudinal axis extends in a vertical plane obliquely with respect to the transverse axis of the flat object. With the method it is possible to vary the distance between the flat object and the inductor device and thus the temperature distribution over the transverse profile of the flat object so that the flat object is heated homogeneously.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 37/44 - Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates using heating, lubricating or water-spray cooling of the product
  • B21B 1/22 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length

64.

Reduction of Surface Defects During Finish Rolling of Hot Strip

      
Application Number 18081517
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-14
First Publication Date 2023-07-20
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Glaser, Franz Hermann
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Ilic, Slaven
  • Preuler, Lukas
  • Schiefer, Juergen
  • Strasser, Christian

Abstract

The invention relates to a finishing train for finish rolling hot strip. It is the object of the invention to modify an existing finishing train in such a way that the surface quality of the hot strip produced is improved without, however, significantly increasing the use of energy during production. This is intended to enable the thin hot strip produced to be used even for applications with high demands on surface quality. This object is achieved by a cleaning nozzle which cleans the upper side of the exit table, thus ensuring that scale and/or rolling dust are/is removed from the exit table.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 13/22 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 28/02 - Maintaining rolls in effective condition, e.g. reconditioning
  • B21B 27/10 - Lubricating, cooling, or heating rolls externally
  • B21B 1/22 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length
  • B21B 1/26 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous process by hot-rolling
  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

65.

TCT CUTTING TECHNOLOGY

      
Application Number 018901420
Status Registered
Filing Date 2023-07-14
Registration Date 2023-12-19
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
  • 42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design

Goods & Services

Metal cutting machines for the iron and steel industry; Flame cutting machines for the iron and steel industry; Thermic lances for the iron and steel industry. Installation, maintenance and repair of the following goods: Metal cutting machines for the iron and steel industry, flame cutting machines for the iron and steel industry and thermic lances for the iron and steel industry. Engineering services in relation to the following goods: Metal cutting machines for the iron and steel industry, flame cutting machines for the iron and steel industry and thermic lances for the iron and steel industry; Conducting technical project studies, in relation to the following fields: Installations for metal cutting machines, for flame cutting machines and for thermic lances for the iron and steel industry; Industrial design, in relation to the following goods: Metal cutting machines for the iron and steel industry, flame cutting machines for the iron and steel industry and thermic lances for the iron and steel industry.

66.

DIE FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number EP2022087204
Publication Number 2023/118279
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-21
Publication Date 2023-06-29
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Enzinger, Christian
  • Guttenbrunner, Josef
  • Leitner, Guenter
  • Leopoldseder, Michael
  • Muehlbachler, Martin
  • Watzinger, Josef
  • Wieser, Philipp

Abstract

The invention relates to a die (1) for a continuous casting installation. The die (1) comprises: a movably mounted frame (2) having a first subframe (2.1) and a second subframe (2.2); a first broad-side insert (3) which is positioned on the first subframe (2.1); and a second broad-side insert (4) which is positioned on the second subframe (2.2). Narrow sides (7, 8) which each have a narrow-side copper plate (9) and which abut the two broad-side inserts (3, 4) are positioned between the two broad-side inserts (3, 4). The die (1) also comprises: a clamping device (11) which is designed to exert, on the subframes (2.1, 2.2), a clamping force that acts between the subframes (2.1, 2.2); and an oscillation drive (13) which is designed to make the frame (2) oscillate in and counter to a horizontal width direction (H) relative to the narrow sides (7, 8). A spring band assembly (17) which guides the subframes (2.1, 2.2) is positioned on each subframe (2.1, 2.2) on sides which are opposite one another in the width direction (H).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/053 - Means for oscillating the moulds
  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations

67.

CONVEYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING METAL STRIP COILS

      
Application Number EP2022083820
Publication Number 2023/099548
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-11-30
Publication Date 2023-06-08
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hofer, Roland
  • Pichler, Lukas
  • Salzmann, Christoph

Abstract

The invention relates to a conveying device (1) for conveying metal strip coils (2). The conveying device (1) comprises: at least one coil carrier (3) which is designed to carry a metal strip coil (2); two conveying stations (4, 5) which are arranged at different heights and which are each designed to receive one coil carrier (3); and a conveyor track (6) which extends between the conveying stations (4, 5) and has a conveyor drive (7) by means of which a coil carrier (3) can be conveyed on the conveyor track (6) between the conveying stations (4, 5). Each conveying station (4, 5) is tiltable between a first end position in which the conveying station (4, 5) is oriented horizontally and a second end position, wherein the conveying station (4, 5) has an inclination in the second end position which corresponds to the inclination of the conveyor track (6) and adjoins the conveyor track (6) so that a coil carrier (3) can be conveyed by means of the conveyor drive (7) from the conveyor track (6) into the conveying station (4, 5) and from the conveying station (4, 5) onto the conveyor track (6).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
  • B65G 47/57 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from inclined or vertical conveyor sections for articles

68.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DUAL-PHASE STEEL STRIP IN A COMBINED CASTING AND ROLLING SYSTEM, A DUAL-PHASE STEEL STRIP PRODUCED BY MEANS OF THE METHOD, AND A COMBINED CASTING AND ROLLING SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2022079003
Publication Number 2023/072686
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-19
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a dual-phase steel strip (245), to a dual-phase steel strip (245) and to a combined casting and rolling system (10) for producing the dual-phase steel strip (245), wherein the combined casting and rolling system (10) has a finish-rolling train (55) having a first stand group (135) which comprises at least one first finish-rolling stand (145), and having a second stand group (140) which comprises at least one stand cooler (155), the system also having a cooling section (65) which comprises a first cooling section group (236) and a second cooling section group (240), wherein, immediately following the finish-rolling process of a finish-rolled strip (165), the finish-rolled strip (165) is fed to the second stand group (140), and the finish-rolled strip (165) is force-cooled to a second exit temperature (TA2) in the second stand group (140) in such a way that the finish-rolled strip (165), upon exiting the second stand group (140), has a predominantly austenitic structure, wherein force-cooling of the finish-rolled strip (165) is deactivated in the first cooling section group (236), wherein a ferritic and austenitic structure forms in the finish-rolled strip (165) during transport, and wherein the finish-rolled strip (165) is force-cooled to a fourth exit temperature (TA4) in the second cooling section group (240) in such a way that, upon exiting, the finish-rolled strip (165) has a dual-phase structure composed of martensite and ferrite.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 1/18 - HardeningQuenching with or without subsequent tempering
  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • C21D 8/12 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of articles with special electromagnetic properties
  • C21D 9/46 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for sheet metals
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/12 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium or niobium
  • C22C 38/14 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing titanium or zirconium
  • C22C 38/16 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing copper
  • B21B 1/22 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length
  • B21B 13/00 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories
  • C21D 1/02 - Hardening articles or materials formed by forging or rolling, with no further heating beyond that required for the formation
  • C21D 9/573 - Continuous furnaces for strip or wire with cooling
  • C21D 11/00 - Process control or regulation for heat treatments

69.

WORK ROLL BALANCE FORCE SETTING METHOD AND ROLLING MILL RUNNING METHOD, ROLLING MILL RUNNING SWITCHING METHOD, AND ROLLING MILL

      
Application Number JP2021040290
Publication Number 2023/073998
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-01
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. (Japan)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Horii Kenji
  • Sugimoto Tatsunori
  • Murato Shunsuke
  • Hackl Manfred
  • Seilinger Alois
  • Pichler Lukas

Abstract

In a work roll balance force setting method of a rolling mill, a kiss roll load Pk, a rolling load Pr, and rolling torque Tr of work rolls 610 and 611 in relation to a work roll angle θx of the tip position of a rolled material 5 between the start of biting of the rolled material 5 and completion of the biting are determined by using a mill longitudinal rigidity coefficient K and a rolling condition. Thereafter, the traction coefficient μrt between the work rolls 610 and 611 and intermediate rolls 620 and 621, and a maximum value μrtmax of μrt in relation to θx in a state in which hypothetical work roll balance force Pb is applied are determined from a sum P of Pk, Pr, and Pb, and Tr between the start of biting of the rolled material 5 and completion of the biting. Thereafter, a tolerated value μrtcr of μrt is compared with μrtmax, and work roll balance force at the start of biting of the rolled material 5 is reset to a value which is equal to or larger than a value that is required when μrt assumes the maximum value μrtmax, and equal to or smaller than a value that is a limit based on a constraint in terms of strength of the rolling mill, in a case where μrtcr is equal to or larger than μrtmax.

IPC Classes  ?

70.

DYNAMIC PRODUCTION PLANNING METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANTS

      
Application Number 17916138
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-08
First Publication Date 2023-04-13
Owner
  • Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
  • Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Aigner, Christoph
  • Ankermann, Kai
  • Fuchshuber, Daniel

Abstract

A dynamic production planning method for a continuous casting plant for casting a strand with a production system which has a predefined production plan, which method includes comparing target production parameters with actual production parameters. If the actual production parameters deviate from the target production parameters, a strand image is created on the basis of actual production parameters. With the aid of the calculated strand image, a check is carried out within the predefined production plan and, if possible, a new production plan is created. If no solution can be found from the predefined production plan, the strand image is transmitted to a production planning system. The production planning system creates a new production plan from all available orders on the basis of a predefined optimization criterion. The new production plan is subsequently transmitted to the production system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations
  • G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ

71.

PEDESTAL BEARING AND PRODUCTION PLANT WITH SUCH A PEDESTAL BEARING

      
Document Number 03230937
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-14
Open to Public Date 2023-04-06
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Dirnberger, Gregor
  • Hohenbichler, Gerald
  • Wimmer, Franz
  • Zemni, Marvin
  • Poeppl, Johann

Abstract

The invention relates to a pedestal bearing (135) and a production plant (10) with a pedestal bearing (135) of this type, to a pedestal bearing (125) for mounting a slowly running body in a production plant (10), in particular a continuous casting installation, for producing a hot-rolled material (15), wherein the pedestal bearing (135) has a pedestal bearing housing (145) with a bearing seat (175), a cooling duct system (261) with at least one cooling duct (325), and an anti-friction bearing (230) which is arranged in the bearing seat (175) and has an anti-friction bearing outer ring (280), wherein the bearing seat (175) has a first inner circumferential side (170) which runs around the rotational axis (130), wherein the pedestal bearing housing (145) has a first contact surface (146), wherein the pedestal bearing housing (145) is configured to transmit a bearing force (F) from the anti-friction bearing outer ring (280) to the first contact surface (146), wherein the cooling duct (325) extends in the circumferential direction around the rotational axis (130) and is configured to conduct a coolant (410), which can be fed into the cooling duct (225), in order to cool the anti-friction bearing (230) and/or the pedestal bearing housing (145), wherein the first inner circumferential side (170) of the bearing seat (175) of the pedestal bearing housing (145) delimits the cooling duct (225) radially on the outside and the anti-friction bearing outer ring (280) delimits the cooling duct (225) radially on the inside.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • F16C 19/38 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers
  • F16C 33/58 - RacewaysRace rings
  • F16C 37/00 - Cooling of bearings

72.

PEDESTAL BEARING AND PRODUCTION PLANT WITH SUCH A PEDESTAL BEARING

      
Application Number EP2022075534
Publication Number 2023/052129
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-14
Publication Date 2023-04-06
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Dirnberger, Gregor
  • Hohenbichler, Gerald
  • Wimmer, Franz
  • Zemni, Marvin
  • Poeppl, Johann

Abstract

The invention relates to a pedestal bearing (135) and a production plant (10) with a pedestal bearing (135) of this type, to a pedestal bearing (125) for mounting a slowly running body in a production plant (10), in particular a continuous casting installation, for producing a hot-rolled material (15), wherein the pedestal bearing (135) has a pedestal bearing housing (145) with a bearing seat (175), a cooling duct system (261) with at least one cooling duct (325), and an anti-friction bearing (230) which is arranged in the bearing seat (175) and has an anti-friction bearing outer ring (280), wherein the bearing seat (175) has a first inner circumferential side (170) which runs around the rotational axis (130), wherein the pedestal bearing housing (145) has a first contact surface (146), wherein the pedestal bearing housing (145) is configured to transmit a bearing force (F) from the anti-friction bearing outer ring (280) to the first contact surface (146), wherein the cooling duct (325) extends in the circumferential direction around the rotational axis (130) and is configured to conduct a coolant (410), which can be fed into the cooling duct (225), in order to cool the anti-friction bearing (230) and/or the pedestal bearing housing (145), wherein the first inner circumferential side (170) of the bearing seat (175) of the pedestal bearing housing (145) delimits the cooling duct (225) radially on the outside and the anti-friction bearing outer ring (280) delimits the cooling duct (225) radially on the inside.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • F16C 37/00 - Cooling of bearings
  • F16C 19/38 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers
  • F16C 33/58 - RacewaysRace rings

73.

Determining the status for strand-guiding rollers by means of vibration evaluation

      
Application Number 17910165
Grant Number 12134124
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-10
First Publication Date 2023-03-23
Grant Date 2024-11-05
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hartl, Franz
  • Karnitsch-Einberger, Eberhard
  • Kolmbauer, Franz
  • Mayrhofer, Anna
  • Rohrhofer, Andreas

Abstract

A strand-guiding section arranged downstream of a continuous casting mould of a continuous casting line. The strand-guiding section has at least one strand-guiding roller supporting a metal strand cast with the continuous casting mould, is mounted in roller bearings in the strand-guiding section, and has at least one sensor device, which has at least one vibration sensor acoustically coupled to the strand-guiding roller or its roller bearings to detect the vibrations occurring with the rotation of the strand-guiding roller in the roller bearings. The strand-guiding roller is cooled internally by a cooling water. The vibration sensor is acoustically coupled to the strand-guiding roller and/or to the roller bearings via the cooling water. The evaluation device determines the status of the at least one roller bearing by evaluating the vibration data.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/22 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould
  • B22D 11/06 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into moulds with travelling walls, e.g. with rolls, plates, belts, caterpillars
  • F16C 19/52 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
  • G01H 1/00 - Measuring vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector

74.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGULATING A STRAND CASTING SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2022073152
Publication Number 2023/025669
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-19
Publication Date 2023-03-02
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Wieser, Philipp
  • Humer, Veit
  • Watzinger, Josef

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for regulating a strand casting system, the strand casting system having a mould (1) and a strand guide (8) downstream of the mould (1), in which method - liquid metal (3) is cast into the mould (1), in particular via a feeder device (4), - the metal strand (7) is extracted from the mould (1) using spaced apart rollers (8b) of the strand guide (8), - a measurement variable, which correlates to the fluctuation of the casting level forming in the mould, is determined, said measurement variable is processed with the involvement of at least one calculation specification and is used to reduce fluctuations of the casting level (9), - in order to reduce fluctuations of the casting level, the mutual spacing of the opposing rollers (8b) of the strand guide is changed cyclically, specifically by cyclically changing the spacing of opposing rollers (8b) of the strand guide (8) in directions opposite to the fluctuations of the casting level (9), - frequencies of fluctuations of the casting level (9) are detected and at least one observer (25) is provided, which determines on the basis of this a compensation value (k') for a setpoint value (SET) of the spacing of the rollers (8b), the actual value (ACT) of the roller spacing being used as one of the input variables for said observer (25) in order to compensate a phase shift and/or amplitude of the actual value (ACT) of the roller spacing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/128 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations
  • B22D 11/18 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for pouring
  • B22D 11/20 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations for removing cast stock

75.

FINORED

      
Application Number 1714839
Status Registered
Filing Date 2022-10-06
Registration Date 2022-10-06
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 11 - Environmental control apparatus

Goods & Services

Extraction machines for exhaust gases; shut-off valves [parts of machines]; gate valves; transport and conveying machines; conveyors and belts for conveyors; bucket conveyors; archimedian screws (screw pumps); dust removing installations for cleaning purposes; cyclones; electric driving motors for machines; regulators [parts of machines]; systems for generating hydrogen, in particular for generating hydrogen by electrolysis, eg proton exchange membrane electrolysis or alkaline electrolysis, by natural gas pyrolysis or steam reforming; compressors for gases; machines for fine ore reduction; nozzles as machine parts, for injecting gases containing fine substances, hydrogen and carbon; parts and accessories (not included in other classes) for the aforesaid goods; plants being combinations of machines for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron). Furnaces; furnaces for metallurgical purposes; furnaces for the reduction of iron ores and for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron); control devices for furnaces for the reduction of iron ores and for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron); gas cleaning systems for exhaust gases and process gases; separator for gas cleaning of exhaust gases and process gases; wet or dry separators (gas cleaning devices) for industrial purposes; industrial drying installations; industrial drying systems based on fluidized beds; industrial drying systems for drying raw materials; heat exchangers, other than parts of machines; gas heating systems, in particular heat exchangers and recuperators for preheating gases; automatic devices for preheating minerals; reactors for metallurgical industrial plants, especially for fine ore reduction; fluidized bed based reactors for metallurgical industrial plants; reactors for gas-solids reactions; reactors as chemical industrial plants for the production of hydrogen; charging systems for industrial furnaces, for industrial drying systems, for reactors for metallurgical industrial systems, for reactors for gas-solid reactions and for reactors as chemical industrial systems for the production of hydrogen; material locks as part of the aforesaid goods; installations for the collection of gases; loading apparatus for systems for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron); control devices as parts for the aforesaid goods; parts and accessories (not included in other classes) for the aforesaid goods.

76.

GAS COMPRESSION IN HYDROGEN-BASED DIRECT REDUCTION

      
Document Number 03226840
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-01
Open to Public Date 2023-02-09
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Sattler, Hans Thomas

Abstract

A direct reduction plant that includes a catalytic reformer and/or a gas furnace and a gas compression plant having one or more compressors. The gas compression plant includes at least one compression stage, and at least one gas cooler for compressed gas. A direct introduction line for introducing gas directly into the reformer and/or into the gas furnace proceeds from the gas compression plant or the gas cooler. A bypass is provided at least at one of the compressors. During operation, at least a portion of the compressed gas is cooled and compressed gas from the gas compression plant or the gas cooler is introduced directly into the reformer and/or the gas furnace. At least intermittently, a portion of a gas compressed by a compressor is returned by means of the bypass.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes

77.

GAS COMPRESSION IN HYDROGEN-BASED DIRECT REDUCTION

      
Application Number EP2022071573
Publication Number 2023/012114
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-01
Publication Date 2023-02-09
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Millner, Robert
  • Sattler, Hans Thomas

Abstract

The invention relates to a direct reduction plant (10), comprising a catalytic reformer (60) and/or a gas furnace and comprising a gas compression system (50) having one or more compressors, wherein the gas compression system (50) comprises at least one compression stage (A, B), and wherein at least one gas cooler (51) for compressed gas is provided. A direct injection line (70) for injecting gas directly into the reformer (60) and/or into the gas furnace extends from the gas compression system (50) or from the gas cooler (51). A bypass (130) is provided at at least one of the compressors. During operation, at least a portion of the compressed gas is cooled, and compressed gas from the gas compression system (50) or from the gas cooler (51) is injected directly into the reformer (60) and/or into the gas furnace. At least some of the time, a portion of a gas compressed by a compressor is returned by means of the bypass (130).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21B 13/00 - Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes

78.

METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A LIKELIHOOD OF DEFECTS IN A CAST PRODUCT SECTION

      
Application Number EP2022071116
Publication Number 2023/006834
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-27
Publication Date 2023-02-02
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hahn, Susanne
  • Kaltseis, Rainer
  • Riese, Axel

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of casting plants, preferably continuous casting plants for producing slabs. The problem addressed by the present invention is that of providing a method which allows quality-reducing defects to be detected before the cast product has left the casting plant. The problem is solved by a method for establishing a likelihood of defects in a cast product section (7a-7d). By means of a multi-stage product section calculation performed in real time, in a first calculation step at least changes in matrix phase proportions and an element concentration profile in phase regions are calculated in each case for a temperature-time step. The results of the first calculation step are fed to a second calculation step wherein, in the second calculation step, a change in precipitation proportions out of at least one phase region is determined for the subsequent temperature-time step. The results of the second calculation step are used as input variables for the first calculation step. The results of the product section calculation are used to determine at least one defect index.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22D 11/16 - Controlling or regulating processes or operations

79.

METHOD FOR DETERMINING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A ROLLED MATERIAL USING A HYBRID MODEL

      
Application Number EP2022069634
Publication Number 2023/006430
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-13
Publication Date 2023-02-02
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Nguyen Duy, Du
  • Astleithner, Katharina
  • Bragin, Sergey
  • Jax, Klaus
  • Rimnac, Axel
  • Seyr, Alfred
  • Strasser, Sonja

Abstract

fifffff,miffii) relating to the further rolled goods (2') for training the statistical data model (14).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 37/00 - Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby

80.

METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR DISTURBANCE VARIABLES CAUSED BY MAGNETIC FIELDS IN A FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT OF LIQUIDS BY MEANS OF A MAGNETIC-INDUCTIVE FLOWMETER

      
Application Number EP2022070932
Publication Number 2023/006739
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-26
Publication Date 2023-02-02
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Hartl, Franz
  • Husakovic, Adnan
  • Krump, Richard
  • Tushev, Anton

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of flow rate measurement of liquids by means of a magnetic-inductive flowmeter. The aim of the present invention is to provide a method which corrects the erroneous flow rate measurement. The aim is achieved by a method for compensating for at least one disturbance variable caused by a magnetic field in a flow rate measurement of liquids by means of a magnetic-inductive flowmeter (1), which supplies an erroneous flow rate (22) on the basis of the disturbance variable. An actual flow rate (23) is determined with the aid of the erroneous flow rate (22) and also a data-based model (20) of the disturbance variable. Characteristic influencing parameters of the disturbance variable are used as input parameters (21) for the data-based model (20). The aim is also achieved by an evaluation device (25) for carrying out the method. The invention further comprises an electric arc furnace (30) having a cooling system (27) which has an inflow (28) and an outflow (29) and in each case comprises a magnetic-inductive flowmeter (1). Each of the flowmeters (1) has an evaluation device (25).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01F 1/58 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using electric or magnetic effects by electromagnetic flowmeters
  • G01F 15/02 - Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density, or temperature
  • F27D 9/00 - Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
  • B22D 11/055 - Cooling the moulds

81.

SIX-HIGH ROLLING MILL STAND AND FINISHING MILL TRAIN FOR HOT ROLLING AN INTERMEDIATE STRIP INTO A THIN STRIP

      
Application Number EP2022070546
Publication Number 2023/001985
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-21
Publication Date 2023-01-26
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hackl, Manfred
  • Horii, Kenji
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Sugimoto, Tatsunori
  • Winkler, Roman

Abstract

The invention concerns a six-high rolling (also known as sexto) mill stand (1) for hot rolling an intermediate strip (2) into a thin strip (3) and a method for producing a thin strip (3) in a combined casting and rolling installation (40), wherein the thickness of the thin strip (3) is < 0.8 mm. It is an object of the invention to come up with a six-high rolling mill stand (1) that is suitable for hot-rolling of ultra-thin steel strip (3) with a thickness < 0.8 mm in a combined casting and rolling installation (1), whereby the hot rolling can be done in long uninterrupted sequences, without any change of the work rolls (4a, 4b), and very good geometry of the strip due to moderate rolling forces. This object is solved by the six-high rolling mill stand (1) for hot rolling an intermediate strip (2) into a thin strip (3) according to claim 1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 13/14 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories having counter-pressure devices acting on rolls to inhibit deflection of same under load
  • B21B 29/00 - Counter-pressure devices acting on rolls to inhibit deflection of same under load, e.g. backing rolls
  • B21B 37/32 - Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates using roll camber control by cooling, heating or lubricating the rolls
  • B21B 37/38 - Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates using roll bending
  • B21B 38/02 - Methods or devices for measuring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the product for measuring flatness or profile of strips

82.

TRANSPORT APPARATUS, LINING MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE

      
Application Number EP2022066729
Publication Number 2022/268719
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-20
Publication Date 2022-12-29
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Kluge, Jens
  • Pichler, Martin
  • Strasser, Dominik
  • Szczech, Jakub
  • Voraberger, Bernhard

Abstract

The invention relates to a transport apparatus (105), a lining machine (20), a system (10) and a method for operating such a system, the lining machine comprising a base frame (85), a rail group (90), a feed apparatus (95), a lift apparatus (110) and a working platform (100), the rail group (90) being mechanically fastened to the base frame (85) and the rail group (90) having at least one rail arrangement (150). The lift apparatus (110) has a roller carriage (220) and a lift unit (225) located on the roller carriage (220), the roller carriage (220) being provided on the rail arrangement (150) so as to be movable between an installation position and an operating position. The lift unit (225) is connected to the working platform (100) and is designed to lower the working platform (100) into the converter (35) via the converter opening (45), and the feed apparatus (95) has a roller conveyor (215), one end of which ends at the lift apparatus (110).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21C 5/44 - Refractory linings
  • B66C 17/06 - Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially-horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports specially adapted for particular purposes, e.g. in foundries, forgesOverhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially-horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports combined with auxiliary apparatus serving particular purposes
  • F27B 5/08 - Arrangements of linings
  • F27D 1/16 - Making or repairing linings
  • F27D 1/04 - CasingsLiningsWallsRoofs characterised by the form of the bricks or blocks used
  • F27D 1/00 - CasingsLiningsWallsRoofs

83.

RAIL HAVING AN IDENTIFICATION MARKER, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE RAIL

      
Document Number 03221215
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-10
Open to Public Date 2022-12-22
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fischer, Paul
  • Hartl, Franz
  • Kappacher-Winter, Yvonne
  • Rohrhofer, Andreas

Abstract

The invention relates to rails for a rail vehicle track. The problem addressed by the present invention is that of making it possible, during travel in normal operation, for the rail vehicle to identify rails (2) laid as track. This problem is solved by a rail (2) for a rail vehicle track, the rail (2) having a longitudinal extension (L). An identification marker (1) is attached along the longitudinal extension (L) of the rail (2), preferably on an inner side (2a) and/or an outer side (2b) of the rail (1). Said identification marker (2) is composed of a plurality of symbols, each symbol (1a) having at least one partial length (TL) of 0.15 metres, and one identification marker (1) consisting at least of eight, preferably of sixteen, particularly preferably of twenty symbols (1a). The invention further relates to an apparatus and to a method for identifying a rail (2).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B61L 23/04 - Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains for monitoring the mechanical state of the route

84.

RAIL HAVING AN IDENTIFICATION MARKER, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE RAIL

      
Application Number EP2022065832
Publication Number 2022/263317
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-10
Publication Date 2022-12-22
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fischer, Paul
  • Hartl, Franz
  • Kappacher-Winter, Yvonne
  • Rohrhofer, Andreas

Abstract

The invention relates to rails for a rail vehicle track. The problem addressed by the present invention is that of making it possible, during travel in normal operation, for the rail vehicle to identify rails (2) laid as track. This problem is solved by a rail (2) for a rail vehicle track, the rail (2) having a longitudinal extension (L). An identification marker (1) is attached along the longitudinal extension (L) of the rail (2), preferably on an inner side (2a) and/or an outer side (2b) of the rail (1). Said identification marker (2) is composed of a plurality of symbols, each symbol (1a) having at least one partial length (TL) of 0.15 metres, and one identification marker (1) consisting at least of eight, preferably of sixteen, particularly preferably of twenty symbols (1a). The invention further relates to an apparatus and to a method for identifying a rail (2).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B61L 23/04 - Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains for monitoring the mechanical state of the route

85.

COOLING A ROLLED PRODUCT UPSTREAM OF A FINISHING TRAIN OF A HOT ROLLING MILL

      
Application Number EP2022063733
Publication Number 2022/258350
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-20
Publication Date 2022-12-15
Owner
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
  • PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Opitz, Erich
  • Pichler, Lukas
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Weinzierl, Klaus
  • Rimnac, Axel
  • Sieber, Albrecht

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for cooling a rolled product (15) in a cooling section (19) which is located upstream of a finishing train (9) of a hot rolling mill (1) and which comprises at least one cooling device (21, 22, 23) by means of which a coolant flow of a coolant (35) can be delivered onto a rolled product surface (29) of the rolled product (15). In the method, a coolant flow is delivered, by means of each cooling device (21, 22, 23) and in each cooling section pass, onto the rolled product surface (29), which flow is set to a set value that is assigned to the relevant cooling device (21, 22, 23) for the cooling section pass. The set values for a cooling section pass are determined in a simulation of the cooling section pass in such a manner that surface temperatures, determined in the simulation, of the rolled product surface (29) upon leaving active regions (31, 32, 33) of the cooling device (21, 22, 23) do not exceed a minimum value for a surface temperature of the rolled product surface (29).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 37/76 - Cooling control on the run-out table
  • B21B 45/02 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning

86.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROALLOYED STEEL, A MICROALLOYED STEEL PRODUCED USING THE METHOD, AND A COMBINED CASTING/ROLLING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number EP2022064188
Publication Number 2022/258376
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-25
Publication Date 2022-12-15
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Baumgartner, Kerstin
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Schwarz, Gero

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a microalloyed steel, to a microalloyed steel, and to a combined casting/rolling installation. The combined casting/rolling installation (10) has a strand casting machine (15) with a mold (90); a single- or multi-stand pre-rolling train (20); and a finishing rolling train (50) comprising a first stand group (115) with at least one first finishing rolling stand (125) and a second stand group (120) with at least one stand cooler (135). A molten metal (95) is cast in the mold (90) in order to form a partially solidified thin slab (100), wherein the partially solidified thin slab (100) is supported, deflected, and cooled, and the thin slab (100) is supplied to the pre-rolling train (20) in a substantially completely solidified state. The pre-rolling train (20) rolls the thin slab (100) into a pre-rolled strip (110), and the first stand group (115) finish-rolls the pre-rolled strip (110) into a finished rolled strip (145). The finished rolled strip (145) is then supplied to the second stand group (120) immediately after the finish-rolling process, and the finished rolled strip (145) is force-cooled in the second stand group (120) while maintaining the thickness of the finished rolled strip (145) such that the cooling speed of the core of the finished rolled strip (145) in the second stand group (120) is greater than 20°C/s and less than 200°C/s.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
  • C22C 38/12 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium or niobium
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C21D 1/667 - Quenching devices for spray quenching
  • C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
  • C21D 9/46 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for sheet metals
  • C21D 9/573 - Continuous furnaces for strip or wire with cooling
  • C21D 9/60 - Continuous furnaces for strip or wire with induction heating
  • C21D 1/42 - Induction heating
  • C21D 11/00 - Process control or regulation for heat treatments
  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21B 31/00 - Rolling stand structuresMounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
  • B21B 37/00 - Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
  • B22D 11/04 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into open-ended moulds
  • B22D 11/12 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
  • B22D 11/124 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cooling

87.

BRIDGING AN INTERRUPTION IN PRODUCTION IN A COMBINED CASTING-ROLLING INSTALLATION

      
Application Number EP2022061187
Publication Number 2022/258254
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-27
Publication Date 2022-12-15
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Mayr, Alexander
  • Peitl, Wolfgang
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Grosseiber, Simon

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for bridging an interruption in production in a combined casting-rolling installation (1). The aim of the invention is to provide a combined casting-rolling installation for producing a hot-rolled finished strip, in which, in the case of an interruption, also thick precursor material (3) having a thickness of > 30 mm can be separated in a rapid and reliable manner from the next precursor material (3). This problem is solved by a method according to claim 1 and a device according to claim 6.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 15/00 - Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills

88.

METHOD FOR COILING A METAL STRIP, COIL AND COILING DEVICE

      
Application Number EP2022057422
Publication Number 2022/253475
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-22
Publication Date 2022-12-08
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor Salzmann, Christoph

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for coiling a metal strip (205) to form a coil (200), to a coil (200) and to a coiling device (10), wherein the strip (205) is guided to a coiling mandrel (25) and is coiled on the coiling mandrel (25) to form a coil (200) with a coil opening (215), through which the coiling mandrel (25) extends, about a coiling axis (20) to form a first winding (230) of a first coil portion (220), and during coiling is pressed against the coiling mandrel (25) by at least a first winding roller (30), wherein a material is applied to an outer side (235), facing away from the coil opening (215), of the first winding (230) of the strip (205), wherein the strip (205) is coiled radially on the outside of the first winding (230) about the coil axis (20) in at least a second winding (250) to form a second coil portion (225), wherein, during the coiling by the first winding roller (30), the strip (205) is pressed against the applied material, wherein the material is hardened to form a connecting layer (240) that mechanically connects the strip (205) of the first winding (230) to the strip (205) of the second winding (250).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21C 47/04 - Winding-up or coiling on or in reels or drums, without using a moving guide
  • B21C 47/24 - Transferring coils to or from winding apparatus or to or from operative position thereinPreventing uncoiling during transfer
  • B21C 47/26 - Special arrangements with regard to simultaneous or subsequent treatment of the material

89.

Mill stand

      
Application Number 17744789
Grant Number 11801540
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-16
First Publication Date 2022-12-01
Grant Date 2023-10-31
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (USA)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Glaser, Franz Hermann
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Keintzel, Georg
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Stumbauer, Armin

Abstract

A device for stabilizing of working rollers and back-up rollers of a mill stand that has, for each bending block, first hydraulic pressing units being arranged upstream of the working roller, each first hydraulic pressing unit having a piston with a piston rod and a pressure plate, the piston and the piston rod being integrated in the bending block and the pressure plate being pressable against a working roller chock, and for each stand column, at least one second hydraulic pressing unit, the second hydraulic pressing unit being arranged downstream of the back-up roller and having a piston with a piston rod and a pressure plate, the piston and the piston rod being integrated in the stand column and the pressure plate being pressable against the back-up roller chock, and a first hydraulic pressing unit containing a first oscillation absorber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 13/22 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting

90.

STABILIZING THE WORK ROLLS AND THE BACKUP ROLLS OF A ROLL STAND DURING THE HOT ROLLING OF A ROLLING MATERIAL TO FORM A STRIP IN THE ROLL STAND

      
Application Number EP2022056339
Publication Number 2022/248093
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-11
Publication Date 2022-12-01
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Glaser, Franz Hermann
  • Grosseiber, Simon
  • Keintzel, Georg
  • Lengauer, Thomas
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Stumbauer, Armin

Abstract

The present invention relates to stabilizing the work rolls (1) and the backup rolls (2) of a roll stand (30) during the hot rolling of a rolling material (31) to form a strip (32) in the roll stand (30). The problem addressed by the invention is that of finding a device for stabilizing the work rolls (1) and the backup rolls (2) of a roll stand (30), the device allowing the stand oscillations arising to be lastingly and reliably reduced. This problem is solved by means of a device according to claim 1, comprising: for each bending block (4a), a plurality of first hydraulic pressing units (6) for stabilizing the work rolls (1) in the stand frame (3), the first hydraulic pressing units (6) being upstream of the work roll (1) in the transport direction of the rolling material (TR), each first hydraulic pressing unit (6) comprising a piston (8) with a piston rod (9) and comprising a pressure plate (10), the piston (8) and the piston rod (9) being integrated into the bending block (4a), and the pressure plate (10) being able to be hydraulically pressed against a work roll installation piece (4); and, for each stand frame (3), at least one second hydraulic pressing unit (7) for stabilizing the backup rolls (2) in the stand frame (3), the second hydraulic pressing unit (7) being downstream of the backup roll (2) in the transport direction of the rolling material (TR), the second hydraulic pressing unit (7) comprising a piston (8) with a piston rod (9) and comprising a pressure plate (10), the piston (8) and the piston rod (9) being integrated into the stand frame (3), and the pressure plate (10) being able to be hydraulically pressed against the backup roll installation piece (5); wherein a first hydraulic pressing unit (6) contains a first oscillation damper (11a), which reduces arising pressure oscillations in a pressure chamber of the first hydraulic pressing unit (6).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 31/02 - Rolling stand framesRoll mountings
  • B21B 37/00 - Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby

91.

Cold rolling rolled stock in a mill train with multiple roll stands

      
Application Number 17641477
Grant Number 12103061
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-07
First Publication Date 2022-11-10
Grant Date 2024-10-01
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Bergmann, Martin
  • Krimpelstaetter, Konrad

Abstract

A method for cold rolling rolled stock (2) in a mill train (1) with multiple roll stands (3 to 7). An upper limit temperature and/or a lower limit temperature is provided for a rolled stock temperature of the rolled stock (2) for at least one rolling pass, and the rolled stock temperature is controlled and/or regulated by at least one control or regulating measure such that during the at least one rolling pass, the rolled stock temperature does not exceed the upper limit temperature specified for the rolling pass and/or the rolled stock temperature does not fall below the lower limit temperature specified for the rolling pass.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 37/74 - Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product
  • B21B 1/28 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous process by cold-rolling
  • B21B 3/00 - Rolling materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special rolling methods or sequences
  • B21B 27/10 - Lubricating, cooling, or heating rolls externally
  • B21B 37/46 - Roll speed or drive motor control
  • B21B 38/00 - Methods or devices for measuring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the product
  • B21B 45/00 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
  • B21B 45/02 - Devices for surface treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning

92.

INLINE SILICON DEPOSITION IN A PICKLING PLANT

      
Application Number EP2022058240
Publication Number 2022/223248
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-29
Publication Date 2022-10-27
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Kofler, Klaus
  • Stadlbauer, Alois
  • Frithum, Gerhard

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for depositing undissolved materials, in particular undissolved silicon compounds, from a pickling fluid in a pickling plant. A pickling circuit of the pickling plant has a pickling tank for pickling metal strips, a return line between the pickling tank and a circuit tank, a circulation pump for circulating a main volume flow of pickling fluid from the pickling tank, and a heating device arranged in a pressure line between the circuit tank and the pickling tank. The device according to the invention comprises a flocculation device, with which at least one flocculant can be introduced into the main volume flow, as well as a deposition device, arranged in the circuit tank and preferably designed as an inclined clarifying device, for the sedimentation of undissolved materials directly from the main volume flow. When pickling e.g. silicon-containing steel strips (electrical steel strips), an at least two-stage flocculation can be carried out using two or more mixing zone containers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23G 1/36 - Regeneration of waste pickling liquors
  • B01D 21/00 - Separation of suspended solid particles from liquids by sedimentation
  • B01D 21/01 - Separation of suspended solid particles from liquids by sedimentation using flocculating agents
  • B01D 21/02 - Settling tanks
  • C23G 1/08 - Iron or steel
  • C23G 1/00 - Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts
  • C23G 3/02 - Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously

93.

Device for guiding metal strips with wear bodies in a finishing train

      
Application Number 17854096
Grant Number 11806769
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-30
First Publication Date 2022-10-20
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (USA)
Inventor
  • Frauenhuber, Klaus
  • Grabner, Walter
  • Moser, Friedrich
  • Schiefer, Juergen

Abstract

A device for laterally guiding a metal strip (1, 13) running over a loop lifter (4, 12) between two roll stands (2, 3, 8, 9) of a finishing train. The device includes at least one main member module (14) extending in a direction between the roll stands. The module has a guiding plane (15), and also supports a number of wear members (18, 19, 20), each with a wear surface (21, 22, 23). Those wear members can be turned to a number of rotational positions. At least two wear members (18, 19, 20) are respectively arranged between one of the roll stands (2, 3, 8, 9) and the loop lifter, wherein, seen in the direction of the loop lifter (4, 12), the surface area of the wear surface (21, 22, 23) of adjacent wear member bodies (18, 19, 20) increases. During the operation of the device, at least one of the wear members is rotated while the metal strip (1, 13) is running to expose another area of the wear surface to the side of the strip.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 39/14 - Guiding, positioning or aligning work
  • B21B 1/24 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous process
  • B21B 13/02 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with axes of rolls arranged horizontally

94.

OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR OPERATING PLANTS IN THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY

      
Document Number 03215271
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-23
Open to Public Date 2022-10-13
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Sattler, Manuel
  • Hohenbichler, Gerald
  • Kradel, Benjamin
  • Strasser, Sonja

Abstract

A primary industry plant (1) is used to cyclically execute a technical process again and again. The aim of the invention is to optimize the operation of the plant. In order to achieve this aim, a computer (9) calculates, on the basis of predefined reference values (R) for first target variables (Z1) of the technical process, first expected values (E1) for first actual variables (I1) of the technical process such that the first target variables (Z1) come as close as possible to the reference values (R). Subsequently, the computer provisionally selects, among many datasets (D) comprising the first and second target variables (Z1, Z2) and the first and second actual variables (I1, I2) for each individual cycle of the technical process, a number (n2) of datasets (D) in which the first actual variables (I1) are as close as possible to the first expected values (E1). The computer then calculates, on the basis of the predefined reference values (R) and the first expected values (E1), second expected values (E2) for the second actual variables (I2). From the provisionally selected datasets (D), the computer now definitively selects a predetermined second number (n2) of datasets (D) in which the first and the second actual variables (I1, I2) are as close as possible to the first and second expected values (E1, E2). On the basis of these datasets (D), the computer (9) calculates, for a cycle, which is still to be executed, of the technical process, target values (S) for the second target variables (Z2) such that the first target variables (Z1) come as close as possible to the reference values (R). The calculated target values (S) are output by the computer (9) to an operator (13) or a control device (2) of the plant (1).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 17/02 - Systems involving the use of models or simulators of said systems electric
  • G06N 3/08 - Learning methods

95.

OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR OPERATING PLANTS IN THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY

      
Application Number EP2022057639
Publication Number 2022/214317
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-23
Publication Date 2022-10-13
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Sattler, Manuel
  • Hohenbichler, Gerald
  • Kradel, Benjamin
  • Strasser, Sonja

Abstract

A primary industry plant (1) is used to cyclically execute a technical process again and again. The aim of the invention is to optimize the operation of the plant. In order to achieve this aim, a computer (9) calculates, on the basis of predefined reference values (R) for first target variables (Z1) of the technical process, first expected values (E1) for first actual variables (I1) of the technical process such that the first target variables (Z1) come as close as possible to the reference values (R). Subsequently, the computer provisionally selects, among many datasets (D) comprising the first and second target variables (Z1, Z2) and the first and second actual variables (I1, I2) for each individual cycle of the technical process, a number (n2) of datasets (D) in which the first actual variables (I1) are as close as possible to the first expected values (E1). The computer then calculates, on the basis of the predefined reference values (R) and the first expected values (E1), second expected values (E2) for the second actual variables (I2). From the provisionally selected datasets (D), the computer now definitively selects a predetermined second number (n2) of datasets (D) in which the first and the second actual variables (I1, I2) are as close as possible to the first and second expected values (E1, E2). On the basis of these datasets (D), the computer (9) calculates, for a cycle, which is still to be executed, of the technical process, target values (S) for the second target variables (Z2) such that the first target variables (Z1) come as close as possible to the reference values (R). The calculated target values (S) are output by the computer (9) to an operator (13) or a control device (2) of the plant (1).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 17/02 - Systems involving the use of models or simulators of said systems electric
  • G06N 3/08 - Learning methods

96.

FINORED

      
Application Number 224121100
Status Registered
Filing Date 2022-10-06
Registration Date 2024-12-06
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 11 - Environmental control apparatus

Goods & Services

(1) Ore treating plants being combinations of ore treating machines for the production of directly reduced sponge iron, extraction machines for exhaust gases, shut-off valves [parts of machines], gate valves, conveying machines, conveyors and conveyors belts, bucket conveyors, screw pumps, cyclone dust collectors, cyclones, electric driving motors for machines, systems for generating hydrogen, in particular for generating hydrogen by electrolysis, for example proton exchange membrane electrolysis or alkaline electrolysis, by natural gas pyrolysis or steam reforming, compressors for gases, machines for fine ore reduction, nozzles as machine parts for injecting gases containing fine substances, hydrogen and carbon, parts for the aforesaid goods. (2) Furnaces for metallurgical purposes, furnaces for the reduction of iron ores and for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron), control devices for furnaces for the reduction of iron ores and for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron), gas cleaning systems for exhaust gases and process gases, separator for gas cleaning of exhaust gases and process gases, separators for the cleaning and purification of gases, industrial dryers for heating and dehumidifying raw materials, iron ore and iron ore products, industrial drying systems based on fluidized beds, heat exchangers, other than parts of machines, gas heating systems, in particular heat exchangers and recuperators for preheating gases, automatic devices for preheating minerals, reactors for metallurgical industrial plants, especially for fine ore reduction, fluidized bed based reactors for metallurgical industrial plants, reactors as chemical industrial plants for the production of hydrogen, charging systems for industrial furnaces, for industrial dryers for heating and dehumidifying raw materials, iron ore and iron ore products, for industrial drying systems based on fluidized beds, for reactors for metallurgical industrial systems, and for reactors as chemical industrial systems for the production of hydrogen, material locks as part of the aforesaid goods, loading apparatus for systems for the production of sponge iron (directly reduced iron), control devices as parts of the aforesaid goods, replacement parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods.

97.

FINORED

      
Serial Number 79363488
Status Registered
Filing Date 2022-10-06
Registration Date 2024-04-16
Owner Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Austria)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 11 - Environmental control apparatus

Goods & Services

Extraction machines for exhaust gases for chemical processing; shut-off valves being parts of machines; gate valves being parts of machines; conveyers being machines; conveyors being machines and belts for conveyors; bucket conveyors being machines; Archimedean screws being screw pumps; dust removing installations for cleaning purposes; cyclones; electric driving motors for machines; regulators being parts of machines; systems for generating hydrogen, namely, electrolysis machines for generating hydrogen; systems for generating hydrogen, namely, pyrolysis and steam reforming machines for generating hydrogen by natural gas pyrolysis and steam reforming; gas compressors for gases; ore treating machines for fine ore reduction; nozzles as machine parts for ore treating machines, for injecting gases containing fine substances, hydrogen and carbon; replacement parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods; ore treating plants being combinations of ore treating machines for the production of directly reduced sponge iron Furnaces; furnaces for metallurgical industrial purposes; furnaces for the reduction of iron ores and for the production of directly reduced sponge iron; gas cleaning systems comprised of gas regulators and gas scrubbing apparatus for exhaust gases and process gases; separator for gas cleaning and purification of exhaust gases and process gases; wet and dry separators being gas cleaning separators for the cleaning and purification of gases for industrial purposes; industrial drying installations for drying iron; industrial drying systems composed of fluidized beds being industrial drying installations for drying iron; industrial drying installations for drying raw materials; heat exchangers, other than parts of machines; gas heating systems composed of heat exchangers for chemical processing and recuperators for preheating gases for chemical processing; automatic heating installations for preheating minerals; control devices for furnaces for the reduction of iron ores and for the production of sponge iron or directly reduced iron; replacement parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods

98.

RELIABLE HANDLING OF SLEEVES OR METAL COILS OF SMALL EXTERNAL DIAMETER ON A COILER MANDREL

      
Application Number EP2022057424
Publication Number 2022/207401
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-22
Publication Date 2022-10-06
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Kutschar, Wolfgang
  • Dirisamer, Gernot
  • Schallauer, Franz

Abstract

The invention relates to a coil-transporting carriage (1) with adjustable retaining arms (11) and to a method for the reliable handling of metal coils (20) of small external diameter, or of sleeves (21), on a coiler mandrel (22). The coil-transporting carriage (1) has a vertically displaceable coil saddle (5) for accommodating a coil (20) or a sleeve (21), also has two retaining arms (11) for stabilizing the coil (20) or the sleeve (21), the retaining arms being arranged opposite one another on the coil saddle (5) and being pivotable by means of rotary drives (9), and additionally has a second drive unit (13) for moving the coil-transporting carriage (1). For pulling off from a coiler mandrel (22), the coil saddle (5) is positioned against a coil (20) located on the coiler mandrel (22) and the retaining arms (11) are pivoted onto the coil (20). For pushing onto a coiler mandrel (22), first a sleeve (21) is placed on the coil saddle (5) of the coil-transporting carriage (1) and is thereby guided by the retaining arms (11).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65H 19/12 - Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web rollRemoving empty core
  • B65H 19/30 - Lifting, transporting, or removing the web rollInserting core
  • B21C 47/24 - Transferring coils to or from winding apparatus or to or from operative position thereinPreventing uncoiling during transfer

99.

FLUIDISED BED REACTOR FOR TREATMENT OF OXIDIC ORE FINES, IN PARTICULAR IRON ORE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A FLUIDISED BED REACTOR

      
Application Number EP2022055897
Publication Number 2022/194619
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-08
Publication Date 2022-09-22
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Hiebl, Bernhard
  • Rein, Norbert
  • Wolfinger, Thomas
  • Wurm, Johann

Abstract

The invention relates to a fluidised bed reactor (10) and to a method for producing the fluidised bed reactor (10), wherein: - the fluidised bed reactor (10) has a distributor base (20), a distributor chamber (25) and a reactor (15) which has a reactor chamber (30); - the distributor base (20) has a first distributor plate (85) and a second distributor plate (90) which is provided on the first distributor plate (85); - the first distributor plate (85) has a first arrangement (95) of first through-openings (100); - the second distributor plate (90) has a planar abutment portion (130), which runs parallel to the first distributor plate (85), and a second arrangement (120) consisting of a plurality of cover portions (125); - the abutment portion (130), spaced apart from the first arrangement (95) of first through-openings (100), abuts the first distributor plate (85); - each cover portion (125) of the second arrangement (120) is spaced apart from an associated first through-opening (100) in the first direction (z); - the second distributor plate (90) has a second through-opening (170) on each of the cover portions (125); and - a reaction gas (60) for treatment of the ore fines (55) can be introduced into the reactor chamber (30) from the distributor chamber (25).

IPC Classes  ?

100.

CASTING-ROLLING INTEGRATED PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOT STRIP WITH A FINAL THICKNESS <1.2 MM ON THE CASTING-ROLLING INTEGRATED PLANT

      
Application Number EP2022053671
Publication Number 2022/179890
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-15
Publication Date 2022-09-01
Owner PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH (Austria)
Inventor
  • Linzer, Bernd
  • Preuler, Lukas
  • Seilinger, Alois
  • Watzinger, Irene
  • Fürst, Heinz
  • Lengauer, Thomas

Abstract

The invention relates to a casting-rolling integrated plant and to a method for producing a hot strip with a final thickness of < 1.2 mm on the casting-rolling integrated plant. The problem addressed by the invention is that of specifying a casting-rolling integrated plant of this kind and a method of this kind, by means of which high-quality ultra-thin hot strip with high capacitance, i.e. with a capacitance between 3.5 and 5.5 M t/a, can be produced by extrusion and hot rolling on the casting-rolling integrated plant. This problem is solved by a casting-rolling integrated plant according to claim 1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B21B 1/46 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
  • B21B 13/22 - Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
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