公开(公告)号：US11511327B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US17050852

申请日：2019-04-24

Applicant: SMS group GmbH

Inventor： Frank d'Hone ,  Martin Sauerland ,  Matthias Krahn

IPC: B21B19/04 ,  B21B38/10 ,  B21B37/58 ,  B21B37/78 ,  B21B13/00 ,  B21B19/06

Abstract: A cross-rolling mill for rolling a block over a mandrel forms a hollow block. It includes a plurality of working rollers, each of which exerts a substantially radially aligned rolling force onto the block. The working rollers are supported in a roll stand, and the gap between the working rollers and preferably also the alignment of the rolling axis of at least one of the working rollers relative to the block can be modified. Hydraulic actuators, preferably hydraulic capsules, are provided in order to modify the rolling gap and preferably also the alignment of the rolling axis of at least one of the working rollers relative to the block.

公开(公告)号：US11465197B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US16757382

申请日：2018-10-15

Applicant: SMS GROUP GMBH

Inventor： Axel Stavenow ,  Alexander Raile ,  Michael Steuten ,  Tobias Wissen

IPC: B22D11/128 ,  B22D11/124

Abstract: A device is disclosed for coupling a coolant supply and/or coolant drainage to a roll, especially in a continuous casting installation, wherein the roll includes a journal, which is mounted rotatably in a bearing block, and a lateral recess, extending in the axial direction, and at least one roll cooling channel, through which a coolant can pass. The device includes at least one coolant channel, which can be brought into fluidic connection with the roll cooling channel on the journal side; and a sealing unit for sealing the fluidic connection between the coolant channel and the roll cooling channel, including an inner module and an outer module. The inner module includes a hollow cylindrical element, which can be inserted into the lateral recess of the journal, and which, when viewed in the axial direction, has no flange on the outer side of the journal.

公开(公告)号：US11433443B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16333351

申请日：2017-09-11

Applicant: SMS GROUP GMBH

Inventor： Andreas Piehlk

IPC: B21B45/00

Abstract: A heat-insulating device for use in a processing line for a metal strip to be transported along a strip conveying direction, preferably for use in a rolling mill, wherein the heat-insulating device has: at least one heat-insulating carriage which has a heat-insulating hood which, in order to reduce temperature losses, can be moved over the metal strip; and a transport, which has a drive for moving the heat-insulating carriage and is configured in such a way that the heat-insulating carriage can be moved out of the processing line and into the latter horizontally, preferably along a straight line.

公开(公告)号：US11427883B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16482306

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: SMS group GmbH

Inventor： Dieter Brandstaetter

IPC: C21D9/56

Abstract: A heat treatment device for a thermal treatment of a workpiece is provided with a housing that houses a chamber for accommodating the workpiece for the thermal treatment. A first roller supports the workpiece and moves the workpiece in a moving direction. A first brush seal is provided, wherein the first roller and the first brush seal are arranged relative to each other such that a first side of the workpiece contacts the first roller and a second side of the workpiece that is opposed to the first side contacts the first brush seal such that the first roller and the first brush seal then seal at least a first section of the chamber from a second section of the chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11415156B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US17259488

申请日：2019-07-12

Applicant: SMS group GmbH

Inventor： Reiner Stammberger

IPC: G05D23/00 ,  F15B19/00 ,  F15B21/0423 ,  F28F27/00 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06Q10/00

Abstract: A method for monitoring the condition of a hydraulic system of a metal forming plant is presented. The hydraulic system is coupled to or provided with a pump drivable by a drive motor for providing a working fluid and with a heat exchanger. With the presented method, the following steps are initiated or carried out by a condition-monitoring device during the operation of the hydraulic system: Determining a current cooling power of the heat exchanger; determining a current conveying power of the pump; and determining a current maintenance urgency and/or a current ageing condition of the hydraulic system on the basis of the determined current cooling power of the heat exchanger. Furthermore, a condition-monitoring device designed to carry out the presented method is presented.

公开(公告)号：US11385539B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16747818

申请日：2020-01-21

Applicant: Carl Zeiss SMS Ltd.

Inventor： Joachim Welte

IPC: G03F1/84 ,  G01N21/88 ,  G01N21/95 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: Method for compensating at least one defect of a mask blank, wherein the method includes the following steps: (a) obtaining data in respect of a position of the at least one defect of the mask blank; (b) obtaining design data for pattern elements which should be produced on the mask blank; (c) determining whether the at least one defect is arranged relative to a pattern element to be produced in such a way that it has substantially no effect when exposing a wafer using the mask blank that is provided with the pattern element to be produced; and (d) otherwise, displacing the at least one defect on the mask blank in such a way that it has substantially no effect when exposing the wafer using the mask blank that is provided with the pattern element to be produced.

公开(公告)号：US11366382B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-21

申请号：US16798696

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH ,  Carl Zeiss SMS Ltd.

Inventor： Vladimir Dmitriev ,  Joachim Welte ,  Bernd Geh ,  Paul Graeupner ,  Anja Schauer

IPC: G06F30/33 ,  G03F1/70

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for performing an aerial image simulation of a photolithographic mask which comprises the following steps: (a) modifying an optical radiation distribution at a patterned surface of the photolithographic mask, depending on at least one first arrangement of pixels to be generated in the photolithographic mask; and (b) performing the aerial image simulation of the photolithographic mask by using the generated modified optical radiation distribution.

公开(公告)号：US11364538B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-21

申请号：US16464396

申请日：2017-11-24

Applicant: SMS Group GmbH

Inventor： Sebastian Boecking ,  Guido Fick

IPC: F16B5/00 ,  F16B5/06 ,  B22D11/06

Abstract: A clamping system for fastening a cooling unit on a circulating supporting element of a caterpillar-type casting machine includes at least one connecting element, which is pre-tensioned in its longitudinal direction by a spring, and a clamping arrangement, by which the cooling unit is fastenable on the supporting element. The connecting element is accommodated in a displaceably mounted manner in the direction of its longitudinal axis inside the supporting element. The clamping arrangement is formed by a head on an upper end face of the connecting element and a recess, which is provided on/in the cooling unit and is brought into interaction therewith. The connecting element is pre-tensioned by the spring toward the supporting element and is transferred into a clamping position, in which the cooling unit, when the head of the connecting element engages with the recess provided on/in the cooling unit, is automatically clamped with the supporting element.

公开(公告)号：US20220176429A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17436518

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: SMS GROUP GMBH

Inventor： August SPROCK ,  Christoph HASSEL ,  Kai GRYBEL

IPC: B21B1/26 ,  B21B37/76 ,  B21B38/00 ,  B21B45/00

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a metallic strip or sheet (1), in which the strip or sheet (1) is rolled in a multi-stand rolling mill (11) and is discharged downstream of the last roll stand (14) of the rolling mill (11) in the conveying direction (F), wherein the strip or sheet (1) is cooled in the multi-stand rolling mill (11) and/or downstream of the rolling mill (11) as viewed in conveying direction (F), wherein a temperature of the strip or sheet (1) is measured upstream of the last roll stand (14) of the rolling mill (11) as viewed in conveying direction (F). Based on this measured temperature, a temperature for the strip or sheet (1) at the exit (A) of the last roll stand (14) of the rolling mill (11), is then determined purely by calculation with the aid of a temperature calculation model, with which temperature further processes of the manufacturing method can be controlled or regulated after a comparison with a predetermined reference value.

公开(公告)号：US11346655B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16306658

申请日：2017-06-02

Applicant: SMS Group GmbH

Inventor： Martin Sauerland ,  Frank d'Hone

IPC: G01B11/24 ,  G01B11/245 ,  B25J19/02

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a thread includes a holder for detachably holding a tube having a thread formed at an end of the tube. A first optical measuring section having an optical sensor is attached to a manipulator in order to move the measuring section relative to the tube. The optical measuring section is adjustably tiltable about a first adjusting axis relative to a thread axis of the thread. A second optical measuring section having a second optical sensor is arranged at the manipulator, wherein the optical measuring sections collectively form a measuring channel to provide simultaneous measurement of opposite sides of the thread of the tube.