Patents Assigned to A. Finkl & Sons Co.
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Publication number: 20230243026Abstract: A mud pump with components manufactured from high strength and toughness steel is disclosed. The mud pump includes a power end and a fluid end. The power end includes a motor, crankshaft rotationally engaged with the motor and a connecting rod rotationally engaged with the crank shaft. The fluid end inclues a piston, a cylinder, a drilling fluid module, a discharge manifold, and a strainer cross. At least one of the plunger, the drilling fluid module, the discharge manifold, and the strainer cross has the following composition in weight percent: 0.25 - 0.55% carbon, 0.70 -1.50% manganese, a maximum of 0.025% phosphorous, a maximum of 0.050% sulfur, a maximum of 0.80% silicon, 0.10 - 0.80% nickel, 1.40 - 2.20% chromium, 0.10 - 0.55% molybdenum, a maximum of 0.030% vanadium, a maximum of 0.35% copper, a maximum of 0.040% aluminum, a balance of iron, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Benjamin W. Ritchey, John A. Miller, Louis-Philippe Lapierre-Boire
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Publication number: 20220356551Abstract: A mud pump with components manufactured from high strength and toughness steel is disclosed. The mud pump includes a power end and a fluid end. The power end includes a motor, crankshaft rotationally engaged with the motor and a connecting rod rotationally engaged with the crank shaft. The fluid end includes a piston, a cylinder, a drilling fluid module, a discharge manifold, and a strainer cross. At least one of the plunger, the drilling fluid module, the discharge manifold, and the strainer cross has the following composition in weight percent: 0.25-0.55% carbon, 0.70-1.50% manganese, a maximum of 0.025% phosphorous, a maximum of 0.050% sulfur, a maximum of 0.80% silicon, 0.10-0.80% nickel, 1.40-2.20% chromium, 0.10-0.55% molybdenum, a maximum of 0.030% vanadium, a maximum of 0.35% copper, a maximum of 0.040% aluminum, a balance of iron, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Benjamin W. Ritchey, John A. Miller, Louis-Philippe Lapierre-Boire
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Publication number: 20220162730Abstract: A mud pump with components manufactured from high strength and toughness steel is disclosed. The mud pump includes a power end and a fluid end. The power end includes a motor, crankshaft rotationally engaged with the motor and a connecting rod rotationally engaged with the crank shaft. The fluid end includes a piston, a cylinder, a drilling fluid module, a discharge manifold, and a strainer cross. At least one of the plunger, the drilling fluid module, the discharge manifold, and the strainer cross has the following composition in weight percent: 0.25-0.55% carbon, 0.70-1.50% manganese, a maximum of 0.025% phosphorous, a maximum of 0.050% sulfur, a maximum of 0.80% silicon, 0.10-0.80% nickel, 1.40-2.20% chromium, 0.10-0.55% molybdenum, a maximum of 0.030% vanadium, a maximum of 0.35% copper, a maximum of 0.040% aluminum, a balance of iron, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Benjamin W. Ritchey, John A. Miller, Louis-Philippe Lapierre-Boire
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Patent number: 10870900Abstract: A reciprocating pump is disclosed. The reciprocating pump may comprise a power end, and a fluid end operatively connected to the power end. The fluid end may include a plunger, a cylinder configured to operatively engage the plunger, and an end block. The plunger, the cylinder, and the end block of the fluid end may each be fabricated from a high toughness martensitic stainless steel composition comprising between 11.50% and 17.00% by weight chromium, between 3.50% and 6.00% by weight nickel, between 0.30% and 1.50% by weight molybdenum, between 0.01% and 0.20% by weight vanadium, and iron.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Algirdas Underys, Louis-Philippe Lapierre
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Publication number: 20200190641Abstract: A steel alloy composition is disclosed. The steel alloy composition may comprise 0.36% to 0.60% by weight carbon, 0.30% to 0.70% by weight manganese, between 0.001% to 0.017% by weight phosphorus, 0.15% to 0.60% by weight silicon, and 1.40% to 2.25% by weight nickel. The steel alloy composition may further comprise 0.85% to 1.60% by weight chromium, 0.70% to 1.10% by weight molybdenum, 0.010% to 0.030% by weight aluminum, 0.001% to 0.050% by weight zirconium, and a balance of iron.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Algirdas Underys, Benjamin Ritchey, Jesse Adamson
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Publication number: 20200123628Abstract: A mud pump with components manufactured from high strength and toughness steel is disclosed. The mud pump includes a power end and a fluid end. The power end includes a motor, crankshaft rotationally engaged with the motor and a connecting rod rotationally engaged with the crank shaft. The fluid end is operatively connected to the power end and includes a piston, a cylinder configured to operatively engage the plunger, and a drilling fluid module. The crankshaft, the connecting rod, the piston, and the cylinder may each be fabricated from a high strength and toughness steel composition having the following composition in weight percent: 0.25-0.55% carbon, 0.70-1.50% manganese, a maximum of 0.80% silicon, 1.40-2.00% chromium, 0.10-0.55% molybdenum, a maximum of 0.040% aluminum, a maximum of 0.025% phosphorous, a maximum of 0.20% sulfur, a balance of iron, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Louis-Philippe Lapierre-Boire, Algirdas Underys, John A. Miller
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Patent number: 10591217Abstract: A control system for a vacuum arc remelting (VAR) process for a metal includes a direct current (DC) power source, a ram drive, voltage drip short sensor, and a controller, which includes a processor. The drip short sensor may be configured to measure a drip short frequency of the electric arc over a period of time. The controller is configured to determine a real time arc gap length between the electrode tip and the melt pool based on a correlation between the drip short frequency and arc gap length. The controller is further configured to control power input to the electrode by the DC power supply by determining an input power level to input to the electrode based on the real time arc gap length, the input power level configured to generate a desired arc gap length, by the DC power supply, at the input power level.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: A. FINKL & SONS CO.Inventor: Algirdas Underys
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Patent number: 10344758Abstract: An end block is disclosed. The end block may include a body extending between a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side. Furthermore, the body may include a first bore extending through the body between an inlet port and an outlet port and a cylinder bore extending between a cylinder port and the first bore. Moreover, the body may include a precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel comprising between 0.08% and 0.18% by weight carbon, between 10.50% and 14.00% by weight chromium, between 0.65% and 1.15% by weight nickel, between 0.85% and 1.30% by weight copper, iron, and a first precipitate comprising the copper.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: A. FINKL & SONS CO.Inventors: Algirdas Underys, Jesse Adamson, Mark Shirley
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Publication number: 20190152106Abstract: A core side of a plastic injection molding tooling set for use in conjunction with a cavity side of the tooling set is disclosed. The core side may have the following composition in percent by weight: 0.25-0.55% carbon, 0.70-1.50% manganese, a maximum of 0.80% silicon, 1.40-2.00% chromium, 0.10-0.55% molybdenum, a maximum of 0.040% aluminum, a maximum of 0.025% phosphorous, a maximum of 0.20% sulfur, a balance of iron, and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventor: Louis-Philippe Lapierre-Boire
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Patent number: 10294538Abstract: Uniform hardenability is achieved in plastic injection mold and die block tooling of 20 inches and larger by the use of 0.05-0.20 vanadium in conjunction with low carbon steel in which ingots are hot worked to form mold and die blocks having cross sections of 20 inches and larger followed by water quenching and tempering.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: A. FINKL & SONS CO.Inventor: Louis-Philippe Lapierre-Boire
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Patent number: 10260122Abstract: This invention pertains to plastic injection mold tooling, and also large forgings, formed from a low carbon mold steel having markedly increased hardening and hardenability properties in large sections as contrasted to currently available commercial products. The above attributes are obtained together with equal or better machinability and improved mold parting line wear. When manufactured in conjunction with a double melt process, this invention can improve significantly polishing characteristics and other attributes of molded parts in tooling sets.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: A. FINKL & SONS CO.Inventors: Louis-Philippe Lapierre, Algirdas Underys
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Patent number: 10239245Abstract: A blemish free surface is formed on the cavity side of a set of mold or die blocks, said set consisting of a core side and a cavity side, by use of a softer alloy on the core side as contrasted to the cavity side so that, during plastic injection molding, the core side will wear at the parting line in preference to the cavity side whereby erosion of the set occurs on the core side in preference to the cavity side leaving the cavity side erosion free.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: A. FINKL & SONS CO., SOREL FORGE CO.Inventor: Louis Philippe Lapierre-Boire
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Publication number: 20180355449Abstract: A reciprocating pump is disclosed. The reciprocating pump may comprise a power end, and a fluid end operatively connected to the power end. The fluid end may include a plunger, a cylinder configured to operatively engage the plunger, and an end block. The plunger, the cylinder, and the end block of the fluid end may each be fabricated from a high toughness martensitic stainless steel composition comprising between 11.50% and 17.00% by weight chromium, between 3.50% and 6.00% by weight nickel, between 0.30% and 1.50% by weight molybdenum, between 0.01% and 0.20% by weight vanadium, and iron.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Algirdas Underys, Louis-Philippe Lapierre
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Publication number: 20180298458Abstract: This invention pertains to plastic injection mold tooling, and also large forgings, formed from a low carbon mold steel having markedly increased hardening and hardenability properties in large sections as contrasted to currently available commercial products. The above attributes are obtained together with equal or better machinability and improved mold parting line wear. When manufactured in conjunction with a double melt process, this invention can improve significantly polishing characteristics and other attributes of molded parts in tooling sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Louis-Philippe Lapierre, Algirdas Underys
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Publication number: 20180120029Abstract: A control system for a vacuum arc remelting (VAR) process for a metal includes a direct current (DC) power source, a ram drive, voltage drip short sensor, and a controller, which includes a processor. The drip short sensor may be configured to measure a drip short frequency of the electric arc over a period of time. The controller is configured to determine a real time arc gap length between the electrode tip and the melt pool based on a correlation between the drip short frequency and arc gap length. The controller is further configured to control power input to the electrode by the DC power supply by determining an input power level to input to the electrode based on the real time arc gap length, the input power level configured to generate a desired arc gap length, by the DC power supply, at the input power level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventor: Algirdas Underys
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Publication number: 20170292515Abstract: An end block is disclosed. The end block may include a body extending between a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side. Furthermore, the body may include a first bore extending through the body between an inlet port and an outlet port and a cylinder bore extending between a cylinder port and the first bore. Moreover, the body may include a precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel comprising between 0.08% and 0.18% by weight carbon, between 10.50% and 14.00% by weight chromium, between 0.65% and 1.15% by weight nickel, between 0.85% and 1.30% by weight copper, iron, and a first precipitate comprising the copper.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Algirdas Underys, Jesse Adamson, Mark Shirley
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Publication number: 20170217065Abstract: A blemish free surface is formed on the cavity side of a set of mold or die blocks, said set consisting of a core side and a cavity side, by use of a softer alloy on the core side as contrasted to the cavity side so that, during plastic injection molding, the core side will wear at the parting line in preference to the cavity side whereby erosion of the set occurs on the core side in preference to the cavity side leaving the cavity side erosion free.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventor: Louis-Philippe Lapierie-Boire
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Patent number: 9551045Abstract: In an electric arc furnace system for making steel, a method and structure (1) for eliminating teeming hang-ups and ensuring temperature homogeneity in a ladle which teems into an ingot mold by gas purging at all possible steps under both atmospheric and vacuum conditions, and (2) for preventing non-metallic inclusions from appearing in the final product by deflecting the granular material in the teeming ladle well block away from the ingot mold by a heat resistant but combustible deflector just prior to entry of the teeming stream into the ingot mold.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: A. FINKL & SONS CO.Inventors: John A. Guliana, Guy A. Brada, Christian H. Ericksen, Bruce C. Liimatainen, Algirdas A. Underys
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Patent number: 8562713Abstract: A combined arc furnace, ladle metallurgical furnace and vacuum degassing system having the flexibility to produce at least non-vacuum arc remelt, vacuum arc remelt, vacuum oxygen decarburized non-vacuum arc remelt, and vacuum oxygen decarburized vacuum arc remelt steels from one off to continuous casting end uses in steady state or randomized order which utilizes only a minimum of energy attributable to preheating hot metal contacting components of the system followed by heat loss reduction of the components and use of a carryover heel in the arc furnace, in which the throughput of the system is limited solely by the melting capacity of the arc furnace.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: John A. Guliana, Guy A. Brada, Christian H. Ericksen, Bruce C. Liimatainen, Algirdas A. Underys
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Patent number: 7077993Abstract: Differential hardening apparatus for softening a portion only of a metal workpiece such as a die block consisting of apparatus for presenting a workpiece to a heat source which impinges heat directly on the workpiece and control means for causing the heat to be directed only long enough to soften only the portion which receives the heat so as to create a softened portion, such as the shank portion of a die block, and an unaffected hardened portion, such as the body portion of the die block.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: A. Finkl & Sons Co.Inventors: Charles W. Finkl, Algirdas A. Underys