Patents Assigned to SMS Siemag AG
  • Patent number: 10190642
    Abstract: A toothing, in particular of a drive spindle for driving a roll in rolling mills or continuous casting plants, which has several teeth and meshes with a second toothing in the manner of a spline, wherein a flank line of the teeth has a curvature, and a deflection angle is formed between the rotational axis of the second toothing and the rotational axis of the drive spindle toothing, and wherein the teeth of drive spindle toothing have a twist in form of profile angle deviation over the tooth width in the flank direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventor: Juergen Merz
  • Patent number: 9770745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller device (50) having a stand and two roller sets having at least two rollers (52, 53, 54, 55) disposed in a stand (51) of the roller device, wherein a roll material (56) can be fed between two rollers (53, 54) of the two roller sets for rolling, wherein at least the rollers (52, 53) of a roller set can be displaced in the rolling direction relative to the stand (51), wherein adjustment means are provided between a roller bearing for receiving the rollers and the stand, each on both sides of the roller bearing. It is thereby particularly advantageous if the circumferential speeds of the rollers, such as the working rollers, are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Michael Breuer, Hendrik Langer, Jochen Muenker
  • Patent number: 9415430
    Abstract: A roll stand for rolling metallic strips includes at least one roll or cylinder which is respectively mounted in a mounting on rolling bearings in the region of its end journals, and at least one distributing device for distributing a lubricant-gas flow. The roll stand according to the invention makes it easily possible in an operationally reliable manner to supply a rolling bearing, provided for mounting a roll or cylinder, with a precisely determined amount of lubricant. This is achieved according to the invention in that a connecting channel for the transport of a lubricant-gas flow to or from the distributing device is molded into the roll or cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: SMS Siemag AG, REBS Zentralschmiertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander A. Rebs, Udo Davids, Ralf Seidel
  • Publication number: 20160045944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for installation in a roll arrangement between the roll journals of a roll and chock. The sealing device has an annular main body having sealing rims that extend radially outwards. Furthermore, the sealing device has an annular reinforcement element having a strip-like section which coaxially surrounds the main body on the outer side thereof. In order to ensure the dimensional stability and thus also the function of the sealing device even after the installation thereof in the roll arrangement, that is to say after said sealing device has been pushed onto the frustroconical roll journals, the reinforcement element according to the invention has, in addition to the coaxial strip-like section, at least one flange which is connected thereto and is connected to the sealing rim. Furthermore, the invention relates to said roll arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh, Daniel Knie
  • Publication number: 20150344261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for winding a metal strip (I) into a reel with a winding mandrel (2), to which the metal strip (1) is routed through a pair consisting of a first and a second driver roller (5, 6), at least one of which is driven, The method is characterized in that a difference between the strip speed (VB) of the metal strip (1) and the speed) (v5, v6) of the driver rollers is adjusted on the basis of measuring, from measurable process variables, the strip speed and the speed (v5, v6) of at least one of the driver rollers (5, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Matthias Tuschhoff, Peter Sudau, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Publication number: 20150343504
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roll arrangement for use in metallurgical technology, comprising a roll that has a roll barrel (11) and two roll necks (10), and at least one neck bushing (20) for accommodating at least one of the roll necks without a clearance in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to increase the load-bearing capacity of the roll bearing without increasing the size of or the mounting space for the roll arrangement, a circumferential cavity is formed between the neck bushing (20) and the roll neck (10) in the unloaded state of the roll arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Karl Keller, Johannes Alken, Konrad Roeingh
  • Publication number: 20150337404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting, controlling and/or regulating steelworks processes, comprising the steps of monitoring at least two input variables related to a target variable, determining the relationship between the at least two input variables and at least one target variable by means of regression analysis or classification methods, and using the determined target variable for predicting, controlling and/or regulating the steelworks process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Norbert Uebber, Jochen Schlueter, Hans-Juergen Odenthal, Katharina Morik, Hendrik Blom
  • Patent number: 9149846
    Abstract: A bearing for a rolling-mill roll (1) having two stub shafts (2) of which at least one is equipped with a journal bushing (3) mounted to resist torque, a bearing bushing (9) held in a mount (10) surrounding the journal bushing (3), a bearing lubricant film provided between the journal bushing (4) and the bearing bushing (9), and a pressure ring (11) is characterized in that the journal (2) and the journal bushing (3) are connected to one another by a polygonal connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
  • Patent number: 9108235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cooling a roll (1), in particular a working roll (1) of a hot-rolling system, comprising the steps of feeding coolant (3) by means of a nozzle (5) into a gap (7) between at least a portion of the roll surface and a cooling shell (9, 11) that can be placed against the portion of the roll surface, and adjusting the gap height (h) between the cooling shell (9, 11) and the roll surface. According to the invention, the adjustment of the gap height (h) comprises either measuring the pressure (pact) of the fed coolant (3) or measuring the volumetric flow rate (Vact) of the fed coolant (3). The invention further relates to a corresponding device (10) for cooling a roll (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Matthias Kipping, Ralf Seidel, Johannes Alken
  • Patent number: 9103503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for injecting gas into a metallurgical vessel, comprising a blowing head (5) having a feed line (5b) for delivering gas, in particular oxygen, to the blowing head (5), and at least one Laval nozzle (1) disposed on the blowing head (5), said nozzle having an inlet section (2) which conveys the gas and an outlet section (3), wherein the gas is delivered to the inlet section (2) via the feed line (5b) and leaves the outlet section (3) at supersonic speed, wherein the Laval nozzle (1) comprises at least one first nozzle part (2, 3) and a second nozzle part (7), wherein the nozzle parts (2, 3, 7) are adjustable relative to one another by changing the geometry of the Laval nozzle (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Odenthal, Jochen Schlueter, Herbert Olivier
  • Patent number: 9097464
    Abstract: A continuous scrap feed into an electric smelting furnace (EAF) having a channel connected at one end to an opening in a wall of the smelting furnace and has at its other end a charging device for the scrap. An extraction device for the off-gases which are guided through the channel serve to preheat the scrap, this extraction device being connected to the channel between the two ends of the channel located closer to the smelting furnace than the scrap feed in relation to the total length of the channel. The extraction device is a single-stage blower whose intake opening is oriented in the direction of the smelting furnace, and the clear cross section of the channel between the extraction device and the scrap feed is adapted to the amount of scrap so that the height of the scrap charge substantially fills the clear cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Udo Falkenreck, Hans-Jürgen Odenthal
  • Publication number: 20150151345
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for winding-up a metal strip (2) into a coil (3), includes a clamping pair (22) formed of a deflection roller (23) and a pressure roller (24) and located in front of the coil (3) in a material flow direction (10) so that the strip (2) is retained under tensional stress with respect to the coil (3) and is so bendable that the strip (2), which is provided with a corresponding pre-bend, is firmly wound into a coil (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fest, David A. Nold, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Christian Mengel
  • Publication number: 20150144288
    Abstract: A continuously operating casting and rolling system with a strip tension control includes a casting unit having a melt-containing feed vessel with a horizontal casting channel and a discharge region in the form of a casting nozzle, and a primary cooling zone with two guide rolls and a circulating cooled casting strip and at least one downstream rolling unit having at least two drivable rollers. In order to minimize the tension on the cast strip, the casting unit and the subsequent rolling unit are mechanically decoupled, wherein for the decoupling at least one driver unit having at least two drivable rollers for driving the strip is arranged between the casting belt and the rolling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Hellfried Eichholz, Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Sven Klawiter, Rune Schmidt-Jürgensen
  • Patent number: 9038430
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cluster arm arrangement for the intermediate roll sets of 18 HS roll stands, wherein arranged between the chock at the operating side and the chock at the drive side are cluster arms which are pivotable laterally of the intermediate roll and in which the lateral backing rolls are integrated for support of the working rolls in the stand. In that case, arranged between the chock (1) and the cluster arm (2) is a pivot pin (3), which is fixedly connected with the cluster arm and about the axis of which the cluster arm (2) is pivotable, and a locking means for the cluster arm (2) as well as an abutment (6) with a restoring spring (6) are operatively arranged on the pivot pin (3) as a compact unit in the region between the cluster arm (2) and chock (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Konrad Schunn, Lothar Zwingmann, Holger Pulst, Arnulf Wurm, Ruediger Holz
  • Patent number: 8991620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter cloth for a belt filter, wherein the filter cloth has an air permeability of 100 l/(min*dm2) to 350 l/(min*dm2) and fibers of the filter cloth have a fiber thickness of 25 ?m to 35 ?m and contain from 50% by weight to 100% by weight of perfluoroalkoxylalkane (PFA). The filter cloth has 25 to 35 warp threads (3) and 15 to 25 weft threads (2) per 1 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Joachim Gier-Zucketto, Matthias Bartel, Dieter Vogl, Joachim Kuhlmann
  • Publication number: 20150072794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling mill drive (1) having an axially displaceable toothed articulated spindle (3) extending between a toothed articulated element (50 arranged between an interlocking chamber (20) on the roller side and a toothed articulated element (52) arranged in an interlocking chamber (40) on the transmission side, wherein at least one of the interlocking chambers (20, 40) is filled with a lubricating medium, wherein the lubricating medium biases the toothed articulated spindle (3) with an axial force (Fws) directed towards the roll side (WS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Ruediger Grimmel, Klaus Lazzaro
  • Publication number: 20150020564
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device for straightening a stream of a cooling medium for cooling a roll or a metal strip. This device comprise a hollow body, extending over at least part of the width of the roll or the metal strip, and a tube, arranged in the hollow body and extending in the direction of the width of the roll or the metal strip, wherein the hollow body is divided in the direction of the width of the roll or the metal strip into a number of chambers, and the tube comprises openings for introducing cooling medium into the chambers of the hollow body, and the chambers respectively comprise an opening for the flowing out of cooling medium from the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Matthias Kipping, Johannes Alken, Ralf Seidel
  • Patent number: 8869577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device, a roll stand and a method for detecting the height of a roll gap between two working rolls in the roll stand. In order to ensure a high level of measurement accuracy of the roll gap transmitter even in the case of horizontal displacement of the working rolls in or against the rolling direction it is proposed in accordance with the invention to carry out adjusting the movement of the roll gap transmitter (110) with respect to the working rolls in the case of a displacement in or against the rolling direction so that even in a new or displaced end position of the working rolls a suitable relative position, which is required for a high level of measurement accuracy, between roll gap transmitter and the working rolls is guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ritter, Markus Koch, Andreas Berendes
  • Publication number: 20140298877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a computer program and a rolling mill train for cold rolling a metal strip (200). In order to achieve a shortening of undesired off-gauge lengths, the method according to the invention provides that the head (210) of the metal strip (200) already undergoes a thickness reduction at the first active rolling stand (n) in the rolling mill train, and then is transported on to the next rolling stand, in order to undergo a further thickness reduction there. The method according to the invention also provides for further reducing the initial pass thickness at the n-th rolling stand in accordance with the tensile stress that has built up in the meantime between the n+1-th and the n-th rolling stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ritter, Peter Sudau, Markus Koch
  • Patent number: 8852356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hot strip from transformation-free ferritic steel, wherein a melt is cast into a roughed strip and the latter is subsequently rolled into a hot strip. For this purpose, it is provided that the melt is cast in a horizontal strip casting facility under conditions of a calm flow and free of bending into a roughed strip in the range between 6 and 20 mm and is subsequently rolled into hot strip having a degree of deformation of at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Salzgitter Glachstahl GmbH, SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Bianca Springub, Joachim Konrad, Hellfried Eichholz, Markus Schäperkötter