Patents by Inventor Alexander ZOLLER

Alexander ZOLLER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11951552
    Abstract: An induction heating device for a shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping of tools into and/or out of tool holders has an induction heating unit with at least one first inductor and at least one second inductor, which is preferably realized separately from the first inductor, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are configured to respectively expand at least a portion, in particular different portions, of the tool holder by inductive heating in a shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping process, and has an electric supply unit, wherein the inductors are configured to output respectively different energies to different subregions of a tool holder, which are in a heating operating respectively encompassed by the inductors, as one of the inductors has more windings than the other inductor, in particular by at least 10%, preferably by at least 20% and preferentially by at least 30% more windings, and/or as the electric supply unit is at least configured to operate the first inductor and the sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL-UND MESSGERÄTE, KARL SCHUESSLER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau, Klaus Schuessler
  • Publication number: 20240051072
    Abstract: A shrink-clamping cooling device for a cooling of, in particular previously heated, tool holders comprises at least one cooling element which forms a cooling region for creating a heat-conductive contact with the tool holder that is to be cooled, wherein that the cooling element comprises a contact switch, which is configured to detect at least a laying-in, and in particular a presence and/or a taking-out, of the tool holder that is to be cooled in the cooling region/out of the cooling region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Alexander Zoller
  • Patent number: 11879030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least three initiators. In particular the present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least three initiators that have a different half life time. That liquid composition can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation of fibres or fibrous material. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibres with said liquid composition. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate impregnated with said liquid composition which is useful for manufacturing composite parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Pierre Gerard, Pierre Escale
  • Publication number: 20230348677
    Abstract: Polymeric composite composition including two zones (Z1) and (Z2), at least one zone of the zones (Z1) or (Z2) includes a reinforcing material (RM1), while the other zone of the zones (Z1) or (Z2) includes no reinforcing material or a reinforcing material (RM2) that is different from reinforcing material (RM1). In particular, polymeric composite composition including two zones (Z1) and (Z2) that are in direct contact, at least one zone of the zones (Z1) or (Z2) includes a reinforcing material (RM1), while the other zone of the zones (Z1) or (Z2) includes no reinforcing material or a reinforcing material (RM2) that is different from reinforcing material (RM1). Also, a process for manufacturing such a polymeric composite composition and the use. A process for manufacturing articles in form of mechanical parts or structural elements made of composite material including the polymeric composite composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre GERARD, Alexander ZOLLER, Guillaume CLEDAT
  • Publication number: 20230138196
    Abstract: The invention is based on a precision apparatus for placement into storage and/or removal from storage (54) for an at least semiautomated placement into storage and/or removal from storage of tools (10), in particular tool assemblies (12), and/or of tool chucks (14) into and/or out of a storage lift (16), with at least one holding unit (24) for tools (10), in particular tool assemblies (14), and/or tool chucks (14), which is loadable by a handling robot (18) and forms a plurality of storage bins (20, 22). It is proposed that the holding unit (24) comprises at least one form-fitting centering element (26), which is configured to interact with a centering bolt (28) and/or a centering recess for a submillimeter-precise horizontal orientation of the holding unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander ZOLLER, Christoph WUERTENBERGER
  • Patent number: 11628531
    Abstract: A tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus device includes a carrier unit and a spindle unit, in particular motor spindle unit, which is supported by the carrier unit, which is at least configured for a rotation of an object inserted in the spindle unit, in particular a tool and/or a tool holder, around a spindle axis of the spindle unit and which comprises at least one drive unit for generating the rotation movement of the object, wherein the spindle unit includes a coupling unit which is configured, in particular for the purpose of changing a maximally achievable spindle torque, to drive the spindle unit in at least two differing modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL-UND MESSGERÄTE
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau, Florian Huck
  • Patent number: 11498176
    Abstract: An automated tool clamping device, in particular a fully automated tool clamping device is configured for a clamping-in of at least one tool in a tool chuck by a tightening of a union nut of the tool chuck and/or for a declamping of the tool out of the tool chuck by a release of the union nut, and comprises a clamp element, which is at least configured to generate a connection, in particular a clamp connection, with the union nut of the tool chuck, and comprises a torque receiving element, which is at least configured to receive at least a large portion of a torque occurring during a tool clamping process, in particular during a tool clamping-in process and/or a tool declamping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL-UND MESSGERÄTE
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau, Florian Huck
  • Patent number: 11459416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least two initiators. In particular the present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least two initiators that have a different half life time. That liquid composition can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation of fibres or fibrous material. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibres with said liquid composition. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate impregnated with said liquid composition which is useful for manufacturing composite parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre Gerard, Pierre Escale, Alexander Zoller
  • Patent number: 11383333
    Abstract: A multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station for tools is configured for an automated, preferably fully automated, mounting of tools into tool holders and/or demounting of tools from tool holders and for an adjustment, in particular at least a length adjustment, and/or measuring of the tools in the tool holders with at least two, in particular fully automated, tool clamping-in units, with at least one, in particular optical, measuring and/or presetting apparatus for tools and with at least one handling robot, which is at least configured to move tools and tool holders between the tool clamping-in units and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL-UND MESSGERÄTE
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christoph Zoller
  • Publication number: 20220201812
    Abstract: An induction heating device for a shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping of tools into and/or out of a tool holder, includes an induction heating unit having at least one induction coil configured to thermally expand at least a portion of a tool holder arranged in a receiving region of the induction heating unit, and includes at least one magnetic flux conducting unit for a conduction of a magnetic flux generated by the induction coil, having at least one magnetic flux conducting element, preferably supported movably relative to the receiving region and implemented at least to a large extent of a ferrite material, and includes a sleeve element, arranged on the magnetic flux conducting element and covers the magnetic flux conducting element on at least one side of the magnetic flux conducting element that faces toward the receiving region in at least one operating state of the magnetic flux conducting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander ZOLLER, Christian PFAU
  • Patent number: 11366452
    Abstract: A method for transmitting at least one tool presetting data set of a machining tool that is stored on an, in particular electronic, storage medium, at least one tool measuring data set of the machining tool that is stored on an, in particular electronic, storage medium and/or at least one tool processing data set of the machining tool that is stored on an, in particular electronic, storage medium to a machine tool that is controlled via Computerized Numerical Control [CNC machine tool], with a data communication unit, wherein in a tool delivery step at least the machining tool is delivered to the CNC machine tool and wherein in a tool identification step the delivered machining tool is identified via a tool identification unit, which is in particular allocated to the CNC machine tool, the method including a read-out step, which is in particular situated temporally after the tool identification step, in which at least the tool presetting data set of the machining tool, the tool measuring data set of the machin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL-UND MESSGERÄTE
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau
  • Publication number: 20220161379
    Abstract: A loading device for a loading of an installation, in particular a multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station for tools and/or tool holders, and/or a machine tool, in particular includes at least one handling robot, having at least tool holders and/or tool assemblies, having a rollable undercarriage unit and having a storage unit, arranged on the rollable undercarriage unit, for a storage of the tool holders and/or of the tool assemblies, wherein the storage unit has at least one holding device at least for an oblique-positioned holding of the tool holders and/or of the tool assemblies relative to a put-up direction of the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander ZOLLER, Christian PFAU
  • Publication number: 20220124879
    Abstract: The invention is based on an induction heating unit adjustment device (44a; 44b) for an adjustment of at least one field shape of an alternating field of an induction coil (10a; 10b) of an induction heating unit (12a; 12b), with a field forming unit (14a; 14b) which is configured for a, preferably variable, shaping and/or shielding of the alternating field generated by the induction coil (10a; 10b), comprising at least one field former element (16a; 16b) and a field former receiving unit (18a; 18b), which is configured to hold the field former element (16a; 16b) in and/or on the induction heating unit (12a; 12b). It is proposed that the induction heating unit adjustment device (44a; 44b) comprises an electronic sensor unit (20a; 20b), which is configured for sensing a type and/or a position of the field former element (16a; 16b) that is held in and/or on the induction heating unit (12a; 12b) by the field former receiving unit (18a; 18b), and for outputting an electronic measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Alexander Zoller
  • Publication number: 20220097189
    Abstract: A reprocessing apparatus (54), in particular a cleaning and/or preserving apparatus, for tools (10), tool holders (12) and/or tool units (14) is proposed, with at least one reprocessing unit (16), in particular for a reprocessing of used and/or contaminated tools (10), tool holders (12) and/or tool units (14), with at least one holding unit (18) for an exchangeable holding of the tools (10), tool holders (12) and/or tool units (14), and with at least one handling unit (20) which is configured, for an execution of a cleaning process on the tools (10), tool holders (12) and/or tool units (14), to bring the holding unit (18) and at least one cleaning region (22) of the reprocessing unit (16) together in an at least semiautomated manner, and after execution of the cleaning process, to remove the holding unit (18) and the cleaning region (22) of the reprocessing unit (16) from each other in an at least semiautomated manner, and/or after execution of the cleaning process, to bring the holding unit (18) and at least
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau, Andreas Reichardt
  • Patent number: 11241761
    Abstract: A shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping station for tools, for an at least largely automated shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping of tools into and/or from tool holders includes an induction heating unit and a cooling unit. The cooling unit can in an automated manner be brought into a heat-conductive contact with a tool holder previously heated by the induction heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: E. ZOLLER GMBH & CO. KG EINSTELL-UND MESSGERÄTE
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau
  • Publication number: 20210379673
    Abstract: A shrink-clamping cooling device at least for an, in particular contour-independent, tempering of tool holders and/or tools, which were in particular heated previously, with at least one cooling container, which forms a receiving space for receiving at least one tool unit comprising a tool holder and a tool, and with at least one climate-control apparatus, which is configured for essentially tempering, preferably actively cooling, a cooling gas or cooling gas mixture, in particular cooling air, which is contained in the receiving space of the cooling container, and/or a cooling gas or cooling gas mixture, in particular cooling air, fed to the receiving space of the cooling container, for the purpose of cooling the tool unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Zoller, Christian Pfau, Georges Pappas
  • Publication number: 20210370420
    Abstract: An optical measuring and/or presetting method for a combined measuring and/or presetting of a set of profile machining tools comprises a plurality of individual profile machining tools is proposed, wherein the individual profile machining tools of the set of profile machining tools are configured for a successive machining of side edges of stone slabs, with at least one tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus, by means of which in at least one first tool measuring step an at least partly and/or at least section-wise concave-curved work contour, in particular milling contour or polishing contour, of a first profile machining tool of the set of profile machining tools is optically captured in an at least semi-automated manner, wherein in a first tool presetting step profile coordinates are assigned to the work contour of the first profile machining tool captured in the first tool measuring step, said profile coordinates being stored in a memory unit of the tool presetting and/or tool measuring apparatus
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Alexander Zoller
  • Publication number: 20210252606
    Abstract: An induction heating device for a shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping of tools into and/or out of tool holders has an induction heating unit with at least one first inductor and at least one second inductor, which is preferably realized separately from the first inductor, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are configured to respectively expand at least a portion, in particular different portions, of the tool holder by inductor heating in a shrink-clamping and/or unshrink-unclamping process, and has an electric supply unit, wherein the inductors are configured to output respectively different energies to different subregions of a tool holder, which are in a heating operation respectively encompassed by the inductors, as one of the inductors has more windings than the other inductor, in particular by at least 10%, preferably by at least 20% and preferentially by at least 30% more windings, and/or as the electric supply unit is at least configured to operate the first inductor and the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander ZOLLER, Christian PFAU, Klaus SCHUESSLER
  • Publication number: 20210246249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least three initiators. In particular the present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least three initiators that have a different half life time. That liquid composition can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation of fibres or fibrous material. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibres with said liquid composition. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate impregnated with said liquid composition which is useful for manufacturing composite parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander ZOLLER, Pierre GERARD, Pierre ESCALE
  • Publication number: 20210240162
    Abstract: A method for transmitting at least one tool presetting data set of a machining tool that is stored on an, in particular electronic, storage medium, at least one tool measuring data set of the machining tool that is stored on an, in particular electronic, storage medium and/or at least one tool processing data set of the machining tool that is stored on an, in particular electronic, storage medium to a machine tool that is controlled via Computerized Numerical Control [CNC machine tool], with a data communication unit, wherein in a tool delivery step at least the machining tool is delivered to the CNC machine tool and wherein in a tool identification step the delivered machining tool is identified via a tool identification unit, which is in particular allocated to the CNC machine tool, the method including a read-out step, which is in particular situated temporally after the tool identification step, in which at least the tool presetting data set of the machining tool, the tool measuring data set of the machin
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander ZOLLER, Christian PFAU