Patents by Inventor Andreas Weinert

Andreas Weinert 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).

  • Method for detecting and classifying surface defects on continuously cast slabs
    Patent number: 8499821
    Abstract: A method for the detection and classification of surface defects on continuously cast products using topographical information about the appearance of continuously cast surface defects and/or flaws are determined with respect to their exact position, evaluated with respect to their location and dimensions, and eliminated in accordance with the evaluation prior to further machining of the product, or are prevented by optimizing the process. The defects and/or flaws on the slab surface of the continuously cast preliminary product are detected and are stored with respect to their exact position and a detection of defects and/or flaws on the finished product is carried out and stored with respect to their exact position, and in that the information from the preliminary product is then compared with the information from the surface inspection on the finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Dieter Rosenthal, Stephan Schulze, Ingo Schuster, Peter Sudau, Rainer Fackert, Andreas Weinert, Wilfried Schumacher
  • Method For Detecting And Classifying Surface Defects On Continuously Cast Slabs
    Publication number: 20100132910
    Abstract: A method for the detection and classification of surface defects on continuously cast products using topographical information about the appearance of continuously cast surface defects and/or flaws are determined with respect to their exact position, evaluated with respect to their location and dimensions, and eliminated in accordance with the evaluation prior to further machining of the product, or are prevented by optimizing the process. The defects and/or flaws on the slab surface of the continuously cast preliminary product are detected and are stored with respect to their exact position and a detection of defects and/or flaws on the finished product is carried out and stored with respect to their exact position, and in that the information from the preliminary product is then compared with the information from the surface inspection on the finished product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Dieter Rosenthal, Stephan Schulze, Ingo Schuster, Peter Sudau, Rainer Fackert, Andreas Weinert, Wilfried Schumacher