Patents by Inventor Armando Villareal Gutierrez

Armando Villareal Gutierrez 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 and device for producing thin slabs
    Patent number: 7069974
    Abstract: A method for producing thin slabs whereby the cross-section thereof is reduced during solidification in a continuous casting device wherein the strand guide adjacent to the mold includes wedge-shaped adjustable roller-strand sections for regulating the thickness of the strand or the thin slabs. The thickness of the strand is reduced only on one point of the strand guide below the first segment downstream from the mold in an area of the strand containing a liquid core by regulating the strand guide rollers with a soft transition. The segment following the segment situated directly after the mold comprises a pivoting point on the input side and an adjusting means arranged on the output side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignees: SMS Demag AG, Aceria Compacta de Bizkaia S.A.
    Inventors: Karl Rittner, Jürgen Müller, Fernando Vergniory, Armando Villareal Gutiérrez, Pedro Sagasti
  • Method and device for producing thin slabs
    Publication number: 20040035550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing thin slabs whereby the cross-section thereof is reduced during solidification in a continuous casting device wherein the stand guide adjacent to the mould comprises wedge-shaped adjustable roller-strand sections for regulating the thickness of the strand or the thin slabs. According to the invention, the thickness of the strand is reduced only on one point of the strand guide below the first segment downstream from the mould in an area of the strand containing a liquid core by regulating the strand guide rollers with a soft transition. The segment following the segment situated directly after the mould comprises a pivoting point on the input side and an adjusting means arranged on the output side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Rittner, Jurgen Muller, Fernando Vergniory, Armando Villareal Gutierrez, Pedro Sagasti