Patents by Inventor Bernhard Kernig
Bernhard Kernig 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).
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Publication number: 20130048033Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, in particular of a litho-strip or litho-sheet, consisting of an aluminum alloy enables an increase in manufacturing speed in surface roughening while maintaining a high quality of the electro-chemical grained surface of the work piece with relative low effort related to facility equipment. The method of conditioning comprises at least the step of degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium, wherein the degreasing medium contains at least 1.5 to 3% by weight of a composite of 5-40% sodium tripolyphosphate, 3-10% sodium gluconate, 3-8% of a composite of non-ionic and anionic surfactants and optionally 0.5 to 70% soda, wherein sodium hydroxide is added to the degreasing medium such that the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the aqueous degreasing medium is 0.01 to 5% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Patent number: 8293021Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, in particular of a litho-strip or litho-sheet, consisting of an aluminum alloy enables an increase in manufacturing speed in surface roughening while maintaining a high quality of the electro-chemical grained surface of the work piece with relative low effort related to facility equipment. The method of conditioning comprises at least the step of degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium, wherein the degreasing medium contains at least 1.5 to 3% by weight of a composite of 5-40% sodium tripolyphosphate, 3-10% sodium gluconate, 3-8% of a composite of non-ionic and anionic surfactants and optionally 0.5 to 70% soda, wherein sodium hydroxide is added to the degreasing medium such that the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the aqueous degreasing medium is 0.01 to 5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschalnd GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20120258009Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, particularly of a strip or sheet, more particularly of a lithostrip or lithosheet, including an aluminum alloy is provided. The method for conditioning the surface of a work piece and a work piece including an aluminum alloy enabling an increasing manufacturing speed in electro-chemically graining and maintaining at the same time a high quality of the grained surface, includes a conditioning method which comprises at least the two steps, degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium and subsequently cleaning the surface of the work piece by pickling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20120195788Abstract: An aluminum alloy for producing an aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers, a method for producing an aluminum alloy for lithographic print plate carriers, in which, during the production of the aluminum alloy, after the electrolysis of the aluminum oxide, the liquid aluminum, up to the casting of the aluminum alloy, is supplied to a plurality of purification steps, as well as an aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers and a corresponding use of the aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers include a carbide content of less than 10 ppm, and preferably less than 1 ppm. As a result, the aluminum alloy, the method for producing the aluminum alloy, the aluminum strip, and corresponding use of the aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers described herein allow for the use of virtually gas-tight coatings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Werner Droste, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Patent number: 8211622Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, particularly of a strip or sheet, more particularly of a lithostrip or lithosheet, including an aluminum alloy is provided. The method for conditioning the surface of a work piece and a work piece including an aluminum alloy enabling an increasing manufacturing speed in electro-chemically graining and maintaining at the same time a high quality of the grained surface, includes a conditioning method which comprises at least the two steps, degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium and subsequently cleaning the surface of the work piece by pickling.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20120094103Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy for producing lithographic printing plate supports. The object of providing an aluminium alloy and an aluminium strip made of an aluminium alloy which make it possible to produce printing plate supports having improved flexural fatigue strength transverse to the rolling direction and having improved heat resistance, without impairing roughening properties, is achieved for an aluminium alloy in that the aluminium alloy contains the following alloy components in percent by weight: 0.2%?Fe?0.5%, 0.41%?Mg?0.7%, 0.05%?Si?0.25%, 0.31%?Mn?0.6%, Cu?0.04%, Ti<0.1%, Zn?0.1%, Cr?0.1%, the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities, each in an amount of 0.05% at most to give a total of 0.15% at most.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Jochen Hasenclever, Gerd Steinhoff, Christoph Settele
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Publication number: 20120073711Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy for producing lithographic printing plate supports as well as an aluminium strip produced from the aluminium alloy, and a method for producing the aluminium strip and use thereof to produce lithographic printing plate supports. These objects are achieved in that the aluminium alloy contains the following alloy components in % by weight: Fe<0.4%, 0.41%?Mg?0.7%, 0.05%?Si?0.25%, 0.1%?Mn?0.6%, Cu?0.04%, Ti<0.1%, Zn?0.1%, Cr?0.1%, the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities, each in an amount of 0.05% at most to give a total of 0.15% at most.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Jochen Hasenclever, Gerd Steinhoff, Christoph Settele
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Publication number: 20110290381Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy for the production of lithographic printing plate supports and also to an aluminium strip produced from the aluminium alloy, a process for the production of the aluminium strip and also its use for the production of lithographic printing plate supports. The object of providing an aluminium alloy as well as an aluminium strip from an aluminium alloy that permits the production of printing plate supports having improved bending-strength fatigue transverse to the rolling direction without adversely affecting the tensile strength values before and after the annealing process and while preserving the roughening properties, is achieved by the fact that the aluminium alloy contains the following alloy components in weight per cent: 0.4%<Fe?1.0%, 0.3%<Mg?1.0%, 0.05%?Si?0.25%, Mn?0.25%, Cu?0.04%, Ti?0.1%, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities, individually at most 0.05% and totaling at most 0.05%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Jochen Hasenclever, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Gerd Steinhoff, Christoph Settele
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Publication number: 20110039121Abstract: A method for producing aluminum strips for lithographic printing plate supports, wherein the aluminum strip is produced from a rolling ingot, which after optional homogenizing is hot-rolled to a thickness of 2 mm to 7 mm and cold-rolled to a final thickness of 0.15 mm to 0.5 mm provides for an aluminum strip having a thickness of 0.15 mm to 0.5 mm and a printing plate support produced from the aluminum strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Jochen Hasenclever, Christoph Settele, Gerd Steinhoff
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Publication number: 20090324994Abstract: A strip for the production of a substrate for lithographic printing plates consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and has at least to some extent a microcrystalline surface layer as a result of hot and/or cold roll passes. When analyzed in a two-dimensional microprobe analysis according to the mapping method of a surface region of the microcrystalline surface of the strip, the surface portion having an intensity ratio I/Ibulk(avg) of greater than 3 in the spectral range of the K?1 line of the X-ray emission spectrum of oxygen of the measured microcrystalline surface layer is less than 10%, preferably less than 7%, wherein, during the two-dimensional microprobe analysis, an excitation voltage of 15 kV, a beam current of 50 nA and a beam cross section of 1 ?m is used with a step size of 16.75 ?m for the electron beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20090220376Abstract: An aluminum alloy for producing an aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers, a method for producing an aluminum alloy for lithographic print plate carriers, in which, during the production of the aluminum alloy, after the electrolysis of the aluminum oxide, the liquid aluminum, up to the casting of the aluminum alloy, is supplied to a plurality of purification steps, as well as an aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers and a corresponding use of the aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers include a carbide content of less than 10 ppm, and preferably less than 1 ppm. As a result, the aluminum alloy, the method for producing the aluminum alloy, the aluminum strip, and corresponding use of the aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers described herein allow for the use of virtually gas-tight coatings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Werner Droste
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Publication number: 20090209444Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, in particular of a litho-strip or litho-sheet, consisting of an aluminum alloy enables an increase in manufacturing speed in surface roughening while maintaining a high quality of the electro-chemical grained surface of the work piece with relative low effort related to facility equipment. The method of conditioning comprises at least the step of degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium, wherein the degreasing medium contains at least 1.5 to 3% by weight of a composite of 5-40% sodium tripolyphosphate, 3-10% sodium gluconate, 3-8% of a composite of non-ionic and anionic surfactants and optionally 0.5 to 70% soda, wherein sodium hydroxide is added to the degreasing medium such that the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the aqueous degreasing medium is 0.01 to 5% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20090016928Abstract: An aluminum strip for lithographic printing plate supports, from which printing plate supports can be produced with an improved roughenability and at the same time improved mechanical properties, particularly after a burn-in process, is formed of an aluminum alloy which has the following proportions of alloy constituents in wt. %: 0.05%?Mg?0.3%, 0.008%?Mn?0.3%, 0.4%?Fe?1%, 0.05%?Si?0.5%, Cu?0.04%, Ti?0.04%, inevitable impurities individually max. 0.01%, in total max. 0.05% and remainder Al.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Arve Sund, Gerd Steinhoff
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Publication number: 20080227029Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, particularly of a strip or sheet, more particularly of a lithostrip or lithosheet, including an aluminium alloy is provided. The method for conditioning the surface of a work piece and a work piece including an aluminium alloy enabling an increasing manufacturing speed in electro-chemically graining and maintaining at the same time a high quality of the grained surface, includes a conditioning method which comprises at least the two steps, degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium and subsequently cleaning the surface of the work piece by pickling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2006Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk Jan Brinkman
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Patent number: 6447982Abstract: A litho strip for use as an offset printing plate is described which has a composition of 0.05-0.25% Si, 0.30-0.40% Fe, 0.10-0.30% Mg, max. 0.05% Mn, and max. 0.04% Cu. The strip is produced from a continuous cast ingot of the above composition which is hot rolled to a thickness of up to 2-7 mm. The residual resistance ratio of the hot rolled strip is RR=10-20. The cold rolling is carried out with or without intermediate annealing, wherein the degree of rolling reduction after intermediate annealing is >60%. The further processing up to the EC roughening takes place with the microstructure adjusted in the rolling process at <100° C. The litho strip is characterized by a high thermal stability, a good roughening behavior in the EC processes, and a high reverse bending fatigue strength perpendicular to the rolling direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: VAW Aluminium AGInventors: Wolfgang von Asten, Bernhard Kernig, Barbara Grzemba
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Patent number: RE40788Abstract: A litho strip for use as an offset printing plate is described which has a composition of 0.05-0.25% Si, 0.30-0.40% Fe, 0.10-0.30% Mg, max. 0.05% Mn, and max. 0.04% Cu. The strip is produced from a continuous cast ingot of the above composition which is hot rolled to a thickness of up to 2-7 mm. The residual resistance ratio of the hot rolled strip is RR=10-20. The cold rolling is carried out with or without intermediate annealing, wherein the degree of rolling reduction after intermediate annealing is >60%. The further processing up to the EC roughening takes place with the microstructure adjusted in the rolling process at <100° C. The litho strip is characterized by a high thermal stability, a good roughening behavior in the EC processes, and a high reverse bending fatigue strength perpendicular to the rolling direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Von Asten, Bernhard Kernig, Barbara Grzemba