Patents by Inventor Dries ROLLEZ

Dries ROLLEZ 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).

  • Control system for heavy metallic coating weight
    Patent number: 12637749
    Abstract: It is provided a method and device to control the thickness of a metallic coating on a steel wire. A device (101) for controlling a metallic coating thickness on a steel wire comprises: —a digital proportional valve (113); —a digital flow meter (111); —a pressure sensor (115); —a thickness sensor (105); —a gas nozzle (119); —a computer (107); and is characterized in that the relation between the gas flow measured by said digital flow meter (111) and the coating thickness measured by said thickness sensor (105) for said gas nozzle (119) is linear or parabolic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Martin Soka, Kristof Mouton, Pavol Hertel, Dries Rollez, Dominiek Verkinderen, Tim Bruggeman
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HEAVY METALLIC COATING WEIGHT
    Publication number: 20250163560
    Abstract: It is provided a method and device to control the thickness of a metallic coating on a steel wire. A device (101) for controlling a metallic coating thickness on a steel wire comprises:—a digital proportional valve (113); —a digital flow meter (111); —a pressure sensor (115); —a thickness sensor (105); —a gas nozzle (119); —a computer (107); and is characterized in that the relation between the gas flow measured by said digital flow meter (111) and the coating thickness measured by said thickness sensor (105) for said gas nozzle (119) is linear or parabolic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Martin SOKA, Kristof MOUTON, Pavol HERTEL, Dries ROLLEZ, Dominiek VERKINDEREN, Tim BRUGGEMAN