Patents by Inventor Emanuele TRUCILLO

Emanuele TRUCILLO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240376609
    Abstract: A cleaning plant for hot-rolled metal strips provided with a surface oxide layer, the plant comprising unwinding means for unwinding at least one coil of rolled strip and pickling means for pickling said rolled strip; wherein there are provided measuring means for measuring the thickness of the surface oxide layer, arranged between said unwinding means and said pickling means; and wherein gaseous hydrogen detection means are provided to detect the presence of gaseous hydrogen in fumes produced by said pickling means. A corresponding cleaning method is also claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Luciano Vignolo, Alessandra Primavera, Emanuele Trucillo
  • Patent number: 12024781
    Abstract: The invention concerns a continuous pickling plant (101) for the treatment of metal products (109) in the form of a strip or tube which includes a plurality of acid solution process tanks (102) each divided into a plurality of turbulence cells (114) and a recirculation system of the acid solution. The plant also includes, upstream of the plurality of process tanks (102), a device for heating (124; 126) the metal product (109), namely an induction heating (124) system and/or a tunnel with water sprays (126). A solution with only two pickling tanks (102) is also presented. Devices are described (135; 136; 138, 138a) to increase turbulence in the tanks and to accelerate pickling, e.g. by adding fresh acid (146) in the first tank. The invention also concerns a related pickling process. The invention optimizes the effect of the acid and reduces the residence time of the strip (109) in the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandra Primavera, Emanuele Trucillo, Luciano Vignolo
  • Publication number: 20230031905
    Abstract: The invention concerns a continuous pickling plant (101) for the treatment of metal products (109) in the form of a strip or tube which includes a plurality of acid solution process tanks (102) each divided into a plurality of turbulence cells (114) and a recirculation system of the acid solution. The plant also includes, upstream of the plurality of process tanks (102), a device for heating (124; 126) the metal product (109), namely an induction heating (124) system and/or a tunnel with water sprays (126). A solution with only two pickling tanks (102) is also presented. Devices are described (135; 136; 138, 138a) to increase turbulence in the tanks and to accelerate pickling, e.g. by adding fresh acid (146) in the first tank. The invention also concerns a related pickling process. The invention optimizes the effect of the acid and reduces the residence time of the strip (109) in the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alessandra Primavera, Emanuele Trucillo, Luciano Vignolo
  • Publication number: 20220307098
    Abstract: Method to remove copper from a bath of molten metal material, by using a reactive additive to remove copper from a bath of molten metal material and applying a depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Alessandra PRIMAVERA, Emanuele TRUCILLO