Patents by Inventor Eric Garza Sanchez

Eric Garza Sanchez 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: 20240130012
    Abstract: Electrode vibration detection modules (EVDM) and methods of detecting vibration of an electrode of an electric arc furnace (EAF) using an EVDM are provided, in which the EVDM receives and/or ascertains waveform signals corresponding to voltage values and current values associated with an electrode voltage measured between the electrode and the bottom of the EAF shell (electrode voltage) and the electrical current passing through the electrode and is configured to identify conditions for electrode vibration based, at least in part, on the waveform signals and to trigger an alarm and/or modify the operation of the EAF by adjusting the location of the electrode in the EAF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Garza Sanchez, Guillermo Fernandez Diaz
  • Patent number: 11678412
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring consumption of graphite electrodes during the operation of an electric arc furnace (EAF) uses machine vision cameras operatively communicating with a computer processor. The system can determine, track, manage, and optimize the consumption of the graphite electrodes in real time. Electrode consumption is determined for each EAF heat by measuring the length and tip diameter of the electrode. The length and tip diameter are used to determine the electrode consumption amount using a consumption model. Measured hydraulic pressure within the EAF correlating with a known electrode weight can also be used to determine electrode consumption and correlated with the model calculation. Butt loss can also be determined based on the machine vision measured lengths of the electrode and/or based on the hydraulic pressure. The calculated electrode consumption amounts are also stored in a database and correlated to other measured EAF parameters for multiple EAFs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AMI International, S. De R.L. De C.V
    Inventors: James Jesse Hansen, Jr., Eric Garza Sanchez, Mariana Viale