Patents by Inventor Franz Ramstorfer

Franz Ramstorfer 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).

  • Process engineering measures in a continuous casting machine at the start of casting, at the end of casting and when producing a transitional piece
    Patent number: 9254520
    Abstract: A method for operating a continuous casting machine (1) at the start of casting, at the end of casting and when producing a transitional piece (21) for improving the quality of the ends of the strand (16, 18), and protecting the machine from damage. At the start of casting, perform the following additional method steps: recording a position of the beginning of the strand (16) in the strand guide (4); after the beginning of the strand (16) and after an upper end (17a) of the beginning region of the strand (17), has passed a pair of adjustable strand guiding rollers (5) adjusting the roller pair to touch the strand (2); cooling the beginning region of the strand (17) by the cooling nozzle (10) delivering an amount of coolant Q less than a nominal amount of coolant Qnom to the beginning region of the strand (17); and cooling the main part of the strand (20) by the cooling nozzle (10) delivering an amount of coolant Q that is substantially equal to Qnom to the main part of the strand (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Dittenberger, Udo Feischl, Klemens Hauser, Wolfgang Kibler, Paul Pennerstorfer, Franz Ramstorfer
  • PROCESS ENGINEERING MEASURES IN A CONTINUOUS CASTING MACHINE AT THE START OF CASTING, AT THE END OF CASTING AND WHEN PRODUCING A TRANSITIONAL PIECE
    Publication number: 20140290899
    Abstract: A method for operating a continuous casting machine (1) at the start of casting, at the end of casting and when producing a transitional piece (21) for improving the quality of the ends of the strand (16, 18), and protecting the machine from damage. At the start of casting, perform the following additional method steps: recording a position of the beginning of the strand (16) in the strand guide (4); after the beginning of the strand (16) and after an upper end (17a) of the beginning region of the strand (17), has passed a pair of adjustable strand guiding rollers (5) adjusting the roller pair to touch the strand (2); cooling the beginning region of the strand (17) by the cooling nozzle (10) delivering an amount of coolant Q less than a nominal amount of coolant Qnom to the beginning region of the strand (17); and cooling the main part of the strand (20) by the cooling nozzle (10) delivering an amount of coolant Q that is substantially equal to Qnom to the main part of the strand (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kurt Dittenberger, Udo Feischl, Klemens Hauser, Wolfgang Kibler, Paul Pennerstorfer, Franz Ramstorfer