Patents by Inventor Heiko Reichel

Heiko Reichel 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).

  • Method and installation for hot-rolling strips using a Steckel rolling frame
    Patent number: 7121130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an installation for hot-rolling strips using a reversible Steckel rolling frame (8), each side of which is equipped with a respective furnace coiler (9, 10) and a driving mechanism (17,18), provided between the furnace coiler (9, 10) and Steckel rolling frame (8). The aim of the invention is to crop particularly thin, hot strips. To achieve this, the strip is cropped during the reversible rolling process by a single pair of flying cropping shears (20), positioned between one of the driving mechanisms (17) and the Steckel rolling frame (8). The cropping shears comprise in particular a drum blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: SMS Demag AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Kirstein, Heiko Reichel
  • Method and installation for hot-rolling strips using a steckel rolling frame
    Publication number: 20050285316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an installation for hot-rolling strips using a reversible Steckel rolling frame (8), each side of which is equipped with a respective furnace coiler (9, 10) and a driving mechanism (17, 18), provided between the furnace coiler (9, 10) and Steckel rolling frame (8). The aim of the invention is to crop particularly thin, hot strips. To achieve this, the strip is cropped during the reversible rolling process by a single pair of flying cropping shears (20), positioned between one of the driving mechansims (17) and the Steckel rolling frame (8). Said cropping shears comprise in particular a drum blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Hartmut Kirstein, Heiko Reichel