Patents by Inventor Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken

Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken 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).

  • Patent number: 11701696
    Abstract: A method for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a heating of a cast or rolled metal product, includes the steps of determining the total enthalpy of the metal product from a sum of the free molar enthalpies (Gibbs energy) of all phases and/or phase fractions currently present in the metal product; determining a temperature distribution within the metal product by means of a dynamic temperature calculation model using the total enthalpy determined; and open-loop and/or closed-loop controlling of the heating of the metal product as a function of at least one output variable of the temperature calculation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Heimann, Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken, Christoph Hassel
  • Patent number: 11534809
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling metal strips or sheets conveyed on a conveyor line, in particular hot-rolled strips in the outlet of a rolling train. For these purposes, the device includes at least one cooling beam extending across the width of the conveyor line, and the cooling beam features a connection point to which a supply tube for cooling liquid can be connected, and a number of discharge openings arranged along a longitudinal axis of the cooling beam, such that cooling liquid can be discharged through the discharge openings in the direction of the metal strip or sheet that is to be cooled. Associated with each of the individual discharge openings is a respectively adjusted flow area, such that the flow areas of the respective discharge openings decrease in a direction leading away from the connecting point along the longitudinal axis of the cooling beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Hassel, Thomas Heimann, Heinz-Jürgen Oudehinken, Henning Berg, Johannes Alken
  • Publication number: 20220371066
    Abstract: Method and control device for controlling a cooling device (10) which is set up to control the temperature of a rolling stock, preferably metal strip (B), which the cooling device (10) runs through along a conveying direction (F), the cooling device (10) preferably in front of a rolling train is arranged and the method comprises: determining a total enthalpy of the system formed by the rolling stock; Determining a measure for the formation of scale, which preferably comprises a scale factor that depends on the chemical composition and the surface temperature of the rolling stock; Calculating a temperature distribution and/or average temperature in the rolling stock on the basis of a temperature calculation model, in which the determined total enthalpy and the measure for the formation of scale are included; and setting a cooling capacity of the cooling device (10) taking into account the calculated temperature distribution and/or average temperature in the rolling stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas HEIMANN, August SPROCK, Christoph HASSEL, Heinz-Juergen OUDEHINKEN
  • Publication number: 20220193740
    Abstract: A method for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a heating of a cast or rolled metal product, includes the steps of determining the total enthalpy of the metal product from a sum of the free molar enthalpies (Gibbs energy) of all phases and/or phase fractions currently present in the metal product; determining a temperature distribution within the metal product by means of a dynamic temperature calculation model using the total enthalpy determined; and open-loop and/or closed-loop controlling of the heating of the metal product as a function of at least one output variable of the temperature calculation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas HEIMANN, Heinz-Juergen OUDEHINKEN, Christoph HASSEL
  • Patent number: 11292040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a heating of a cast or rolled metal product, comprising the following steps: —determining the total enthalpy of the metal product from a total of the free molar enthalpies (Gibbs free energy) of all phases and/or phase fractions currently present in the metal product; —determining a temperature distribution within the metal product by means of a dynamic temperature calculation model by using the determined total enthalpy; and —open-loop and/or closed-loop controlling of the heating of the metal product according to at least one initial variable of the temperature calculation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Heimann, Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken, Christoph Hassell
  • Publication number: 20200122209
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling metal strips or sheets conveyed on a conveyor line, in particular hot-rolled strips in the outlet of a rolling train. For these purposes, the device includes at least one cooling beam extending across the width of the conveyor line, and the cooling beam features a connection point to which a supply tube for cooling liquid can be connected, and a number of discharge openings arranged along a longitudinal axis of the cooling beam, such that cooling liquid can be discharged through the discharge openings in the direction of the metal strip or sheet that is to be cooled. Associated with each of the individual discharge openings is a respectively adjusted flow area, such that the flow areas of the respective discharge openings decrease in a direction leading away from the connecting point along the longitudinal axis of the cooling beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph HASSEL, Thomas HEIMANN, Heinz-Jürgen OUDEHINKEN, Henning BERG, Johannes ALKEN
  • Publication number: 20180345342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a heating of a cast or rolled metal product, comprising the following steps: —determining the total enthalpy of the metal product from a total of the free molar enthalpies (Gibbs free energy) of all phases and/or phase fractions currently present in the metal product; —determining a temperature distribution within the metal product by means of a dynamic temperature calculation model by using the determined total enthalpy; and —open-loop and/or closed-loop controlling of the heating of the metal product according to at least one initial variable of the temperature calculation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Heimann, Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken, Christoph Hassell
  • Patent number: 9079243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling or regulating the temperature of a cast strand (2) in a continuous casting installation (1) comprising a control or regulating unit (3) particularly for controlling or regulating the temperature in a secondary cooling of a continuous casting installation using at least one means for cooling the cast strand, characterized by a dynamic change of at least one set temperature of the cast strand on the basis of data and/or signals that are received and/or determined by the control or regulating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Horst Gaertner, Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken, Wolfgang Sauer, Thomas Heimann
  • Publication number: 20100324721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling or regulating the temperature of a cast strand (2) in a continuous casting installation (1) comprising a control or regulating unit (3) particularly for controlling or regulating the temperature in a secondary cooling of a continuous casting installation using at least one means for cooling the cast strand, characterized by a dynamic change of at least one set temperature of the cast strand on the basis of data and/or signals that are received and/or determined by the control or regulating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Horst Gaertner, Heinz-Juergen Oudehinken, Wolfgang Sauer, Thomas Heimann