Patents by Inventor Ludwig KOENNING

Ludwig KOENNING 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: 20240093941
    Abstract: A method can be used to cool bulk material in a fine material cooler. The method may involve admitting bulk material to be cooled into the fine material cooler through a material inlet, conveying the coarse material with a first mechanical or pneumatic conveying unit, and conveying the fine material with a second conveying unit in a conveying direction through the fine material cooler to a material outlet. The bulk material may have a fine material proportion of 70% to 95% and a coarse material proportion of 5% to 30%. The fine material may have a grain size of 10-5 mm to 4 mm, and the coarse material may have a grain size of 4 mm to 100 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Stefanie RICHTER, Ludwig KOENNING, Jochen ALTFELD
  • Publication number: 20230243590
    Abstract: A cooler for cooling bulk material, such as cement clinker, for example, may include an aeration floor through which cooling gas can flow. The aeration floor may be configured to receive bulk material and to transport the bulk material in a conveying direction. The aeration floor comprises a plurality of conveying beams that are mounted so as to be movable in the conveying direction and counter to the conveying direction. A seal is mounted between two adjacent conveying beams, and the seal has at least two sealing elements mounted so as to be movable relative to one another. The sealing elements each have a sealing profile, which interact with one another such that a sealing gap is formed between them. The sealing gap has a double or multiple U-profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Ludwig KOENNING, Justin BISPING, Stefanie RICHTER, Michael STREFFING, Rolf RIEGER, Frank CRABUS, Jochen ALTFELD
  • Publication number: 20230128260
    Abstract: A cooler for cooling bulk material, in particular cement clinker, may include a cooling gas chamber through which a cooling gas flow for cooling the bulk material can flow in crosscurrent, and a conveying device for conveying the bulk material through the cooling gas chamber in a conveying direction. The cooling gas chamber may include a first cooling gas chamber portion with a first cooling gas flow and a second cooling gas chamber portion, adjoining the first cooling gas chamber portion in the conveying direction of the bulk material, with a second cooling gas stream. The cooler may include a separating apparatus for gastight separation of the cooling gas chamber portions from one another. The separating apparatus may have sealing element and at least one suspension element, to which a plurality of sealing elements are attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
    Inventors: Peter RICKERT, Sebastian MORGENROTH, Ludwig KOENNING, Karl LAMPE, Michael STREFFING, Eike WILLMS, Klaus ADLER, Alex SCHULZE BERND
  • Publication number: 20220018599
    Abstract: A kiln for firing cement clinker may include a tubular rotary drum that can be rotated about its central axis. The tubular rotary drum may have a discharge end at which the cement clinker leaves the kiln. A protective segment may be attached at the discharge end and may have an outward-facing wear surface and an inward-facing cooling surface. The kiln may include a cooling device for generating a cooling air flow that flows along the inward-facing cooling surface of the protective segment. The inward-facing cooling surface can include profile bodies that are pin-shaped. The profile bodies may be uniformly spaced apart, parallel to one another, and/or present over 20% to 60% of the inward-facing cooling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Jochen ALTFELD, Ludwig KÖNNING, Thomas RÜTHER
  • Patent number: 10464072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for comminuting grinding stock with a roller mill, wherein a grinding plate cooperates with at least two grinding rollers and the grinding stock supplied in the mass flow is comminuted between grinding plate and grinding roller. At least two grinding rollers are driven via dedicated drives, wherein a power compensation control is carried out for the drives of the grinding rollers, such that the power of the drives is controlled in a predefined ratio to one another. The power control is then effected by changing the mass flow of the grinding stock supplied to at least one of the grinding rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Pedro Guerrero Palma, Ludwig Könning
  • Patent number: 9915595
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas sampling probe includes removing a gas to be analyzed from a process space in the region of a front end of a gas sampling tube and conducting it through the gas sampling tube as far as a rear end and, in the process, cooling it by passing cooling air between the gas sampling tube and at least one outer casing enclosing the gas sampling tube. The cooling air is fed and discharged at the rear end of the gas sampling tube and the temperature of the gas to be analyzed is higher in the region of the front end of the gas sampling tube than the temperature of the fed cooling air, and the gas sampling probe emits outward, wherein the temperature of the fed cooling air is higher than the temperature of the discharged cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Könning, Michael Streffing, Heinz Bredemeier, Alfons Leuer
  • Publication number: 20160209306
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas sampling probe includes removing a gas to be analyzed from a process space in the region of a front end of a gas sampling tube and conducting it through the gas sampling tube as far as a rear end and, in the process, cooling it by passing cooling air between the gas sampling tube and at least one outer casing enclosing the gas sampling tube. The cooling air is fed and discharged at the rear end of the gas sampling tube and the temperature of the gas to be analyzed is higher in the region of the front end of the gas sampling tube than the temperature of the fed cooling air, and the gas sampling probe emits outward, wherein the temperature of the fed cooling air is higher than the temperature of the discharged cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Ludwig KÖNNING, Michael STREFFING, Heinz BREDEMEIER, Alfons LEUER
  • Publication number: 20150224512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for comminuting grinding stock with a roller mill, wherein a grinding plate cooperates with at least two grinding rollers and the grinding stock supplied in the mass flow is comminuted between grinding plate and grinding roller. At least two grinding rollers are driven via dedicated drives, wherein a power compensation control is carried out for the drives of the grinding rollers, such that the power of the drives is controlled in a predefined ratio to one another. The power control is then effected by changing the mass flow of the grinding stock supplied to at least one of the grinding rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Pedro Guerrero Palma, Ludwig Könning
  • Patent number: 9079186
    Abstract: A roller mill includes a grinding table, at least one grinding roller in rolling engagement with the grinding table, a main drive system for driving the grinding roller and/or the grinding table, and an auxiliary drive for driving the grinding table. The auxiliary drive includes at least two linear drives for rotating the grinding table and a control device for individually controlling the linear drives in order to provide an uninterrupted rotational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Könning, Guido Scholz, Benjamin Berndzen
  • Patent number: 8833686
    Abstract: A roller mill for comminuting brittle grinding stock comprises at least one grinding roller constructed as a loose roller and rotatable about an axis and interacting with a counter-surface such that grinding stock is comminuted between the grinding roller and counter-surface. Horizontally slidable bearing blocks bear the grinding roller and are guided in a frame rotatably about a vertical bearing axis. A pressing device applies an adjustable grinding pressure to the grinding roller via the bearing blocks. At least two resilient compensation elements are associated with each bearing block in order to compensate a skewed position and/or deflection of the grinding roller. The compensation elements are arranged between the frame and the bearing blocks, and, in the plan view of the roller mill, are arranged tangentially to a circle around the vertical bearing axis or constructed in a circular arc around the vertical bearing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Polysius AG
    Inventors: Thomas Rüther, Alexander Peters, Ludwig Könning, Nils Hörster, Reinhard Giesemann
  • Patent number: 8702022
    Abstract: A roller mill includes a mill housing which defines a grinding chamber, a grinding table which can rotate in the grinding chamber and at least one rotatable grinding roller which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table. A drive which is associated with the grinding roller and which has at least one gearing mechanism is further provided, at least a portion of the gearing mechanism being arranged in the grinding chamber in the region of the grinding roller and being in the form of an epicyclic gear system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventors: Guido Scholz, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Heiko Fornefeld, Ludwig Könning
  • Patent number: 8690091
    Abstract: A roller mill includes a rotatable grinding table, at least one grinding roller retained rotatably on a pivot lever and in rolling engagement with the grinding table, the pivot lever being pivotable about a pivot lever axis, and at least one drive train connected to the grinding roller and having a fixed motor and a fixed gearing mechanism. The drive train further has a gearing mechanism which pivots with the pivot lever and/or the grinding roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventors: Guido Scholz, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Heiko Fornefeld, Ludwig Könning, Franz-Josef Zurhove, Helmut Krumme
  • Patent number: 8517296
    Abstract: The roller grinding mill for comminuting brittle grinding stock includes at least one grinding roller which co-operates with a counter-face in such a manner that the grinding stock is comminuted between the grinding roller and the counter-face and a pressing system for applying a force to the grinding stock via the grinding roller. The pressing system includes: at least one hydropneumatic store and at least one dual-articulation actuating cylinder. The dual-articulation actuating cylinder is connected to the hydropneumatic store and has two pistons and a housing which acts as a coupling rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Polysius AG
    Inventors: Daniel Frerich, Nils Hörster, Alexander Peters, Ludwig Könning, Thomas Rüther
  • Publication number: 20120259451
    Abstract: The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises a grinding table, at least one grinding roller which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table, a main drive system for driving the grinding roller and/or the grinding table and an auxiliary drive for driving the grinding table. The auxiliary drive comprises at least two linear drives for rotating the grinding table and a control device for individually controlling the linear drives in order to provide an uninterrupted rotational movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Ludwig Könning, Guido Scholz, Benjamin Berndzen
  • Publication number: 20120111982
    Abstract: A roller mill for comminuting brittle grinding stock comprises at least one grinding roller constructed as a loose roller and rotatable about an axis and interacting with a counter-surface such that grinding stock is comminuted between the grinding roller and counter-surface. Horizontally slidable bearing blocks bear the grinding roller and are guided in a frame rotatably about a vertical bearing axis. A pressing device applies an adjustable grinding pressure to the grinding roller via the bearing blocks. At least two resilient compensation elements are associated with each bearing block in order to compensate a skewed position and/or deflection of the grinding roller. The compensation elements are arranged between the frame and the bearing blocks, and, in the plan view of the roller mill, are arranged tangentially to a circle around the vertical bearing axis or constructed in a circular arc around the vertical bearing axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Rüther, Alexander Peters, Ludwig Könning, Nils Hörster, Reinhard Giesemann
  • Patent number: 8128011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for comminuting material to be ground having a roller mill which has a mill platen, at least one mill roller and at least two drives for driving the roller mill, with there being provided a power compensation control system for the drives which controls the power of the drives at a predetermined ratio relative to each other by the speed of at least one drive being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Polysius AG
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Ludwig Könning, Marco Völlink, Franz-Josef Zurhove
  • Patent number: 8038084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller mill having a mill housing, a mill path which is supported so as to be rotatable about a mill axis inside the mill housing, and at least one mill roller which can be rotated about a mill roller shaft and which is engaged with the mill path in terms of rolling action. There is further provided a pivot lever which is for rotatably retaining the mill roller and which has a pivot shaft arranged parallel with the mill roller axis and which is supported outside the mill housing. The pivot lever is further in operational contact with a hydropneumatic resilient system in order to adjust the pressing pressure of the mill roller. The pivot lever is supported outside the mill housing with spacing therefrom in such a manner that the forces which are produced by the hydropneumatic resilient system are dissipated into the mill foundation directly or via pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Polysius AG
    Inventors: Dirk Dilly, Franz-Josef Zurhove, Thomas Rüther, Ludwig Könning, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Bernhard Peterwerth, Thomas Spliethoff, Heiko Fornefeld
  • Publication number: 20110121116
    Abstract: The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises a mill housing which defines a grinding chamber, a grinding table which can rotate in the grinding chamber and at least one rotatable grinding roller which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table. A drive which is associated with the grinding roller and which has at least one gearing mechanism is further provided, at least a portion of the gearing mechanism being arranged in the grinding chamber in the region of the grinding roller and being in the form of an epicyclic gear system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Guido Scholz, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Heiko Fornefeld, Ludwig Könning
  • Publication number: 20110114771
    Abstract: The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises a rotatable grinding table, at least one grinding roller which is retained rotatably on a pivot lever and which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table, the pivot lever being pivotable about a pivot lever axis, and at least one drive train which is connected to the grinding roller and which has a fixed motor and a fixed gearing mechanism. The drive train further has a gearing mechanism which pivots with the pivot lever and/or the grinding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Guido Scholz, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Heiko Fornefeld, Ludwig Könning, Franz-Josef Zurhove, Helmut Krumme
  • Publication number: 20100252667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller mill having a mill housing, a mill path which is supported so as to be rotatable about a mill axis inside the mill housing, and at least one mill roller which can be rotated about a mill roller shaft and which is engaged with the mill path in terms of rolling action. There is further provided a pivot lever which is for rotatably retaining the mill roller and which has a pivot shaft arranged parallel with the mill roller axis and which is supported outside the mill housing. The pivot lever is further in operational contact with a hydropneumatic resilient system in order to adjust the pressing pressure of the mill roller. The pivot lever is supported outside the mill housing with spacing therefrom in such a manner that the forces which are produced by the hydropneumatic resilient system are dissipated into the mill foundation directly or via pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: POLYSIUS AG
    Inventors: Dirk Dilly, Franz-Josef Zurhove, Thomas Rüther, Ludwig Könning, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Bernhard Peterwerth, Thomas Spliethoff, Heiko Fornefeld