Patents by Inventor Matthias Baerwald

Matthias Baerwald 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).

  • Device and method for controlling and/or regulating an annealing or heat treatment furnace of a production line processing metal material
    Patent number: 10077942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling and/or regulating an annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) of a production line (1) processing metal material, which comprises the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and at least one measuring instrument (7, 8, 17), which detects at least one material property of a strip material (6) located in the production line (1), wherein the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and the at least one measuring instrument (7, 8) interact in a regulating and/or control circuit of an automated process control, which regulates and/or controls the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) in connection with a furnace control, wherein according to the invention, a solution is created wherein an improvement of the process control over the previously known prior art can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Hartung, Ulrich Sommers, Matthias Baerwald, Alexandre Lhoest
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING AN ANNEALING OR HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE OF A PRODUCTION LINE PROCESSING METAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160102916
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling and/or regulating an annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) of a production line (1) processing metal material, which comprises the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and at least one measuring instrument (7, 8, 17), which detects at least one material property of a strip material (6) located in the production line (1), wherein the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and the at least one measuring instrument (7, 8) interact in a regulating and/or control circuit of an automated process control, which regulates and/or controls the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) in connection with a furnace control, wherein according to the invention, a solution is created wherein an improvement of the process control over the previously known prior art can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Hartung, Ulrich Sommers, Matthias Baerwald, Alexandre Lhoest