Patents by Inventor Niels Hardt

Niels Hardt 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: 20090199987
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dewatering apparatus, in particular a paper machine or a paperboard machine, for the adjustable, and controllable dewatering of a fibrous material, which is conveyed as a fibrous web that can be divided into at least two zones arranged side by side in a cross direction (CD). The dewatering apparatus is characterized in that the dewatering of the fibrous material is adaptable to a dewatering curve defined in a machine direction on the basis of measurements of the water weight of the fibrous material taken by at least two water weight sensors, in particular a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional sensor arrangement of water weight sensors, which are assigned to a zone and arranged preferably in pairs in mutually offset position in the CD direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Jorg Spindler, Niels Hardt, Rudolf Munch, Oliver Kaufmann, Jens Haag, Armin Bauer, Hartmut Abel
  • Patent number: 7435314
    Abstract: In a method for the production of a fibrous web, especially a paper or cardboard web, an automatic ash control system and an automatic retention control system for the reduction or suppression of an interactive build-up of the two controls are linked via a model for the dependence between the filler addition and the retention agent consumption. A computer assisted quality control system is also cited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Hardt, Michael Schwarz
  • Patent number: 7437208
    Abstract: A system for the computer-aided measurement of quality and/or process data during the production and/or conversion of a material web, in particular paper or board web, by way of correlation with raw measured data. The raw measured data is present in the form of other quality and process data during the production or conversion process. Measurements of quality parameters in the laboratory may also be incorporated in the raw measured data. The raw measured data is combined to form data sets which in each case are determined simultaneously. Specific laboratory or quality measurements are selected as target data which, by way of at least one soft-sensor algorithm running in a computer-based operation and linking unit, can be calculated from the other data serving as input data, and each data set containing measured data, which relates approximately to the same monitored volume of web and raw material, in particular paper and paper raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Muench, Niels Hardt, Pekka M. Typpo, Florian Wegmann, Herbert Holik
  • Publication number: 20060237393
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear assembly (1) or component of a gas-insulated switchgear assembly is proposed which has an outdoor bushing (6) through which at least one high voltage-carrying conductor (7) is passed. A surge arrester (8) is arranged essentially parallel to the outdoor bushing (6) and is connected to the high voltage-carrying conductor (7) and/or to the top part of the outdoor bushing (6) via a high voltage-side connection piece (9) and to the foot part of the outdoor bushing (6) and/or to the housing of the gas-insulated switchgear assembly or the component of the gas-insulated switchgear assembly via a housing-side connection piece (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: ABB PATENT GmBH
    Inventors: Jorn Brandt, Christian Ries, Niels Hardt
  • Publication number: 20060095154
    Abstract: In a method for the production of a fibrous web, especially a paper or cardboard web, an automatic ash control system and an automatic retention control system for the reduction or suppression of an interactive build-up of the two controls are linked via a model for the dependence between the filler addition and the retention agent consumption. A computer assisted quality control system is also cited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Niels Hardt, Michael Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20060087652
    Abstract: Method and a sensor for determining measured values of properties of a suspension in a machine for producing a fibrous web, in which light interacts with the fibrous suspension. The sensor picking up a scattered light signal and a transmitted light signal and measured values of at least one property are determined by evaluating the scattered light signal and the transmitted light signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Hardt, Michael Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20050145357
    Abstract: A system for the computer-aided measurement of quality and/or process data during the production and/or conversion of a material web, in particular paper or board web, by way of correlation with raw measured data. The raw measured data is present in the form of other quality and process data during the production or conversion process. Measurements of quality parameters in the laboratory may also be incorporated in the raw measured data. The raw measured data is combined to form data sets which in each case are determined simultaneously. Specific laboratory or quality measurements are selected as target data which, by way of at least one soft-sensor algorithm running in a computer-based operation and linking unit, can be calculated from the other data serving as input data, and each data set containing measured data, which relates approximately to the same monitored volume of web and raw material, in particular paper and paper raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Rudolf Muench, Niels Hardt, Pekka Typpo, Florian Wegmann, Herbert Holik