Patents by Inventor Olaf Norman Jepsen

Olaf Norman Jepsen 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: 20230405655
    Abstract: A rolling mill stand has two working rolls forming a roll gap in which a rolled product transported in a conveying direction can be formed. The positioning of at least one working roll is variable in a plane perpendicular to the conveying direction. The rolling mill is used in a method which comprises: conveying the rolled product through the roll gap in the conveying direction and at the same time opening or closing the rolling mill stand by correspondingly increasing or decreasing the roll gap; during opening or closing of the roll stand, detecting a position of the rolled product in front of and/or behind the roll gap in the direction transverse to the conveying direction; and changing the positioning of the corresponding working roll depending on the detected position, so that the rolled product is stabilized at a target position during opening or closing of the roll stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Norman JEPSEN
  • Publication number: 20230356278
    Abstract: A device and a method for rolling a metal strip. A distance of the upper/lower backup roll at at least one point thereof from a predetermined upper/lower reference point is measured by an upper/lower sensor and the measured values of the sensors are sent to a control device. A strain of the roll stand is calculated using a mathematical model, taking into account the rolling force generated. By the control device, an absolute value of the roll gap and thus the resulting thickness of the rolling stock is determined by the control device on the basis of the measured positions of the backup rolls and the calculated strain of the roll stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Michael ZIELENBACH, Olaf Norman JEPSEN
  • Publication number: 20230311182
    Abstract: A flatness-measuring device for a hot-rolled strip within a hot-rolling mill includes an entry-side deflection roller and an exit-side deflection roller. A central deflection roller is arranged between the entry-side deflection roller and the exit-side deflection roller. The central deflection roller is used as a flatness-measuring roller. To prevent the hot-rolled strip from departing laterally during a flatness measurement, the flatness-measuring device has a sensing apparatus for sensing an actual position of the hot-rolled strip. An adjusting apparatus is connected to the sensing apparatus and to at least one of the deflection rollers. The flatness-measuring device is designed to vary an angle between a longitudinal central axis of the deflection roller respectively connected to the adjusting apparatus and a longitudinal axis of the flatness-measuring device based on a deviation of the actual position of the hot-rolled strip from a predefined target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Frank GORGELS, Olaf Norman JEPSEN, Patrick SIEMANN, Andreas KASTNER
  • Patent number: 9938114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for winding a metal strip (1) into a reel with a winding mandrel (2), to which the metal strip (1) is routed through a pair consisting of a first and a second driver roller (5, 6), at least one of which is driven. The method is characterized in that a difference between the strip speed (VB) of the metal strip (1) and the speed) (v5, v6) of the driver rollers is adjusted on the basis of measuring, from measurable process variables, the strip speed and the speed (v5, v6) of at least one of the driver rollers (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Tuschhoff, Peter Sudau, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Patent number: 9700924
    Abstract: A method for rolling rolling stock, wherein a water-based cooling lubricant is applied to the rolling stock and/or to at least one roller which forms a roll gap, at least one water-soluble and tribologically active additive being added to the water-based cooling lubricant prior to application to the rolling stock and/or to the at least one roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Arnt Kohlrausch, Hartmut Pawelski, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Patent number: 9566624
    Abstract: A support roller, particularly for rolling mill systems or equipment for casting, conveying or straightening metal products, including a cylindrical roller axle, a hollow cylindrical outer ring arranged concentrically in relation to the roller axle, and a plurality of rolling bodies arranged between the roller axle and the outer ring. The roller axle further including a cavity, at least in certain sections between its central axis and a load introduction point. Due to the provision of the cavity the load rating and the service life of the support roller are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Artel, Michael Breuer, Matthias Kipping, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Olaf Hausmann
  • Patent number: 9381556
    Abstract: A roller for a rolling mill with a casing, a left half pivot, and a right half pivot. The half pivots in the region surrounded by the casing are constructed as a truncated cone and form a left surface on the left half pivot and a right surface on the right half pivot. The left half pivot and the right half pivot have boreholes and corresponding grooves formed on the surfaces. The half pivots are inserted in the casing and are braced with one another by at least one tie rod. An hydraulic oil in boreholes and grooves is passed into or onto the left half pivot and the right half pivot. The hydraulic oil exerts a pressure on the casing to expand the casing. With the casing expanded, the stop surfaces and the face surfaces of the casing are pressed onto one another by the tie rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Lindner, Jochen Münker, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Peter Rainer
  • Patent number: 9266156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for lateral guidance of a rolled strip transported on a roller bed, particularly a hot rolled strip in front of a winding device (3), having parallel first and second side guides provided on both sides of the rolled strip, said side guides being movable toward or away from one another by adjusting means that are adjustable independently of one another; the invention is characterized in that a control device (14, 15, 16), to which operating forces and/or positions of the side guides and/or of the rolled strip can be fed as output values in the guidance of the rolled strip, is provided for damping the periodic deviation of the rolled strip, and in that the control device (14, 15, 16) controls the positions of the side guides and/or forces that the side guides exert on the rolled strip based on the measured output values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf Norman Jepsen, Peter Sudau, Christian Mengel
  • Patent number: 9238259
    Abstract: In a method for winding hot-rolled strip (1), comprising —a decoiler mandrel (4), —at least one first pressing device (7), —at least one second pressing device (8), wherein the hot-rolled strip (1) is pressed from the first pressing device (7) and the second pressing device (8) toward the decoiler mandrel (4), the hot-rolled strip (1) is pushed or pulled away from the decoiler mandrel (4) between the first pressing device (7) and the second pressing device (8), thereby subjecting the hot-rolled strip (1) to a prebending step. The invention further relates to a device for winding hot-rolled strip (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Heinrich Röse, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Heinz Niehues, Heinz-Adolf Müller
  • Publication number: 20150344261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for winding a metal strip (I) into a reel with a winding mandrel (2), to which the metal strip (1) is routed through a pair consisting of a first and a second driver roller (5, 6), at least one of which is driven, The method is characterized in that a difference between the strip speed (VB) of the metal strip (1) and the speed) (v5, v6) of the driver rollers is adjusted on the basis of measuring, from measurable process variables, the strip speed and the speed (v5, v6) of at least one of the driver rollers (5, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Matthias Tuschhoff, Peter Sudau, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Patent number: 9180503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roll stand for rolling a product, in particular made of metal, comprising a pair of first rollers contacted by a pair of second rollers supporting the first rollers, wherein the first roller and the second rollers have an asymmetrical radius curve (CVC grind) relative to a center plane, wherein the radius curve of the first rollers is represented by a polynomial of the third or fifth order. In order to design the wedging of a second roller supporting a first roller such that optimal operating conditions are set, the invention proposes that the radius curve of the second roller is given by a polynomial of the third or fifth order, wherein special relationships are prescribed for the ratios between the coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SMS group GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Seidel, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Publication number: 20150151341
    Abstract: A support roller, particularly for rolling mill systems or equipment for casting, conveying or straightening metal products, including a cylindrical roller axle, a hollow cylindrical outer ring arranged concentrically in relation to the roller axle, and a plurality of rolling bodies arranged between the roller axle and the outer ring. The roller axle further including a cavity, at least in certain sections between its central axis and a load introduction point. Due to the provision of the cavity the load rating and the service life of the support roller are increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Jens Artel, Michael Breuer, Matthias Kipping, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Olaf Hausmann
  • Publication number: 20150027187
    Abstract: A method for rolling rolling stock, wherein a water-based cooling lubricant is applied to the rolling stock and/or to at least one roller which forms a roll gap, at least one water-soluble and tribologically active additive being added to the water-based cooling lubricant prior to application to the rolling stock and/or to the at least one roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Arnt Kohlrausch, Hartmut Pawelski, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Patent number: 8939009
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating a rolling stand (3), wherein in order to determine the relative pivot position of the roller set for setting a symmetrical roll gap and/or for determining the extension of the rolling stand (3) before the actual rolling process, the roller set is pressed against each other under a radial preset force and the resulting deformation of the rolling stand is preferably measured on the piston-cylinder unit (6, 7). The pivot position of the roller set and/or the frame module (M) determined based thereon are mathematically used during the subsequent rolling of a rolling stock between the working rollers (1, 2) for adjusting the roller set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Seidel, Olaf Norman Jepsen
  • Patent number: 8807201
    Abstract: A device and a method for horizontal casting of a metal band. The device includes a dispensing vessel for a melt and a cooled conveyor belt disposed downstream of the dispensing vessel in the casting direction running between two deflecting rollers and on which the metal band can be transported. The device further includes at least one roller that can be engaged with the metal band for profiling. Early and therefore improved influence on the profile of a metal band, that is the leader band, is thereby made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Franz, Christian Mengel, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Hellfried Eichholz
  • Patent number: 8429943
    Abstract: When rolling hot-rolled strips, different draughts per pass might occur during the rolling operation over the length of the roll gap, due to changes in the hardness of the rolling stock, to the roll gap itself or to the geometry of the incoming rolling stock. These different draughts per pass lead to lateral deviations and shifts of the rolling stock in the roll stand and to a lateral bending of the outgoing hot-rolled strip. In order to avoid these defects by intentionally influencing the geometry of the rough-rolled strip, it is proposed to interconnect in at least one roughing-down stand a dynamic positioning in the roughing-down stock (1) with fast and powerful lateral guides (8,9) arranged before and after the roughing-down stand (1), by corresponding regulation operations, in such a way that a grainy or tapering bloom (4) is shaped into a straight and taper-free roughed-down strip (5) in one or more passes, in continuous or reciprocating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Norman Jepsen, Heinz-Adolf Müller, Joachim Immekus
  • Patent number: 8217377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for measuring the width (B) and/or the position of a metal strip (2) or a slab, which has at least two measuring systems (3, 4), with each located on a side (5, 6) of the metal strip (2) or the slab, wherein each measuring system (3, 4) has a sensor (7) designed to detect the lateral end (8, 9) of the metal strip (2). To make the measuring device robust and to enable dynamic measurement, according to the invention the sensor (7) is located on a moving element (10) with which it can be moved in a straight line in a direction (Q) at right angles to the longitudinal direction (L) of the metal strip (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Norman Jepsen, Rolf Franz, Matthias Tuschhoff, Matthias Kipping
  • Publication number: 20120132390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for horizontal casting of a metal band (4). The device thereby comprises a dispensing vessel (3) for a melt (1) and a cooled conveyor belt (6) disposed downstream of the dispensing vessel (3) in the casting direction running between two deflecting rollers (77) and on which the metal band (4) can be transported, and wherein the device comprises at least one roller (8, 889, 9 that can be engaged with the metal band (4) for profiling. Early and therefore improved influence on the profile of a metal band (4), that is, the leader band (4), is made possible by said embodiment and further preferred embodiments of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rolf Franz, Christian Mengel, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Hellfried Eichholz
  • Patent number: 8171982
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a metal strip has solidification section (3) formed as a horizontally extending conveyor element for transporting cast metal in a transport direction (F), a delivery vessel (2) for delivering liquid metal to a first location of the solidification section (3), a delivery vessel (2) for delivering liquid metal to a first location of the solidification section (3); and a device provided at or downstream of a second location spaced from the first location for maintaining a desired tension of a metal strip and including at least one driver (8, 9) for transporting the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Franz, Olaf Norman Jepsen, Christian Mengel, Michael Breuer
  • Publication number: 20110289996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roll stand for rolling a product, in particular made of metal, comprising a pair of first rollers contacted by a pair of second rollers supporting the first rollers, wherein the first roller and the second rollers have an asymmetrical radius curve (CVC grind) relative to a center plane, wherein the radius curve of the first rollers is represented by a polynomial of the third or fifth order. In order to design the wedging of a second roller supporting a first roller such that optimal operating conditions are set, the invention proposes that the radius curve of the second roller is given by a polynomial of the third or fifth order, wherein special relationships are prescribed for the ratios between the coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jürgen Seidel, Olaf Norman Jepsen