Patents by Inventor Pawel B. Gebski

Pawel B. Gebski 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).

  • System and method for the acoustic monitoring of tapblocks and similar elements
    Patent number: 7783436
    Abstract: Some metallurgical furnaces have a tapblock that is blocked during operation of the furnace. The tapblock may be opened by lancing, drilling, tapping or by other methods to release metal from the furnace. By monitoring acoustic emissions during the opening process, feedback may be provided to improve the opening process and to avoid excessive damage to the tapblock, the cooling elements, a refractory lining of the tapblock or other elements of the metallurgical furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Hatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Afshin Sadri, Pawel B. Gebski, Bert O. Wasmund, Nils W. Voermann
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF TAPBLOCKS AND SIMILAR ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20090093978
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate to systems and methods for acoustic monitoring of metallurgical furnace cooling elements. Some metallurgical furnaces have a tapblock that is blocked during operation of the furnace. The tapblock may be opened by lancing, drilling, tapping or by other means to release metal from the furnace. By monitoring acoustic emissions during the opening process, feedback may be provided to improve the opening process and to avoid excessive damage to the tapblock, the cooling elements, a refractory lining of the tapblock or other elements of the metallurgical furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Afshin Sadri, Pawel B. Gebski, Bert O. Wasmund, Nils W. Voermann