Patents by Inventor Peter Sudau

Peter Sudau 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).

  • Patent number: 11638942
    Abstract: A metallurgical device, in particular a casting installation, rolling mill or strip processing installation, including at least one machine part rotating about an axis, wherein an energy consumer that is in electrical connection with an energy source is arranged in the machine part. To supply the energy consumer with energy on a sustained basis in spite of adverse ambient conditions, the energy source is designed as a generator which is in connection with the rotating machine part for rotation therewith, wherein the generator is otherwise free of any mechanical connection with the metallurgical device and wherein the generator has a housing element, on which at least one eccentric mass arranged at a location that is at a distance radially from the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Alken, Torsten Müller, Peter Sudau
  • Publication number: 20200204039
    Abstract: A metallurgical device, in particular a casting installation, rolling mill or strip processing installation, including at least one machine part rotating about an axis, wherein an energy consumer that is in electrical connection with an energy source is arranged in the machine part. To supply the energy consumer with energy on a sustained basis in spite of adverse ambient conditions, the energy source is designed as a generator which is in connection with the rotating machine part for rotation therewith, wherein the generator is otherwise free of any mechanical connection with the metallurgical device and wherein the generator has a housing element, on which at least one eccentric mass arranged at a location that is at a distance radially from the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes ALKEN, Torsten MÜLLER, Peter SUDAU
  • Patent number: 10215510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing heated material (1), wherein the material is guided along a conveying path and is covered and protected against heat loss in the region of the conveying path by at least one reflector element (2), wherein the reflector element (2) is cooled by means of a liquid. According to the invention, in order to guarantee efficient cooling of the reflector without costly measures, the liquid is glycol or comprises glycol or the liquid is alcohol or comprises alcohol or the liquid is thermal oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Peter Sudau, Denis Anders, Johannes Alken, Matthias Kipping
  • 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: 9694405
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hot-rolling mill comprising a finishing train (1) for finishing rolling stock, in particular a strip, the finishing train (1) comprising a number of rolling stands (2, 3, 4) which follow one another in a conveying direction (F) of the rolling stock. According to the invention, in order to improve the rolling force level during finishing, there is disposed at least between two rolling stands (2, 3, 4), following one another in the conveying direction (F), at least one heat-insulating element (5) by means of which the rolling stock can be protected from heat losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Volker Kunze, Matthias Kipping, Peter Sudau
  • Publication number: 20160282063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing heated material (1), wherein the material is guided along a conveying path and is covered and protected against heat loss in the region of the conveying path by at least one reflector element (2), wherein the reflector element (2) is cooled by means of a liquid. According to the invention, in order to guarantee efficient cooling of the reflector without costly measures, the liquid is glycol or comprises glycol or the liquid is alcohol or comprises alcohol or the liquid is thermal oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Peter Sudau, Denis Anders, Johannes Alken, Matthias Kipping
  • Patent number: 9364878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a computer program and a rolling mill train for cold rolling a metal strip (200). In order to achieve a shortening of undesired off-gauge lengths, the method according to the invention provides that the head (210) of the metal strip (200) already undergoes a thickness reduction at the first active rolling stand (n) in the rolling mill train, and then is transported on to the next rolling stand, in order to undergo a further thickness reduction there. The method according to the invention also provides for further reducing the initial pass thickness at the n-th rolling stand in accordance with the tensile stress that has built up in the meantime between the n+1-th and the n-th rolling stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ritter, Peter Sudau, Markus Koch
  • Patent number: 9358598
    Abstract: A method for drying a strip (3) or sheet metal that runs through a rolling mill is characterized in that the strip (3) or the sheet metal is cooled to a lower temperature in a cooling section by means of a coolant, in particular a cooling liquid, down-stream of a hot strip mill (1) or, in case of sheet metal, after passing through at least one roll stand (2), and in that the coolant, in particular the cooling liquid, and subsequently the moisture remaining on the strip (3) or the sheet metal is removed from the strip (3) or sheet metal by means of a drying apparatus (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Seidel, Peter Sudau, Joachim Ohlert, Ralf Wachsmann, Uwe Baumgärtel
  • Publication number: 20160082490
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hot-rolling mill comprising a finishing train (1) for finishing rolling stock, in particular a strip, the finishing train (1) comprising a number of rolling stands (2, 3, 4) which follow one another in a conveying direction (F) of the rolling stock. According to the invention, in order to improve the rolling force level during finishing, there is disposed at least between two rolling stands (2, 3, 4), following one another in the conveying direction (F), at least one heat-insulating element (5) by means of which the rolling stock can be protected from heat losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Volker Kunze, Matthias Kipping, Peter Sudau
  • 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: 9242293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a metal strip (1) in a plant, comprising a continuous casting plant (2), a first furnace (3), a second furnace (4) and an adjoining rolling mill (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Peter Sudau
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150034268
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a metal strip (1) in a plant, comprising a continuous casting plant (2), a first furnace (3), a second furnace (4) and an adjoining rolling mill (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Peter Sudau
  • Publication number: 20140298877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a computer program and a rolling mill train for cold rolling a metal strip (200). In order to achieve a shortening of undesired off-gauge lengths, the method according to the invention provides that the head (210) of the metal strip (200) already undergoes a thickness reduction at the first active rolling stand (n) in the rolling mill train, and then is transported on to the next rolling stand, in order to undergo a further thickness reduction there. The method according to the invention also provides for further reducing the initial pass thickness at the n-th rolling stand in accordance with the tensile stress that has built up in the meantime between the n+1-th and the n-th rolling stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ritter, Peter Sudau, Markus Koch
  • Patent number: 8544526
    Abstract: Energy is recovered from steel products produced in a steel mill where the products are transported into a storage area by first extracting heat from the steel products prior to or after transport into the storage area by heat exchangers for a predetermined period in which residual heat of the steel products is transferred by the heat exchangers into a heat-transfer medium to heat same. The heated transfer medium is then transferred via heat-transfer transport lines for power generation or for direct use of the process heat in other heat consumers. This transport of the heat-transfer medium from the heat exchangers to the power-generating plant in the heat-transfer transport lines is carried out only at pump feed pressure or using as a heat-transfer medium liquid mineral or synthetic thermal oil or a salt melt so as not to build up a steam pressure above 2 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Peter Sudau, Juergen Seidel, Horst Gaertner, Axel Stavenow
  • Patent number: 8499821
    Abstract: A method for the detection and classification of surface defects on continuously cast products using topographical information about the appearance of continuously cast surface defects and/or flaws are determined with respect to their exact position, evaluated with respect to their location and dimensions, and eliminated in accordance with the evaluation prior to further machining of the product, or are prevented by optimizing the process. The defects and/or flaws on the slab surface of the continuously cast preliminary product are detected and are stored with respect to their exact position and a detection of defects and/or flaws on the finished product is carried out and stored with respect to their exact position, and in that the information from the preliminary product is then compared with the information from the surface inspection on the finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag AG
    Inventors: Dieter Rosenthal, Stephan Schulze, Ingo Schuster, Peter Sudau, Rainer Fackert, Andreas Weinert, Wilfried Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20120118526
    Abstract: In hot strip plants, after casting, the residual heat of a partial quantity of the slabs has hitherto been used such that the slabs either are directly rolled or are placed warm or hot in the furnace. The remaining slabs normally cool after casting in a hall through which flows air and are stacked before their further transport. The same applies to the residual heat present in the coils after winding, which often cool in the coil-storage area in air. The cooling energy of the continuous-casting plant likewise escapes unused into the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Sudau, Juergen Seidel, Horst Gaertner, Axel Stavenow
  • Publication number: 20110302981
    Abstract: Disclosed is a strip coiler for coiling a metal strip (20), comprising a coiling mandrel (21), pressing rollers (26) associated with the coiling mandrel (21), and adjustable deflection shells (28) for pressing the leading edge (24) of the metal strip (20) against the coiling mandrel (21). The disclosed strip coiler is characterized in that at least one of the deflection shells (28) has a tip (22) which is adjustable relative to the deflection shell (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Kipping, Helmut Höfer, Reinhard Irle, Uwe Raschke, Heinz-Adolf Müller, Peter Sudau, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20110247380
    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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Olaf Norman Jepsen, Peter Sudau, Christian Mengel
  • Publication number: 20110162424
    Abstract: A method for drying a strip (3) or sheet metal that runs through a rolling mill is characterized in that the strip (3) or the sheet metal is cooled to a lower temperature in a cooling section by means of a coolant, in particular a cooling liquid, down-stream of a hot strip mill (1) or, in case of sheet metal, after passing through at least one roll stand (2), and in that the coolant, in particular the cooling liquid, and subsequently the moisture remaining on the strip (3) or the sheet metal is removed from the strip (3) or sheet metal by means of a drying apparatus (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jürgen Seidel, Peter Sudau, Joachim Ohlert, Ralf Wachsmann, Uwe Baumgärtel