Patents by Inventor Samuel WALTER

Samuel WALTER 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).

  • Optimization of a sequence of strips to be pickled, on the basis of modelling of a pickling line
    Patent number: 11053596
    Abstract: Pickling a plurality of steel strips (2) having initial material properties (ME) on a pickling line: A computer (5) defines a number of sequences (Gi), which each contain the number of strips (2) to be pickled. For each of the defined sequences (Gi), the computer (5) determines an optimized mode of operation of the pickling line and, on the basis of the mode of operation, at least one measure (M), by means of a model (9) of the pickling line based on mathematical physical equations and by using the initial material properties (ME) of the strips. As long as a termination criterion (K) is not met, the computer (5) varies the defined sequences (Gi) and determines respective optimized modes of operation of the pickling line and associated measures (M) anew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Thekale, Samuel Walter
  • OPTIMIZATION OF A SEQUENCE OF STRIPS TO BE PICKLED, ON THE BASIS OF MODELLING OF A PICKLING LINE
    Publication number: 20170044676
    Abstract: Pickling a plurality of steel strips (2) having initial material properties (ME) on a pickling line: A computer (5) defines a number of sequences (Gi), which each contain the number of strips (2) to be pickled. For each of the defined sequences (Gi), the computer (5) determines an optimized mode of operation of the pickling line and, on the basis of the mode of operation, at least one measure (M), by means of a model (9) of the pickling line based on mathematical physical equations and by using the initial material properties (ME) of the strips. As long as a termination criterion (K) is not met, the computer (5) varies the defined sequences (Gi) and determines respective optimized modes of operation of the pickling line and associated measures (M) anew.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander THEKALE, Samuel WALTER