Patents by Inventor Stefan GILGES
Stefan GILGES 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).
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Patent number: 10988829Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the manufacture of nickel alloys having optimized strip weldability (TIG without filler) from an alloy of the following composition (in wt %): C max. 0.05%, Co max. 2.5%, Ni the rest, especially >35-75.5%, Mn max. 1.0%, Si max. 0.5%, Mo >2 to 23%, P max. 0.2%, S max. 0.05%, N up to 0.2%, Cu ?1.0%, Fe >0 to ?7.0%, Ti >0 to <2.5%, Al >0 to 0.5%, Cr >14 to <25%, V max. 0.5%, W up to 3.5%, Mg up to 0.2%, Ca up to 0.02%, in that the alloy is smelted openly and cast as ingots, the ingots are subjected if necessary to at least one heat treatment, the ingots are then remelted at least one time by electroslag refining, the remelted ingot obtained in this way is subjected if necessary to at least one heat treatment, the ingot is subjected to at least one cold and/or hot deformation cycle, until strip material of predeterminable material thickness exists, the strip material is subdivided into strip sections of defined lengths/widths.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: VDM Metals International GmbHInventors: Martin Wolf, Stefan Gilges, Jens Koepernik
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Patent number: 10923248Abstract: A method for producing a metal film from an over 50% nickel alloy melts more than one ton of the alloy in a furnace, followed by VOD or VLF system treatment, then pouring off to form a pre-product, followed by re-melting by VAR and/or ESU. The pre-product is annealed 1-300 hours between 800 and 1350° C. under air or protection gas, then hot-formed between 1300 and 600° C., such that the pre-product then has 1-100 mm thickness after the forming and is not recrystallized, recovered, and/or (dynamically) recrystallized having a grain size below 300 ?m. The pre-product is pickled, then cold-formed to produce a film having 10-600 ?m end thickness and a deformation ratio greater than 90%. The film is cut into 5-300 mm strips, annealed 1 second to 5 hours under protection gas between 600 and 1200° C. in a continuous furnace, then recrystallized to have a high cubic texture proportion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: VDM Metals International GmbHInventors: Nicole De Boer, Stefan Gilges, Heike Hattendorf, Andreas Heckmann
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Patent number: 10676808Abstract: A method for producing a metal film from an over 50% nickel alloy melts more than one ton of the alloy in a furnace, followed by VOD or VLF system treatment, then pouring off to form a pre-product, followed by re-melting by VAR and/or ESU. The pre-product is annealed 1-300 hours between 800 and 1350° C. under air or protection gas, then hot-formed between 1300 and 600° C., such that the pre-product then has 1-100 mm thickness after the forming and is not recrystallized, recovered, and/or (dynamically) recrystallized having a grain size below 300 ?m. The pre-product is pickled, then cold-formed to produce a film having 10-600 ?m end thickness and a deformation ratio greater than 90%. The film is cut into 5-300 mm strips annealed 1 second to 5 hours under protection gas between 600 and 1200° C. in a continuous furnace, then recrystallized to have a high cubic texture proportion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: VDM METALS GMBHInventors: Nicole De Boer, Stefan Gilges, Karl-Heinz Appel, Zuelfuekil Tas
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Publication number: 20190284662Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the manufacture of nickel alloys having optimized strip weldability (TIG without filler) from an alloy of the following composition (in wt%): C max. 0.05%, Co max. 2.5%, Ni the rest, especially >35 - 75.5%, Mn max. 1.0%, Si max. 0.5%, Mo >2 to 23%, P max. 0.2%, S max. 0.05%, N up to 0.2%, Cu 1.0%, Fe >0 to <7.0%, Ti >0 to <2.5%, Al >0 to 0.5%, Cr >14 to <25%, V max. 0.5%, W up to 3.5%, Mg up to 0.2%, Ca up to 0.02%, in that the alloy is smelted openly and cast as ingots, the ingots are subjected if necessary to at least one heat treatment, the ingots are then remelted at least one time by electroslag refining, the remelted ingot obtained in this way is subjected if necessary to at least one heat treatment, the ingot is subjected to at least one cold and/or hot deformation cycle, until strip material of predeterminable material thickness exists, the strip material is subdivided into strip sections of defined lengths/widths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: VDM Metals International GmbHInventors: Martin WOLF, Stefan GILGES, Jens KOEPERNIK
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Publication number: 20160083827Abstract: A method for producing a metal film composed of an alloy having more than 50% nickel (a) melts the alloy in amounts of more than one ton in a vacuum induction furnace, or openly in an induction or arc furnace, followed by treatment in a VOD or VLF installation, (b) the alloy is cast into blocks, electrodes or as continuous casting to form a pre-product, (c) the pre-product is annealed if necessary at temperatures between 800° C.-1350° C. for 1-300 hours under air or protective gas, and (d) hot rolled between 1300° C.-600° C. to reduce the thickness of the starting material by a factor of 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: VDM Metals GmbHInventors: Nicole DE BOER, Stefan GILGES, Karl-Heinz APPEL, Zuelfuekil TAS
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Publication number: 20160071632Abstract: A method for producing a metal film from an alloy having more than 50% nickel includes the following steps: (a) the alloy is melted in volumes of more than one ton in a vacuum induction furnace, or open in an induction or arc furnace, followed by treatment in a VOD or VLF system, (b) the alloy is then poured off in blocks, electrodes or as continuous casting to form a pre-product, followed by single or multiple re-melting by VAR and/or ESU (c) the pre-product is then annealed between 800 and 1350° C. for 1-300 hours under air or protection gas, (d) the pre-product is then hot-formed between 1300 and 600° C. to reduce the thickness of the input material by the factor 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: VDM METALS GMBHInventors: Nicole DE BOER, Stefan GILGES, Heike HATTENDORF, Andreas HECKMANN
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Patent number: 5153139Abstract: Measurements of acids in air can be greatly falsified by the content of carbon dioxide in the air in spite of the low solubility of carbon dioxide in water and its low dissociation constant. When the measurements are made after a simple absorption of the acid residues in the air in an absorption solution. The air separated from the absorption solution on its way to measurement is cleaned of carbon dioxide by exposure to silica gel and soda-lime and then is used to clean the absorption solution of carbon dioxide in a similar exposure of air to the liquid. The measurement of the acidity of the solution thus cleaned of carbon dioxide provides reliable measurements of strong acid residues in air and can be carried out on a continuous basis.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1991Date of Patent: October 6, 1992Assignee: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbHInventors: Andreas Volz-Thomas, Andreas Vetter, Stefan Gilge, Dieter Kley
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Patent number: 5098848Abstract: Air containing water-soluble oxidizing agents, usually predominantly hydrogen peroxide, is exposed in concurrent flow to water that may be acidified if the air contains interfering acidic reducing agents such as sulfur dioxide. After that exposure the gas is separated from the liquid and, if the stripping liquid has been acidified, it is then neutralized. The neutral stripping liquid containing the oxidizing agents is mixed and then reacted with an iodide solution in the presence of a catalyst, after which the reaction products are passed, as the cathode solution, through an electrochemical concentration cell which has an anode chamber filled with a concentrated iodide solution as an anode solution.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1990Date of Patent: March 24, 1992Assignee: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbHInventors: Dieter Kley, Stefan Gilge, Jelena Jeftic, Andreas Volz-Thomas