Patent assignee · FR · COMPANY

SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES SAS

42Patents
35Active
42Granted
51Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 12, 2002 → Oct 12, 2010 · 31 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7832241B2 Device and method for aligning the input apparatusses and the channels in a rolling stand Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Active
US8445811B2 Device for the weld joining of sheet metal strips Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US7481089B2 Method for increasing the range of production of a metal product rolling installation and installation therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US7302820B2 Method for changing the configuration of a rolling mill and advanced rolling mill for carrying out said method Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US8474382B2 System and method for guiding a galvanizing product wiping device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US7475581B2 Method of increasing the control precision of the path of a product in a levelling machine with interlocking rollers, and levelling installation used to implement same Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US7623226B2 Optical method and device for detecting surface and structural defects of a travelling hot product Physics 4 Active
US8464654B2 Hot-dip galvanizing installation for steel strip Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US8966951B2 Spraying method and device for a rolling plant Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8127580B2 Method for levelling a flat product in strip or sheet form in a levelling machine with intermeshed rolls and levelling installation therefore Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US7454938B2 Method and device for rolling up a strip Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US8020417B2 Method and device for controlling a rolled product thickness at a tandem rolling mill exit Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7748247B2 Regulating flatness of a metal strip at the output of a roll housing Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8635969B2 Device for guiding a metal strip immersed in a liquid metal bath Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US8609192B2 Method and device for controlling oxidizing-reducing of the surface of a steel strip running continuously through a radiant tubes furnace for its galvanizing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US9126250B2 Leveling machine with multiple rollers Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8834636B2 Apparatus and method for the continuous pickling of steel strip Physics 2 Active
US7503680B2 Striplight and system with high-power light-emitting diodes for an automatic fault detection system Physics 2 Active
US8479366B2 Method for changing a roller in a roll mill for a continuously running steel strip Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8210013B2 Method of managing cylinders in a rolling facility and installation for implementing same Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7820938B2 Butt welding method of two sheet metals in a continuous line processing installation Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US9162270B2 Method for modifying the distance between the rollers of a leveling machine, leveling machine, and apparatus for implementing said method Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US7341218B2 Cooled mandrel for winding a strip product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7654161B2 Method and device of inspection of a rolled band Physics 1 Active
US7970202B2 Method and arrangement for detecting surface and structural defects of a long moving product Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.