Novelis, Inc.

David Edward Gantzer

Robert Bruce Wagstaff

David Anthony Gaensbauer

Andrew James Hobbis

Rodger Brown

Antoine Jean Willy Pralong

David Skingley Wright

Timothy Francis Stanistreet

Carlos Eboli

Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane

Robert William Mallory

Renato Rufino Xavier

Curtis Eddie

James Charles Riggs

Frank Su

Louis Mitchell Nazro

Timothy F Stanistreet

A non-contact heating apparatus uses a series of rotating magnets to heat, levitate, and/or move metal articles therethrough. A first series of rotating magnets heats the metal article to a desired temperature. A second series of rotating magnets levitates the metal article within the heating apparatus and maintains desired tension in the metal article, including urging the metal article through the heating apparatus. The heating apparatus can extend sufficiently far to soak the metal article at the desired temperature for a desired duration. The rotating magnets can be positioned outside of an electrically non-conductive, heat resistant chamber filled with an inert or mildly reactive gas, through which the metal article passes in the heating apparatus.

Magnetic levitation heating of metal with controlled surface quality

Provided herein are systems and methods for containing a viscous material, such as coolant, applied to cool a roll or a roll processed engineering material such as a metal strip. In particular, a viscous material containment system can include a housing, a viscous material delivery system, a plurality of movable seals and a plurality of gas delivery devices. A method for cooling a roll can include applying a vicious material, such as coolant, to the roll and containing the viscous material on the roll using the viscous material containment system. In some cases, the viscous material containment system can be used to facilitate removal of the viscous material from the roll.

Systems and methods for cooling a roll in metal processing

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Woodstock, GA, United States of America

David Edward Gantzer