Novelis, Inc.

Peter Knelsen

Andrew James Hobbis

Rodger Brown

Antoine Jean Willy Pralong

Natasha Iyer

Jeffrey Edward Geho

William Beck

Hansjuerg Alder

Roberto Quintal

Stephen Lee Mick

Mark Finn

Terry Lee

Robert Bruce Wagstaff

Rajeev G Kamat

David Anthony Gaensbauer

Duane E Bendzinski

Michael R Kosmicki

David Michael Custers

David Skingley Wright

ChangOok Son

Alp Manavbasi

Christophe Besson

John Anthony Hunter

Steven L Mick

Mehdi Shafiei

John A Hunter

A rotating magnet heater for metal products, such as aluminum strip, can include permanent magnet rotors arranged above and below a moving metal strip to induce moving or time varying magnetic fields through the metal strip. The changing magnetic fields can create currents (e.g., eddy currents) within the metal strip, thus heating the metal strip. A magnetic rotor set can include a pair of matched magnetic rotors on opposite sides of a metal strip that rotate at the same speed. Each magnetic rotor of a set can be positioned equidistance from the metal strip to avoid pulling the metal strip away from the passline. A downstream magnetic rotor set can be used in close proximity to an upstream magnetic rotor set to offset tension induced by the upstream magnetic rotor set.

Rotating magnet heat induction

Systems and methods of threading a metal substrate on a rolling mill include receiving a coil of the metal substrate. The method also includes uncoiling the metal substrate from the coil while the coil and guiding the metal substrate to a work stand of the rolling mill with a threading system.

Systems and methods for threading a hot coil on a mill

A substrate (e.g., metal or non-metal sheet) can have multiple textures on a surface of the substrate. The various textures can be impressed or applied on the surface of the substrate by passing the substrate between multiple pairs of work rolls that each include at least one textured work roll for transferring a texture of the work roll onto the surface of the substrate. The pairs of work rolls apply the various textures on the surface of the substrate while maintaining a thickness of the substrate (e.g., with substantially no reduction in a thickness of the substrate). A single pass of the substrate between the pairs of work rolls can allow various different textures, patterns, or features to be applied to the surface of the substrate while the thickness of the substrate remains substantially constant.

Micro-textured surfaces via low pressure rolling

Holding apparatus for testing beverage can ends

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Roswell, GA, United States of America

Peter Knelsen