Novelis, Inc.

Renato Rufino Xavier

David Anthony Gaensbauer

Sazol Kumar Das

Samuel Robert Wagstaff

Michael R Kosmicki

Tudor Piroteala

David Skingley Wright

Timothy Francis Stanistreet

Carlos Eboli

Robert William Mallory

Mark Finn

Young Taeg Park

Francisco Carvalho

Curtis Eddie

Timothy F Stanistreet

David Edward Gantzer

Louis Mitchell Nazro

Felipe Mappa Franca Rocha

Rajbir Bal

Paul Blain Harlan

Stephan Haertel

Roberto Armbrust De Freitas Quintal

Luiz Alberto Murad Veiga

James Charles Riggs

Frank Su

Adriano Manuel Ferreira

Barbara Lucille Hyde

A strip of metal entering or exiting a mill can be redirected about a roller so as to define an angled segment of the strip of metal, with the angled segment extending away from the roller and arranged at an angle relative to the roller. The angled segment can be connected with a coil that is rotated about a mandrel such that a magnitude of the angle of the angled segment changes as the coil is enlarged or reduced by the rotating of the mandrel. A sensor of a surface inspection system can detect a characteristic of a surface of the strip of metal in the angled segment or in the coil. The sensor can be robotically moved to modify a distance and/or an orientation of the sensor of the surface inspection system relative to the surface.

Robotic surface inspection adjacent or in a coil around a mandrel

Provided herein are systems and methods for containing a viscous material, such as a coolant, on a roll and/or a roll processed engineering material (e.g., a metal strip). In particular, a viscous material containment system can include a movable seal and a gas delivery device. A method for cooling a roll can include applying a viscous material, such as a 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 and/or the roll processed engineering material.

Systems and methods for containing viscous materials in roll processing

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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Kennesaw, GA, United States of America

Renato Rufino Xavier