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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Primetals Technologies Usa Llc, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Morgan, Neath Port Talbot, GB;
Matthew D. Palfreman, Charlton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Primetals Technologies USA LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21C 37/04 (2006.01); B21B 1/16 (2006.01); B21B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21C 37/045 (2013.01); B21B 1/16 (2013.01); B21B 15/0007 (2013.01); B21B 2015/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed within is a slit section pass formation unit having a pair of rolls and a de-ribbing means, where the pair of rolls has a roll profile configured to produce a pair of slit rods with symmetrical dimensions, the pair of slit rods connected via a rib, and the de-ribbing means to remove the rib in its entirety forming a first slit rod and a second slit rod.