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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2020
Novelis Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Timothy Francis Stanistreet, Acworth, GA (US);
Mark Finn, Dallas, GA (US);
Renato Rufino Xavier, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Frank Su, Dallas, GA (US);
Louis Mitchell Nazro, Acworth, GA (US);
Tudor Piroteala, Woodstock, GA (US);
Samuel Robert Wagstaff, Marietta, GA (US);
Barbara Lucille Hyde, Tellico Plains, TN (US);
David Anthony Gaensbauer, Burlington, VT (US);
Sazol Kumar Das, Acworth, GA (US);
Novelis Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system for heat-treating a coil of metal can include a furnace, an unwinding system, and a quenching system. The furnace may receive the coil of metal and elevate a temperature of the metal to be within a pre-heated temperature range, such as a homogenizing temperature range or an annealing temperature range. The unwinding system may unwind at least a portion of the coil in a heated state in which the metal is within the pre-heated temperature range or before the metal has cooled past a threshold amount below the pre-heated temperature range. The quenching system may receive the unwound portion of the coil from the unwinding device and reduce a temperature of the unwound portion to a within a quenched temperature range within a predetermined amount of time.