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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Stefan Kirchhoff, Dortmund, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Kirchhoff, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
Speciality Minerals (Michigan) Inc., Bingham Farms, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 7/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for optimizing the forging of a workpiece that is moved along a longitudinal axis of a forging press. The method includes detecting the relative positions of the first and second ends of the workpiece along the longitudinal axis and calculating a length of the workpiece therebetween.