MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517075340 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Aug. 7, for 'method for determining slab length and charging position of slab in walking beam furnace.'

Inventor(s) include Ogasahara Tomoyoshi; Shingaki Yukihiro; Akazawa Takahiro; Kubomura Ryota; Harada Yushi; Takata Masaaki; and Fukunaga Takayuki.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The method for determining slab length and charging position of the slab in a walking beam furnace determines the slab length and the charging position of the slab, so as to minimize an evaluati...