ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,423, issued on May 27.
"System and method for improving roll roundness" was invented by Karl Bagdal (Middletown, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, computer program product, and method provide for increased economy in maintaining working and backup rollers that are used to producing sheet metal of uniform thickness. Left and right necks of the roller are supported and rotated. A radial measurement is made of left and right necks to calculate a center of rotation of each neck. Radial positions of reference spheres centered at each end that define a gage reference line (GRL) are measured. Material is removed from the nec...