US Patent Issued to ArcelorMittal on July 29 for "Method for scheduling production on a continuous galvanizing line" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,769, issued on July 29, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Method for scheduling production on a continuous galvanizing line" was invented by Diego Diaz Fidalgo (Aviles Asturias, Spain), Silvino Fernandez Alzueta (Aviles Asturias, Spain), Segundo Alvarez Garcia (Aviles Asturias, Spain) and David Mendez Heres (Aviles Asturias, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for setting the production schedule of a multiplicity of galvanized coils of metallic strip on a continuous galvanizing line is provided, the method including the steps of evaluating, for each possible combination of two uncoated coils, the impact of the tr...