US Patent Issued to ArcelorMittal on Sept. 30 for "Continuous caster to cast a metal product" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,567, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Continuous caster to cast a metal product" was invented by Thomas Brullot (Rombas, France), Thomas Lavalard (Metz, France), Jean-Marc Hemmen (Verny, France) and Jean-Noel Fouligny (Norroy-les-pont-a-Mousson, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous caster to cast a metal product has a plurality of upper and lower segment frames bearing rolls, the upper and lower segment frames being located respectively above and below the cast metal product. At least one bending measurer is located on at least one of the upper segment frames and able to emit a bending m...