US Patent Issued to Forge Pat on Nov. 25 for "Billet rolling mill equipped with a manipulator subassembly and method for controlling such a rolling mill" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,017, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Forge Pat GmbH (Reinach BL, Switzerland).

"Billet rolling mill equipped with a manipulator subassembly and method for controlling such a rolling mill" was invented by Guy Vinzant (Manigod, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The billet rolling mill comprises two rolls for shaping a blank, each shaping roll being provided with at least one rolling tool and being rotated about an axis of rotation by a drive motor, and a manipulator subassembly for moving the blank with respect to the shaping rolls. The manipulator subassembly comprises a clamp gripping the blank and a carriage moving the clamp ...