US Patent Issued to NOVELIS on Feb. 4 for "Systems and methods for controlling conveyors during casting" (Washington, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,968, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NOVELIS INC. (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for controlling conveyors during casting" was invented by John Robert Buster McCallum (Spokane, Wash.), John S. Tingey (Rathdrum, Idaho) and William M. Betts (Liberty Lake, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal casting system includes a master conveyor, a slave conveyor, a cutting device, and a control system. The master conveyor includes a first belt and a first motor, and the slave conveyor is separated from the master conveyor and includes a second belt and a second motor. The cutting device is between the master conveyor and the slave convey...