US Patent Issued to SMS group on Aug. 12 for "Method for monitoring and for changing the position of at least one running bar of a metal press, and metal press" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,947, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SMS group GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Method for monitoring and for changing the position of at least one running bar of a metal press, and metal press" was invented by David Husgen (Korschenbroich, Germany) and Michael Busch (Viersen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring and changing the position of at least one component, more particularly a running bar, slidingly guided within a press frame between abutments of the press frame is disclosed. A central alignment of the component within the press frame is continuously measured and the alignment of the component within...