US Patent Issued to SMS group on Sept. 2 for "Method for automatically calibrating vertical rollers of a vertical roller frame and calibration arrangement for carrying out said method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,515, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SMS group GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Method for automatically calibrating vertical rollers of a vertical roller frame and calibration arrangement for carrying out said method" was invented by Stefan Wendt (Hilchenbach, Germany) and Ralf Setzer (Hilchenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the automatic calibration of vertical rolls of a vertical rolling stand, each of which is supported in a vertical roll unit which is adjustable with respect to a predetermined center line of a plurality of components arranged in a rolling train, including the steps of a) moving the vertic...