US Patent Issued to The Material Works on Sept. 30 for "Descaling cell component and method" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,562, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to The Material Works Ltd. (Red Bud, Ill.).

"Descaling cell component and method" was invented by Ryan Cantrell (Red Bud, Ill.), Alan Mueth (Red Bud, Ill.), Tim Voss (Red Bud, Ill.) and Kevin Voges (Red Bud, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for descaling a sheet of metal include first and second descaling components that each have a only one motor driven slurry propelling impeller mounted on a top and bottom of an enclosure. The top and bottom mounted impellers of the first component are configured to propel slurry onto a sheet of metal passing through the enclosure across the entire...