MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617071517 A) filed by Primetals Technologies Austria Gmbh on June 09, 2026, for Capturing A Surface Structure Of A Driver In A Rolling Mill.
Inventors include Banzirsch, Manuel; Mittlbck, Simon; Ostheimer, Pascal; Pichler, Lukas; and Simon, Ezequiel.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a driver (51) and to a method for operating a driver (51) of a rolling mill having a reel, the driver (51) being designed to control the feeding of the rolled material to the reel by means of a driver roll (5, 53, 55) which contacts the rolled material. The driver (51) has a sensor unit (1) for capturing a surface structure of the driver roll (5, 53, 55). The sensor unit (1) comprises a sensor support (9) with a plurality of laser sensors (7) which are designed to each output a divergent laser light beam (23) onto the surface (54, 56) of the driver roll (53, 55) and to receive laser light (29). The driver (5) can have a control unit (11) for capturing the surface structure of the driver roll (53, 55) on the basis of the reflected laser light (29). For the purpose of demounting, the sensor unit (1) can be arranged such that it can be removed from the driver (51) by means of a lifting device or such that it can be laterally led out of the driver (51).
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