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- Patent Title: Incremental rotary rolling mill and method
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Application No.: US16341163Application Date: 2017-10-06
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Publication No.: US11077477B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Qiang Zeng , Kornel Ehmann , Man Kwan Ng , Jian Cao
- Applicant: Northwestern University
- Applicant Address: US IL Evanston
- Assignee: Northwestern University
- Current Assignee: Northwestern University
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Evanston
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- International Application: PCT/US2017/055615 WO 20171006
- International Announcement: WO2018/071306 WO 20180419
- Main IPC: B21B1/20
- IPC: B21B1/20 ; B21B37/46 ; B21B19/06 ; B21B35/06 ; B21B39/02

Abstract:
A rolling mill system for Incremental rotary shaping of an elongated workpiece is provided that includes first and second workpiece holders. A support frame has a track with the first and second workpiece holders being movably associated with the track, the workpiece holders and an associated workpiece being movable in unison along the track. A radial chuck is mounted to the frame that includes a plurality of jaws that are movable radially inwardly and outwardly. Each jaw has a tool mounted thereto that is rotatable about an axis of rotation, with the axis of rotation of each tool being oriented at a skew angle relative to the longitudinal axis of a workpiece. A source of electric current and an electrically conductive flow path are provided for flowing electrical current through a workpiece. A controller is provided that is configured to control the operation of each of the first motor, second motor and third motor, and to control the flow of current flowing through the tools to the workpiece.
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