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The BFI at present holds around 50 national and international patents. The following list shows some of the topics and current licensees:
Shapemeter for cold rolling mills
- Achenbach Buschhütten GmbH, Kreuztal, Germany
- Kobe Steel, Ltd., Rolling Mill & System Dept., Takasago-Shi, Hyogo-Ken, Japan
- Siemens AG, I&S MP 7 CM, Erlangen, Germany
- SMS Demag AG, Düsseldorf and Hilchenbach, Germany
- Sundwig GmbH, Hemer, Germany
- Friedrich Vollmer Feinmessgerätebau GmbH, Hagen, Germany
Flatness control system
- BEA Elektronik und Automation GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Siemens AG, I&S MP 7 CM, Erlangen, Germany
- Sundwig GmbH, Hemer, Germany
Process optimisation system for cold rolling reversing mills
- Sundwig GmbH, Hemer, Germany
Flatness optimisation system for slit strip rolling
- Sundwig GmbH, Hemer, Germany
- Friedrich Vollmer Feinmessgerätebau GmbH, Hagen, Germany
System for eliminating longbow, crossbow and strip sabre through pure bending energy (SBC)
- Sundwig GmbH, Hemer, Germany
TopPlan® optical flatness measurement system for hot strip and plate
- IMS Messsysteme GmbH, Heiligenhaus, Germany
Degassing model for the ladle tank degassing process
- SMS Mevac GmbH, Essen, Germany
On-line roughness measurement system
- MESACON Messelektronik GmbH, Dresden, Germany
Contactless internal and external inspection system for detecting bar and rod defects
- Agfa NDT GmbH, Hürth, Germany
Contactless internal and external inspection system for detecting steel and NF metal strip de-fects
- IMS Messsysteme GmbH, Heiligenhaus, Germany
- NDT Systems and Services, Stutensee, Germany
Technique for heating a fuel-fired industrial furnace and, for this, a modular regenerator-burner system
- Maerz-Gautschi Industrieofenanagen GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany and Tägerwilen, Switzerland
Heat recovery device
- G. Kromschröder AG, Osnabrück, Germany
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