B21B ROLLING OF METAL
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- Subclass:
- ROLLING OF METAL
Description
B21B covers mechanical metal-working processes that reduce, shape, or flatten metal stock through rolling operations, without substantially removing material. This subclass encompasses hot rolling, cold rolling, and warm rolling of various metal forms including ingots, slabs, blooms, and finished products, as well as the associated machinery, rollers, roll stands, and control systems. Typical applications include production of sheets, plates, strips, bars, wire, and tubes through successive passes between rotating rolls. Related ancillary operations such as guide systems, cooling, lubrication, and straightening integrated into the rolling process are included, while B21C and subsequent B21 subclasses separately cover other deformation processes like drawing, forging, and stamping.
Additional Content
Processes for changing of physical properties of metals ,
Related Keywords
26 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21B 1/00 Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
- B21B 11/00 Subsidising the rolling processes by subjecting rollers or work to vibrations
- B21B 13/00 Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories
- B21B 15/00 Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B 17/00 Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling
- B21B 19/00 Tube-rolling by rollers arranged outside the work and having their axes not perpendicular to the axis of the work
- B21B 21/00 Pilgrim-step tube-rolling
- B21B 23/00 Tube-rolling not restricted to methods provided for in only one of groups , e.g. combined processes
- B21B 25/00 Mandrels for metal tube rolling mills, e.g. mandrels of the types used in the methods covered by group; Accessories or auxiliary means therefor
- B21B 27/00 Rolls; Lubricating, cooling or heating rolls while in use
- B21B 28/00 Maintaining rolls or rolling equipment in effective condition
- B21B 29/00 Counter-pressure devices acting on rolls to inhibit deflection of same under load, e.g. backing rolls
- B21B 3/00 Rolling materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special rolling methods or sequences
- B21B 31/00 Rolling stand structures; Mounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
- B21B 33/00 Safety devices not otherwise provided for; Breaker blocks; Devices for freeing jammed rolls
- B21B 35/00 Drives for metal-rolling mills
- B21B 37/00 Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
- B21B 38/00 Methods or devices for measuring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the product
- B21B 39/00 Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B 41/00 Guiding, conveying, or accumulating easily-flexible work, e.g. wire, sheet metal bands, in loops or curves; Loop lifters
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL 2,318
- JFE STEEL JP 2,294
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 2,083
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 1,650
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,631
- SMS GROUP DE 1,472
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 1,181
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,079
- ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE 984
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 980