IPC Main Group
B21B 37/00 Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- Subclass:
- ROLLING OF METAL
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21B 37/16 Control of thickness, width, diameter or other transverse dimensions
- B21B 37/28 Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates
- B21B 37/46 Roll speed or drive motor control
- B21B 37/48 Tension control; Compression control
- B21B 37/56 Elongation control
- B21B 37/58 Roll-force control; Roll-gap control
- B21B 37/68 Camber or steering control for strip, sheets or plates, e.g. preventing meandering
- B21B 37/7 Length control
- B21B 37/72 Rear end control; Front end control
- B21B 37/74 Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product
- B21B 37/78 Control of tube rolling
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