US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "Method for machining a metal cast strand of round cross-section by reducing the cross-section in the final solidification region" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,786, issued on Jan. 13.

"Method for machining a metal cast strand of round cross-section by reducing the cross-section in the final solidification region" was invented by Robert Koppensteiner (Steyr, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system described herein relates to working a metal casting strand that is round in cross-section, by reducing the cross-section in the final solidification region with the aid of at least three forming tools which are distributed around the circumference and act simultaneously on the casting strand. In order to provide advantageous working conditions, the casting strand is formed by forging tool...