US Patent Issued to CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBL on May 12 for "Method for manufacturing a work roll by laser cladding" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,303, issued on May 12, was assigned to CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBL (Brussels).

"Method for manufacturing a work roll by laser cladding" was invented by Gisele Walmag (Tilff, Belgium), Gregory Esser (Limbourg, Belgium) and Mario Sinnaeve (Merdorp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a hot rolling mill roll by laser cladding a reusable steel axe substrate having a rotational symmetry axis with a metal coating external layer, the metal coating external layer having a work tool steel composition, the method including: rotating the reusable substrate around the rotational symmetry axis; effecting ...