US Patent Issued to Q-TECH on July 21 for "Method and device for measuring the straightness error of bars and tubes" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,388, issued on July 21, was assigned to Q-TECH S.R.L. (Flero, Italy).

"Method and device for measuring the straightness error of bars and tubes" was invented by Luca Fumagalli (Flero, Italy), Paolo Tomassini (Flero, Italy) and Erika Gregorelli (Flero, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a device for measuring straightness errors of elements of elongated shape, such as bars, tubes and the like, comprising a bar supporting system having a plurality of supporting elements, a system for detecting the extension of the longitudinal axis of the bar and a control and data processing unit. Each supporting element (5...