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(43) Date of publication: 04.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/49 (21) Application number: 22843963.4 (22) Date of filing: 30.11.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B21B 37/00(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B21B 37/00; B21B 37/38; B21B 37/58; B21B 37/68; B21B 2261/04; B21B 2261/06; B21B 2261/20; B21B 2263/02; B21B 2263/04; B21B 2265/12; B21B 2269/04; B21B 2271/02; B21B 2275/04; B21B 2275/06 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/080661 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/146701 (03.08.2023 Gazette 2023/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 27.01.2022 US 202263267206 P (71) Applicant: Novelis Inc. Atlanta, GA 30326 (US)	(72) Inventors: PORTO, Luiz Augusto Leal Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US) MORAES, Tiago Sanini Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US) ANDRADE, Matheus Parreiras Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US) OLIVEIRA, Thiago Mikail Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US) AMARAL, Wilber Delbrison Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US) (74) Representative: Weickmann & Weickmann PartmbB  Postfach 860 820 81635 München 81635 München (DE)