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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7117707 | Apparatus and method for thermomechanically forming an aluminide part of a workpiece A method of thermomechanically forming an aluminide part of a workpiece resistively heats at least a portion of the aluminide part, plastically deforms the heated portion of the aluminide part to a predetermined shape by applying pressure to the aluminide part posit... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114881 | Method and apparatus for welding pipes together A method of laying a pipeline (6) underwater includes the steps of holding an end of a pipeline (6), providing a pipe section (5) for extending the pipeline (6), arranging the pipe section (5) adjacent to the end of pipeline (6 | 10/03/2006 |
| 7032809 | Seam-welded metal pipe and method of making the same without seam anneal An apparatus and method for making a seam-welded steel pipe free of untempered martensite without seam anneal. The method includes selecting a steel containing a carbon concentration below a predetermined level, for example, 0.14% or 0.12% by weight. The method also... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6831838 | Circuit board assembly for welding power supply A system and method for attaching multiple electrical components to a heat sink is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of spacers for each component. The spacers define a uniform distance between a circuit board and a base of a heat sink. Each spacer is secured... | 12/14/2004 |
| 4905885 | Method and apparatus for forming and welding thin-wall tubing A method and apparatus for forming thin-wall tubing in a funnel die or with a series of sets of forming rollers. The tubing is then welded by a method and apparatus which includes simultaneous guiding of the both the inner and outer peripheries of the tub... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4846389 | Apparatus for guiding can bodies in a laser welding machine An apparatus for guiding can bodies in a laser welding machine is described. The apparatus comprises a water-cooled holding-down shoe (22) with an integrated holding-down roller (24), gas supply (64) and suction extraction (68), the holding-down roller (2... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4828161 | Method and device for manufacturing thin-walled hollow bodies of concentric metal layers A method and device for manufacturing thin-walled hollow bodies comprising concentric layers employs, for thin-walled structural parts of chemical installations subjected to stress at high temperatures, non-layered pipes of single-metal materials. Due to ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4811888 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing small diameter, thick walled, cable sheaths There is disclosed a method and apparatus for manufacturing a small diameter, thick walled, cable sheath by controllably driving a metal strip in a longitudinal direction while it is trimmed and formed into a hollow tubular member; continuously welding th... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4807800 | Method for manufacturing thin-walled hollow bodies of concentric metal layers A method for manufacturing thin-walled hollow bodies comprising concentric layers forming thin-walled structural parts of chemical installations subjected to stress at high temperatures, thereby replacing non-layered pipes of single-metal materials. Due t... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4796798 | Method of and apparatus for continuous production of seam-welded metal tubing An apparatus for continuous production of seam-welded steel tubing is proposed. The apparatus includes a series of shaping rolls for shaping a strip taken out from a strip coil into a tubular intermediate product, the roll series including a finpass roll ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4757935 | Method and device for flushing the inside surface of a pipe in the vicinity of a welded seam Method for flushing the inside surface of a pipe in the vicinity of a welded seam, where a flushing gas is fed to the pipe with laminar flow, characterized by the feature that the laminar flow in the pipe is transformed into a turbulent flow in front of t... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4649258 | Water treatment for water injection plasma arc cutting apparatus The service life of torches used for water injection plasma arc cutting and like water cooled devices is increased by treating cooling and injection water of high dissolved solids content so as to lower the dissolved solids content of the water until its ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4608471 | Impeder with aggregate ferromagnetic core An impeder for use in a mill for roll-forming tubing. The mill includes a feed station for supplying an elongated steel strip in flat form and a station where the strip is transversely bent from its planar condition causing the lateral edges of the strip ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4531035 | Exposed ferrite core impeder In an induction welding process for metal tubing, an impeder having a fiberglass sleeve and an exposed ferrite core is used to concentrate the flow of current along a seam to be welded. The sleeve at its upstream end is connected to a brass fitting which ... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4527033 | Steel pipe welding method An improved welding method for welding an inner seam of a longitudinally welded steel pipe along an inner groove by welding electrodes held by a boom which is supported by a tracing roller moving along the inner groove of the steel pipe. According to the ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4443677 | Induction welding impeder apparatus with fluid cooling A return-flow type impeder assembly useful in induction welding of small tubing wherein the impeder is movably disposed within an enclosure member so that the force of liquid coolant flowing through the assembly between the impeder and enclosure maintain ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4387845 | Method and apparatus for holding and cooling a metal tube during welding The apparatus of the present invention is used for holding and cooling a metal tube during welding. The tube has a cylindrical bore of predetermined diameter extending therethrough. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical mandrel having a bore extending axi... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4379963 | Welding apparatus designed particularly for use within a confined area A confined space welding apparatus which is to interiorly weld a tube to a structure such as a wall of an enlarged chamber. The position of the weld bead is initially determined through a set gage. This set gage is then employed to accurately position the... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4371775 | Method and apparatus for plasma welding The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to perform plasma welding, by providing a cooling water temperature detector at the inlet side of cooling water in the plasma welding torch, controlling the temperature at the inlet side of the cooling wa... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4352001 | Method and apparatus for producing welded metallic can body An improvement in a method for producing a welded metallic can body. The method involves holding and pressing a lap portion of the side marginal portions of a can body-like structure, which has been formed by bending a metal blank into a cylindrical shape... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4326116 | Apparatus for electric resistance heating and cooling tubular workpieces An apparatus comprising a case with a carriage mounted on horizontal guides thereof which carriage supports two brackets provided with contact clamps. Under the brackets there is mounted a bath containing a cooling medium. At least one of the brackets is ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4296300 | Method and device for welding protected metal parts A method and apparatus for welding or brazing of sheetmetal or plate covered with a temperature degradable protective coat, such as zinc or plastic. A cooling saddle supplied with liquid nitrogen is arranged on the side of the plate opposite that adjacent... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4241284 | Electrical contact apparatus for high frequency welding Apparatus for supporting and feeding high frequency electric current to a pair of contacts for engaging a work piece or pieces and supplying current thereto in which a co-axial line has relatively movable inner and outer conductors with a pair of contacts... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4223197 | Method of cooling weld in steel piping and apparatus therefor A method for cooling a weld in steel piping during butt welding with cooling of the inside comprises, after joining of pipe ends by a root pass on the inside, cooling the junction being welded by subsequent passes with injection of a liquid medium at room... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4218604 | Method for welding of austenitic stainless steel piping A method for butt welding of austenitic stainless steel piping with forced cooling of the inside by the flow of a cooling medium comprises the steps of initially welding the pipe ends together by a root pass prior to the inflow of the cooling medium so as... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4152568 | Method of arc welding with reverse side cooling for obtaining highly tough large-diameter welded steel pipes An arc welding method for manufacture of a welded steel pipe wherein the edges of a steel plate bent into a pipe shape are welded together on one side for forming a pipe and then the seam line of the thus formed pipe is welded by a second welding operatio... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4081649 | Seam roller for tube mill A tube mill which employs circular rotating electrodes for welding the edge seam along with means within the continuous tube for rolling the welded seam. An arm extends into the tube and carriers a rotating roller that contacts the seam just downstream fr... | 03/28/1978 |
