Combined induction heating and coating system for pipe weld joints

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, An apparatus and method for heating and coating a section of a pipe comprising a plurality of induction type heaters supported in spaced circumferential relation around the pipe section the heaters having relatively flat, and hollow induction coils therein the coils of the induction heaters being oriented in a cylindrical surface adjacent to and parallel with, the surface ofthe pipe a coating dispenser mounted between a pair of induction heaters for dispensing a coating material on the surface of the pipe the heaters and, dispenser being rotated as a single assembly around the pipe while simultaneously applying an alternating electric potential to the induction …