Patent ID: 9604405
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B29C,F16L

Claim:
1. A method of preparing a pipe for installation using fusible pipe sections joined together, the method comprising: engaging an end face of a first of the pipe sections with a heat plate to heat the end face to a fusion temperature, said step of engaging being carried out at a fusion location; collecting temperature data from the heat plate; collecting pressure data; pressing the end face of a first pipe section against a second of the pipe sections to fuse the first and second pipe sections together and form a fusion joint between the first and second pipe sections; placing the collected temperature and pressure data into a report; transmitting the report to a location remote from the fusion location; analyzing the temperature data and pressure data at the remote location to determine whether the fusion joint is accepted or rejected; and communicating back to a technician at the fusion location a determination of the fusion joint being rejected prior to installation of the fused together first and second pipe sections into a service application.