Patent ID: 8361252
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: C21D

Abstract:
1. A method for individually monitoring and individually controlling the heat-treatment of a plurality of pipe welds simultaneously from a remote location, the method comprising: positioning a plurality of heating elements and spot welding a plurality of thermocouples about the plurality of pipe welds; connecting at least one operating and controlling means having stored heat treatment instructions and communication means to the plurality of heating elements and plurality of thermocouples; sending the stored heat treatment instructions to the plurality of heating elements and receiving and storing heat treatment information from the plurality of thermocouples over at least one of a hard-wired connection or a local wireless connection; and sending the stored heat treatment information to the remote location and receiving updated heat treatment instructions for each individual pipe weld from the remote location through the communication means and updating the stored heat treatment instructions for each individual pipe weld, the communicating means being connected to the remote location through a secure Internet connection.