Patent ID: 7726909

Claim:
An apparatus for concurrently forming a plurality of pipelines, the apparatus comprising: a support chassis; at least one transportation facilitation member coupled to the support chassis, the at least one transportation facilitation member facilitating the movement of the support chassis along a surface; a pipe fuser disposed on the support chassis, the pipe fuser configured to fuse a first section of pipe to a first pipeline, the pipe fuser configured to independently fuse a second section of pipe to a second pipeline, wherein the pipe fuser forms two fused pipelines at substantially the same rate; and a positioning member disposed on the support chassis, the positioning member engaging one or more of the pipe fuser and the support chassis to position the pipe fuser in a first position to fuse the first section of pipe to the first pipeline, the positioning member further configured to position the pipe fuser in a second position to fuse the second section of pipe to the second pipeline.