An internal heat exchanger (IHEX) for pipeline welding includes a drive system configured to move the IHEX into a position within at least one pipe section near a weld joint location with another pipe section. The IHEX further includes a cooling section including cooling structure configured to selectively cool one or more interior surface portions of the at least one pipe section, and a controller in communication with the cooling structure and configured to activate the cooling section when the IHEX is at the position within the at least one pipe section.

Devices and methods to extract a desired product from organic matter using supercritical fluid extraction processes are described herein. The extraction vessel generally includes a reaction chamber, a water jacket affixed to the reaction chamber capable of separate pressurization, and a closure mechanism with a gasket, a plug, and a cap ring with ACME threading. The extraction vessel may be sealed by hand closure without a need for additional tools to create a seal able to withstand pressures up to 5,000 psi.

A joint unit includes a first metal pipe, a second metal pipe, and a joint portion (a region including a joint interface at which the end faces of the first and second metal pipes are joined to each other. At the joint portion, an outer circumferential bead portion protruding toward the outer circumference side and an inner circumferential bead portion protruding toward the inner circumference side are formed. The difference between the width of the outer circumferential bead portion (the width L1 of a grinding portion and the width L2 of the inner circumferential bead portion in a direction from the first metal pipe toward the second metal pipe is equal to or smaller than 40% with respect to the average value of the width L1 of the outer circumferential bead portion and the width L2 of the inner circumferential bead portion.

A welding system of cylindrical structures which welds a welding end surface of an upper cylindrical structure and that of a lower one in an axial direction thereof, includes: two or more welding apparatuses opposite to the welding end surfaces and disposed at equal arrangement intervals in the circumferential direction thereof; a moving device configured to rotate the upper and lower cylindrical structures relative to the welding apparatuses in a circumferential direction thereof; and a control device configured to control the welding apparatuses and the moving device. The welding apparatus has a filler metal and a heating source therefor, and melts and fuses the filler metal on the welding end surfaces to weld them, and the control device is configured to continuously rotate the upper and lower cylindrical structures an angle of the arrangement interval by the moving device, while welding the welding end surfaces with the welding apparatuses.

A mounting attachment with a connection area for a gas line includes a first cylindrical fastening medium and a second cylindrical fastening medium, which are in particular screwable into each other. The first fastening medium and/or the second fastening medium are prepared in a 3D-plastic printing process. A pipe to be welded is inserted into the first cylindrical fastening medium by means of an essentially central lead trough in the first cylindrical fastening medium, with a cylindrical area of insertion for the pipe to be welded in the second fastening medium. The area of application includes an attachment ring area and a connection area for a gas feed hole for feeding forming gas to a gas-use point by means of a forming gas pipe in the pipe to be welded. The pipe used is sealed against the cylindrical fastening media by one or more flexible seals.

The invention described herein generally pertains to systems and methods related to repeatable and accurate setting of welding torch lead and lag positions, particularly with orbital welding systems. Specifically, a torch is coupled with a lead-lag coupler having a stop lug. A stop set with a stop pin is rotated to a desired position of lead or lag and secured. The lead-lag coupler, and torch which rotates therewith, are then unsecured and rotated until the stop lug contacts the stop pin. In this position, the torch is maintained at the desired angle. The stop pin remains in place throughout operation(s) to permit quick, accurate return to the desired angle if the torch is temporarily moved out of position.

A method for manufacturing a ceramic heater-type glow plug (1) that includes: a ceramic heater (11); and a metallic outer cylinder (12) that holds the ceramic heater at one end and has the other end inserted in and fixed to a metallic housing (14), the housing having a first housing section (14a) and a second housing section (14b) coaxially arranged with each other, the method for manufacturing a ceramic heater-type glow plug includes the steps of: inserting the ceramic heater in the outer cylinder; inserting the outer cylinder in the first housing section, the second housing section, and a ring-shaped filler material (18) in a state where the filler material is interposed between the first housing section and the second housing section; and joining the first housing section, the second housing section, and the outer cylinder by welding at a position where the filler material is provided.

A welding system includes at least one high intensity energy source to create a weld puddle during a root pass on a narrow joint of a workpiece with a clad layer. The system also includes a controller to control a weld ramp out process such that, as the molten puddle advances to a start of an existing root pass weld, the controller at least one of decreases an energy output of the at least one high intensity energy source and reduces an interaction time between the at least one high intensity energy source and the weld puddle. After completion of the root pass, a thickness of a root pass weld in a region that is at or near the start point of the existing root pass weld is in a range of 100 percent to 130 percent of a nominal root pass thickness of a remainder of the root pass weld.

A design for tank fabricating equipment and system comprises a frame supporting opposing arms for supporting one or more tank shells. The opposing arms pivotally engage opposing sides of the tank shells to force them into a circular cross-sectional shape. The arms are provided with rollers for aligning the tank shell with adjacent components during fabrication. In some embodiments, the rollers are provided with a circumferential channel to accommodate welding seams and to ensure alignment of butt joints.

Methods for welding a particle-matrix composite body to another body and repairing particle-matrix composite bodies are disclosed. Additionally, earth-boring tools having a joint that includes an overlapping root portion and a weld groove having a face portion with a first bevel portion and a second bevel portion are disclosed. In some embodiments, a particle-matrix bit body of an earth-boring tool may be repaired by removing a damaged portion, heating the particle-matrix composite bit body, and forming a built-up metallic structure thereon. In other embodiments, a particle-matrix composite body may be welded to a metallic body by forming a joint, heating the particle-matrix composite body, melting a metallic filler material forming a weld bead and cooling the welded particle-matrix composite body, metallic filler material and metallic body at a controlled rate.