Abstract: It concerns butt-welding of parts made of plastics material(s). For this purpose, the invention proposes correcting, according to an ambient temperature which is measured in the environment of the parts at the moment of welding, at least one of the following parameters: pressure(s) for contact and/or welding of the parts, electrical energy to be supplied to means for displacement of the said parts, stroke(s) of relative displacement of the parts, time for obtaining beads at the end of the parts during the phase of heating the latter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2000
Assignees:
Gaz de France (G.D.F.) Service National, Societe Joseph Sauron Material Industriel
Inventors:
Jean Sauron, Gil Gaunt, Jean-Claude Hugueny
Abstract: An apparatus for straightening and aligning the end of an elongated piece with the end of a second elongated piece, comprising a positioning device comprising a pusher means mounted in a radially movable manner with respect to an axis of one of the aforesaid ends in its straightened and aligned position and angularly movable about this axis, in a support structure, so as to be in a condition to exert a predetermined lateral radial pressure for the desired positioning of the said end.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 1988
Date of Patent:
August 15, 1989
Assignees:
Gaz de France, Societe Joseph Sauron Material Industriel