ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,011, issued on June 3, was assigned to AmpClad Coating Technologies Inc. (Edmonton, Canada).
"Vitreous coating application by induction heating and integration with induction kinetic weld joining" was invented by David Grant Lingnau (Calgary, Canada) and Jeff Cochrane (Leduc, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Induction heating facilitated coating systems and processes for pipes overcome corrosion and erosion of the pipes at extreme temperatures and pressures in applications including oil and gas downhole tubulars and pipelines as well as processing facilities. Being based on vitreous fused inorganic compounds, the present inventio...