| 摘要 |
<p>A system and apparatus for and method of fusing a wrap (17) to a portion of a length of plastic-coated (12) pipe (10) are disclosed. The system comprises a ther-moplastic piece shaped to conform to the portion of pipe, the piece including a heat-generating trace (30) and the heat-generating trace including a plurality of trace leads thereon. The system further comprises a clamp for apply-ing pressure to the piece in the vicinity of the heat-gen-erating trace (30), the clamp including at least two com-pression bands, each of the compression bands including a plurality of power leads, each of the power leads corre-sponding to one of the trace leads. The power leads prefer-ably automatically are placed into electrical contact with the trace leads when the clamp is applied over the ther-moplastic piece. The piece can be used for a variety of purposes, including bundling multiple pipes (10) together, maintaining an annular space between concentric pipes, maintaining an anode in contact with two pipes and affix-ing a patch or cover to one or more pipes.</p> |
