摘要 |
An apparatus for amorphous bonding of tubulars comprises a clamping assembly (104, 105, 106, 107), which clamping assembly is adapted to maintain a pair of tubulars (112, 113) of which the ends are to be bonded in substantial axial alignment; a machining tool (110) comprising a body with a pair of spaced apart cutting units which, in use, prepare said adjacent ends of said tubulars such that the prepared ends are substantially parallel to each other; and an induction coil for heating the prepared ends of the tubulars while the prepared ends are pressed towards each other and the tubulars are maintained in substantial axial alignment by the clamping assembly.
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