Crc-evans Pipeline International, Inc.

Jonathon B Kettelkamp

Shankar T Rajagopalan

Siddharth Mallick

Jose C Bouche

Brian L Kirk

Jason W Curbo

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.

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Tomball, TX, United States of America

Jonathon B Kettelkamp