Surface heating assembly and related methods
AssigneeSchluter Systems L.P.
InventorGilles Gagnon
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Abstract
A method of forming a plurality of individual heating cables sets includes creating at least a portion of a master cable set by coupling alternating sections of cold and hot cable section, each section of cold cable section having a length twice a model cold cable section length and each section of hot cable section having a length twice a model hot cable section length. A continuous metallic ground sheath is applied about substantially all of the master cable set and a continuous outer jacket is applied about the continuous metallic ground sheath. The master cable set is segmented at defined locations to create a plurality of individual heating cable sets having an overall length of the model hot cable section length plus the model cold cable section length.
Claims12
A method of forming a plurality of individual heating cable sets, the method comprising:
- creating at least a portion of a master cable set by:
- obtaining a first segment of cold cable section having a length at least a model cold cable section length;
- obtaining a first segment of hot cable section having a length at least a model hot cable section length;
- coupling the first segment of hot cable section to the first segment of cold cable section;
- obtaining a second segment of cold cable section having a length at least the model cold cable section length;
- coupling the second segment of cold cable section to the first segment of hot cable section;
- obtaining a second segment of hot cable section having a length at least the model hot cable section length;
- coupling the second segment of hot cable section to the second segment of cold cable section;
- applying a continuous metallic ground sheath about substantially all of the master cable set;
- applying a continuous outer jacket about the continuous metallic ground sheath;
- and
- segmenting the master cable set at defined locations to create a plurality of individual heating cable sets having an overall length of the model hot cable section length plus the model cold cable section length;
- wherein each of the first and second segments of the hot cable section include a hot conductor having a hot conductor insulation applied thereto, and wherein each of the first and second segments of the cold cable section include a cold conductor having a cold conductor insulation applied thereto, the hot conductor and the cold conductor insulation being applied before the hot cable sections are coupled to the cold cable sections.
A method of forming a plurality of individual heating cable sets, the method comprising:
- creating at least a portion of a master cable set by:
- obtaining a first segment of cold cable section having a length at least a model cold cable section length;
- obtaining a first segment of hot cable section having a length at least a model hot cable section length;
- coupling the first segment of hot cable section to the first segment of cold cable section;
- obtaining a second segment of cold cable section having a length at least the model cold cable section length;
- coupling the second segment of cold cable section to the first segment of hot cable section;
- obtaining a second segment of hot cable section having a length at least the model hot cable section length;
- coupling the second segment of hot cable section to the second segment of cold cable section;
- applying a continuous metallic ground sheath about substantially all of the master cable set;
- applying a continuous outer jacket about the continuous metallic ground sheath;
- and
- segmenting the master cable set at defined locations to create a plurality of individual heating cable sets having an overall length of the model hot cable section length plus the model cold cable section length;
- wherein
- the first segment of cold cable section has a length twice the model cold cable section length;
- the first segment of hot cable section has a length twice the model hot cable section length;
- the second segment of cold cable section has a length twice the model cold cable section length;
- and
- the second segment of hot cable section has a length twice the model hot cable section length.
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