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Manufacturer of Metallic Expansion Bellows

Posted On : Oct-21-2011 | seen (118) times | Article Word Count : 425 |

Types of Bellows Manufactured: Single, Double, Universal, Hinged, Gimble, & Pressure Balanced Expansion Joints. are designed on Computers to ensure economical design with maximum cycle life.
Sigmaflex has fully equipped facilities for designing and manufacturing of single ply or multiply Piping Bellows Expansion Joints, Square and Rectangular Ducting Bellows, Soft Instrumentation Bellows and S/S Flexible Hose assemblies. Our line includes wide variety of types, sizes and configuration which are used in literally thousands of applications.

Types of Bellows Manufactured: Single, Double, Universal, Hinged, Gimble, & Pressure Balanced Expansion Joints. are designed on Computers to ensure economical design with maximum cycle life. Quality Control is one of our most important functions along with design and manufacturing. All material used must pass rigid quality standards. Products are produced by experienced craftsmen and tested during each stage of production.

Bellow is D.P. Tested before and after formation. Upon completion, each finished assembly is Hydrostatically /Pneumatically tested to ensure it will withstand all designed requirements. We can also offer third party inspection.

Metal expansion joints are often called by the somewhat misleading name of metal bellows, as expansion joints are completely unlike the old leather bellows that were used to pump air into a fireplace, furnace, or kiln. The resemblance shared between metal bellows and the leather variety is only slight, in that they are both sealed chambers that expand and contract along concertinaed folds in the sides. While the term "metal bellows" may be used interchangeably with metal expansion joints, bellows is usually reserved for reference to a vessel, bladder, or irregular shape that collapses when it empties, while expansion joints are used as a junction in a pipeline.

Metal expansion joints are a concertinaed in-line junction piece included in many liquid and high-pressure gas pipeline systems for a variety of reasons. When most pipelines are built, it is not uncommon for there to be sections where two pipe sections do not meet perfectly. An expansion joint allows for some shear, an imprecise gap, or a slight curve at a junction, or in other words, lateral, axial, and angular movement is allowed to occur at the join. Any significant twisting of the line at an expansion joint will cause the bellows to fail, and even slight torsion on a metal expansion joint will severely reduce its effectiveness.

Welded metal bellows have many applications in medicine, heavy industry, defense, aviation and aerospace. They are frequently used in internal medical implants, in fluid sensors, actuators, altitude sensors, pressure surge arrestors, and for waste fluid storage. Their collapsible design makes them ideal for applications where space is critical, such as on the space shuttles and International Space Station.

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Keywords : Expansion Joints, Expansion Bellows, Axial joints, Hinged Joints, Gimbal Joints, Pressure Balance Joints,

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