• Flexican Bellows and Hoses Private Limited

Gimbal Expansion Bellows

Flexican Bellows & Hoses offers Gimbal Expansion Bellows. These bellows, which can permit angular rotation in any plane, consist of two pairs of hinges affixed to a common floating gimbal ring. When thermal expansion or other movements want to bend a pipe, in order to lower stresses, a controlled bending point can be added with a gimbal expansion joint. The hinged unit will limit bending to only one plane, and the gimbal will permit bending in all planes. The piping is always in tension because the pressure thrust is contained within the system. The main pressure thrust anchors are not required. Generally, only guides and intermediate anchors are needed. They can carry the full weight of the pipe between these expansion joints. Features: absorbs angular rotation; conserves space; supports dead weight; eliminates pressure thrust forces; transmit shear and wind load; prevents torsion on bellows; no main anchors required; minimum guiding require; and low forces on piping system. Gimbal bellows are supplied to various power plants installed by reputed entities like M/s BHEL, GEA Cooling Tower, Paharpur Cooling Tower, etc. The company is an ISO 9001-2000 certified.