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Rubber Expansion Joints
Rubber Expansion Joints
Industrial Rubber Products offers rubber expansion joints.
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- Pipe expansion joints are used in systems that convey high temperature commodities such as steam or gases, or to absorb movement and vibration
- A typical type of expansion joint for pipe systems is a bellows which can be manufactured from metal (most commonly stainless steel), plastic (such as PTFE), or anelastomer such as rubber
- A bellows is made up of a series of one or more convolutions, with the shape of the convolution designed to withstand the internal pressures of the pipe, but flexible enough to accept the axial, lateral, and/or angular deflections
- Expansion joints are also designed for other criteria, such as noise absorption, anti-vibration, earthquake movement, and building settlement; pipe expansion joints are also known as compensator, as they compensate for the thermal movement
- IRPC manufactures expansion joints from sizes 20 mm NB to 600 mm NB.