Expansion Joints

Power Generating Stations

Central power-generating stations, industrial power plants and power facilities aboard ships function safely and economically with expansion joints installed at strategic points in piping systems and between steam turbines.

Efficient, low-cost air conditioning, heating and ventilating piping systems in industrial plants, hotels, motels, hospitals, stores, schools, apartments, commercial and institutional buildings and aboard ships are ideal applications for expansion joints.

Joints are available for practically all applications — chilled-water and condenser-water piping, suction and discharge sides of pumps, or adjacent to compressors, water-chiller inlets, outlets and risers.

Consulting mechanical engineers, mechanical contractors, pressure vessel designers, industrial plant engineers and turn-key engineering, and construction builders have always recognized the need to absorb movement in process piping systems.

As temperatures in piping systems increase or decrease, pipelines expand or contract; the total movement is a function of the coefficient of expansion of the pipe material.

If expansion and contraction, as well as other movements, are not absorbed, piping, valves and equipment may be seriously damaged, resulting in costly repairs, replacements, downtime and possible injuries to personnel.

Expansion joints for chemical and industrial process piping systems are well known for their exceptional strength and durability, giving long, virtually maintenance-free service even under the most demanding conditions of temperature, pressure, abrasion, erosion, stress and movement.