What is an expansion joint?


Release time:

2020-11-16

Compensators are also customarily called expansion joints or bellows. They consist of a bellows (an elastic element) which forms the main body of the compensator and accessories such as end pipes, supports, flanges, and guide pipes. They are a type of compensation element.

  Compensators are also known as expansion joints or bellows. They consist of a bellows (an elastic element) that forms the main working body, and accessories such as end pipes, brackets, flanges, and conduits. They are a type of compensation element. They utilize the effective expansion and contraction deformation of their working body bellows to absorb dimensional changes caused by thermal expansion and contraction in pipelines, conduits, and containers, or to compensate for axial, lateral, and angular displacements in pipelines, conduits, and containers. They can also be used for noise reduction and vibration damping. They are widely used in modern industry. In heating systems, to prevent pipeline deformation or damage caused by thermal elongation or thermal stress when the heating pipeline heats up, compensators need to be installed on the pipeline to compensate for the thermal elongation of the pipeline, thereby reducing the stress on the pipe wall and the force acting on the valve or support structure.