Rubber pipe expansion joint MAC series

roundflangefor pipes

High quality custom-made expansion joints supplied with split or fixed steel backing flanges. The full face flanges are integral with the body of the joint and drilled to conform the bolt pattern of the companion flanges of the pipe line. Rubber bellows: Reinforced EPDM, EPDM HT, Nitrile, Spec. Nitrile, Nitrile white, Hypalon, SBR, Viton®, Chloroprene, etc. Flanges: shot-blasted and painted carbon steel as standard. Also available in hot dip galvanized carbon steel, stainless steel, etc. Drilled to EN, ANSI, AWWA, JIS standards or any specific dimension. For vacuum applications, an internal vacuum ring is incorporated. MAC-F and MAC-FT can be supplied with one or more arches. Dimensions from DN 15 to DN 6000. A high-quality custom made single arch unrestrained expansion joint consisting of a rubber bellow incorporating full face rubber flanges and metal backing flanges. This model absorbs all the movements in any one length of piping. Unrestrained expansion joints under pressure will exert a considerable axial force on the pipeline, i.e. anchors. It is essential that checks are carried out when the expansion joint is first pressurized to ensure that there is no unforeseen stretching of the bellows. If unforeseen movement is apparent, then the pipe guides or anchors shall be examined to ensure that they have been installed correctly and sufficiently designed for the duty.