PIPE BELLOWS

Pipe bellows are sometimes known as metal bellows expansion joints. Pipe bellows are a significant part of the expansion joint. A rubber expansion joint can absorb vibration misalignment and handle axial and limited lateral movement. A metal expansion joint uses bellows in the pipe system. The metal bellows handle thermal growth and pressure thrust. When a piping system gets warm, the thermal dynamics associated with the piping material will grow (metal expansion). The pipe bellows are required to compress and protect the system from damage... A pipe bellows can consist of several convulsions and are sometimes layered. The layers are called plys. The plys help lesson loads on structures and redundancy to the pipe bellows system. The cycle life may also increase with different materials other than carbon steel. We have Exotic alloys such as Inconel, hastolly, and chrome-moly that could help. Consider pressure thrust when designing a system with pipe bellows... To call pipe bellows a..