Piping Guides

Piping Guides Our newly developed Adjustable Sliding Guides offer many improvements over other guides: one size guide for all thicknesses of insulation, less friction with our Stainless Steel Slides, sturdier construction and they can be used as load supports as well. We still carry spider guides as well. Anchors are manufactured to order. BULLETINS &…

Housed Expansion Joints

HOUSED EXPANSION JOINTS Expansion Compensators and Housed Expansion Joints are basically a bellows that is protected by and guided within a pipe housing. While the industry offers two styles, one of which is referred to as “internally” and the other “externally pressurized”, they both serve the same function but we prefer the “externally pressurized” for…

Expansion Compensators

EXPANSION COMPENSATORS Expansion Compensators and Housed Expansion Joints are basically a bellows that is protected by and guided within a pipe housing. While the industry offers two styles, one of which is referred to as “internally” and the other “externally pressurized”, they both serve the same function but we prefer the “externally pressurized” for improved…

BELLOWS PUMP CONNECTORS

BELLOWS PUMP CONNECTORS All bellows differ from Stainless Steel Hose in the corrugation configurations. Bellows are deeper and wider, and they are made of heavier material, to handle the pressures without braid. A very common location for our 2 ply Bellows is at the pumps. The face to face dimension is equal to the length…

EXPANSION JOINTS

EXPANSION JOINTS Many expansion joints are custom manufactured to diameters as large as 8 feet (2.4m). The construction varies, depending on the operating pressure and the required movements. We can provide these unusual constructions in virtually every configuration. We can build to your specific product description or complete our own recommendations based on your movement…

VEE ASSEMBLES

VEE ASSEMBLES Many buildings are separated by expansion joints through the walls and floors. During an earthquake, the two adjacent parts resonate with relative motion of as much as ± 4” (100mm) in shear as well as toward and away from one another. Vertical motion is minimal. We have developed a unique product to handle…

FLEXIBLE HOSES

FLEXIBLE HOSES Stainless Steel Flexible Connectors contribute to the solution of vibration, noise, expansion and offset motion problems in piping systems. Assemblies are designed for both high and low temperatures, as well as high pressure and full vacuum. Stock sizes include 1/2” (13mm) through 16” (400mm) pipe diameter. Temperature ranges are from below 0°F (-18°C)…

Accessories

Accessories Expansion Joints installed in piping systems that are anchored on both sides of connectors need no control rods, providing piping movements are within the tabulated allowables. Expansion joints installed in unanchored piping or connected to isolated equipment must have control rods; those control rods must be properly set so that allowable movements are not…

Slip Joints

Slip Joints Whenever we introduce a new product we try to pro-vide development history as well as description, application, and specifications. The advantage slip joints have over stainless steel bellows are higher pressure and temperature ratings, lower thrust forces, and most important of all, the complete elimination of cataclysmic failure. That is why we recommend…

Concentric & Eccentric Reducers

Concentric Reducers Expansion joints installed in piping systems must be anchored on both sides of the joints to avoid the use of control rods. If control rods are installed as a safety measure, the locking nuts must be backed off with a clearance equal to the specified axial movement. The expansion joint will exert thrust…