Important Benefits of Performing Hydrostatic Testing
It is essential to ensure your expansion joints will function as needed. Learn about the important benefits of performing hydrostatic testing on your joints.
Mistakes To Avoid When Installing Expansion Couplings
Expansion joints play an important role in maintaining the operations of a pipe, but so do other components, including expansion couplings. These parts help join two or more pipes together, allowing for the transfer of materials. Like expansion joints, it’s easy to make errors in their installation. Here are some mistakes to avoid when installing expansion couplings. Not Checking for a Misalignment One mistake you should avoid when installing couplings [...]
Since most piping systems in industrial settings rely on metal as their primary material, you can expect to encounter some issues throughout their service life. Corrosion is a reaction that you may notice on metal expansion joints as pipe systems continue to age. While this detrimental reaction is most likely to occur toward the end of an expansion joint’s 20- to 25-year service life, there are ways you can mitigate [...]
What Are the Advantages of 5-Ply Bellows?
Typically, expansion joint bellows consist of a single ply of corrugated metal. Though this thin layer appears weak, it stands up to significant directional forces, pressure demands, and thermal changes. In extreme circumstances, your pipe system could require multi-ply bellows, of which the 5-ply variety is particularly helpful. To learn what the advantages of 5-ply bellows are specifically, read our brief introduction to this alternative. The Purpose of Bellows The [...]