Consulting engineers, mechanical contractors, pressure vessel designers, plant engineers and turn-key construction firms have specified and used rubber expansion joints for several years.

They are installed to allow movement on piping runs, protect piping from expansion reacting and insure efficient and economical on stream operations.

Rubber expansion joints offer proven ways to accommodate pressure loads, relieve movement stresses, modate pressure loads, relieve movement stresses, isolate vibration, reduce noise, prolong the life of motive equipment and compensate for misalignments when a plant goes on stream.

Designed by engineers and skillfully fabricated, rubber expansion joints are used in all systems moving fluids under pressure and / or vacuum at various temperatures.

• Process piping in paper and pulp, chemical, primary metal and petroleum refining plants.
• Sewage disposal and water-treatment plants.
• Central and ancillary power-generating stations in communities, factories, buildings and aboard ships.
• Air conditioning, heating and ventilating systems in commercial and institutional buildings, schools, apartments, stores, hospitals, motels, hotels and aboard ships.

Careful selection of the expansion joint design and material for a given application and properly engineered installations are important factors in determining performance.These factors should be fully evaluated when selecting and applying expansion joints for any application.