Fabric expansion joints are extremely flexible and can be made from a variety of special woven fabrics coated or laminated with selected elastomers or fluoro polymers. Fabric expansion joints are used to insulate, to avoid mechanical loads and to protect against abrasion.They offer advantages for the pipe work designer as they can absorb movements simultaneously in several directions. Further, they have almost no reactive forces and require little space.
Fabric Expansion Joints can be supplied in single or multi-layered form as required for the application and is assembled from a wide range of technically advanced and high-performance fabrics. We also custom design Expansion Joints to meet the client’s size and heating requirements. The technical parameters of the fabric expansion joint depend upon the fabric materials used for its assembly.
Expansion joints are applicable to various industrial applications including the following :
