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The design of a metal expansion joint and metallic compensator<\/a><\/strong> stage begins in the Technical Department, composed by a technical staff & engineers specialized in the calculation and design of expansion joints.<\/strong><\/p>\n Our metal expansion joints are designed according to different international codes, as EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association), ASME Section VIII Div.1, AD-MERKBL\u00c4TT B-13, CODAP or British Standard.<\/p>\n We count on the lastest information technology tools for the calculation, Finite Elements Method (FEM), simulation (3D)<\/strong> of the components of the metal expansion joint.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.63″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Depending on the diameter and on the application, the bellows can be manufactured by hydraulic or mechanical forming:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row background_position=”""&quot;top_left&quot;""” background_repeat=”""&quot;repeat&quot;""” background_size=”""&quot;initial&quot;""”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Compensador-de-Dilatacion-Universal-sin-tirantes.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.63″ alt=”Design, manufacturing and tests of metal expansion joints” title_text=”Manufacturing of metal expansion joints” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Compensadores-de-Dilatacion-Hinged-3.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.63″ alt=”Design, manufacturing and tests of metal expansion joints” title_text=”Design and manufacturing of metal expansion joints” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Compensador-de-Dilatacion-Metalico-Doble-Gimbal.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.63″ alt=”Design, manufacturing and tests of metal expansion joints” title_text=”Design and manufacturing of metal expansion joints” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row background_position=”""&quot;top_left&quot;""” background_repeat=”""&quot;repeat&quot;""” background_size=”""&quot;initial&quot;""”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.63″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The welding<\/strong> is the key factor in the manufacturing of metal expansion joints<\/strong>. The welding is an indispensable feature in our equipment, and this task is done with the highest quality standards.<\/p>\n The welding of the bellows<\/strong> is done in an automatic process, by means of state-of-the-art machinery for a minimum thickness of 0.2 mm and with different welding procedures as GTAW (TIG) or MICRO PLASMA (PAW).<\/p>\n For the rest of the welding we have at our disposal welding machinery for different processes as GTAW [TIG], ORBITAL GTAW, GMAW [MIG-MAG] and SMAW, as well as we can do many of them in an automated way.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.63″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The most usual materials used in the manufacturing of our metal expansion joints are austenitic stainless steels<\/strong>, as SS304 (1.4301), SS 304L (1.4306), SS 316 (1.4401), SS316L (1.4404), SS 316Ti (1.4571), SS 321 (1.4541), up to temperatures of 600\u00b0C, or the 1.4828 [SS309S] up to temperatures of 1000\u00b0C.<\/p>\n In our scope of supply, we can also use Nickel based alloys<\/strong> as INCONEL 600, INCONEL 625LCF or INCOLOY 825.<\/p>\n For the rest of the components of the metal expansion joint, different materials can be used, as all kind of carbon steels, alloyed steels or duplex stainless steels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row background_position=”""&quot;top_left&quot;""” background_repeat=”""&quot;repeat&quot;""” background_size=”""&quot;initial&quot;""”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fabricacion-Compensadores-Dilatacion-Hinged-SACOME.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.63″ alt=”Engineering, design and manufacturing of metal expsndion joints” title_text=”Metal Expansion Joint Manufacturing” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sacome-maquina-soldadura-orbital.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.63″ alt=”Design, Manufacturing and Tests in Metal Expansion Joints” title_text=”Metal Expansion Joints Welding Procedures” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sacome-fabricante-de-juntas-de-expansion-metalicas.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.63″ alt=”Engineering, design and manufacturing of metal expsndion joints” title_text=”Engineering, design and manufacturing of metal expansion joints” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row background_position=”""&quot;top_left&quot;""” background_repeat=”""&quot;repeat&quot;""” background_size=”""&quot;initial&quot;""”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.63″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n These inspections are carried out according the procedures and guidelines approved by our Quality Department, which certifies those tests, or by external recognized agencies, always done by qualified workers.<\/p>\n We guarantee the manufacturing of our equipment by means of different quality controls. We are listing some of them as follows:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”right” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.63″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The manufacturing and inspections can be supervised and certified by an authorised independent body and approved entities:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_blog _builder_version=”3.17.6″ posts_number=”3″ include_categories=”34″ show_author=”off” show_date=”off” show_pagination=”off” fullwidth=”off” use_overlay=”on” hover_overlay_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.49)” header_level=”h3″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Design, manufacturing and test procedures are a key factor for metal expansion joints manufacturers. In this technical article we explain briefly how are the most important factor to take into account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expansion-joints-technical-documentation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9792"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28550,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9792\/revisions\/28550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacome.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Manufacturing of Metal Expansion Joints<\/h2>\n
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Welding of Metal Expansion Joints<\/h2>\n
Materials for Metal Expansion Joints Manufacturing<\/h2>\n
Inspections and test in Metal Expansion Joints<\/h2>\n
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Authorised Independent Bodies and Approved Entities<\/h2>\n
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