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Expansion joints in use: Cost-effective complete solutions for sustainable processes

Our expansion joints are in demand in all industries. Applications range from plant engineering and power plant construction to process technology, from the paper and pulp industry to the chemical industry. The interaction between material expertise, intensive consulting and production expertise that Frenzelit offers benefits our customers. We produce sustainable solutions that function smoothly in your process – for many years. That’s why Frenzelit has such a good reputation among countless industrial companies around the world.

 

The following practical examples demonstrate our wide range of services.

Mobility

Shipbuilding

Gas turbine exhaust systems

  • Type 1.131/03
  • Temperature: 570 °C
  • Pressure: 40 mbar
  • Movement: 50 mm in all directions
  • Application: GT modules for civil shipping and marine

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Diesel exhaust systems

  • Type 1.011/IS
  • Temperature: 650 °C
  • Pressure: 60 mbar
  • Movement: axial: 25 mm, lateral: 15 mm
  • Application: Marine

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Sealing in gas duct and ship design

  • Type 1.422
  • Temperature: 500 °C
  • Pressure: 5 mbar
  • Movement: axial: 40 mm, lateral: 10 mm
  • Application: Yachts

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Gas tank sealing

  • Type 1.201
  • Temperature: 150 °C
  • Pressure: 100 mbar
  • Movement: axial 40 mm, lateral: 10 mm
  • Application: LPG tankers

Elastomer expansion joints

Metal expansion joints for exhaust systems

  • Type: FR-UN DN900
  • Temperature: 600 °C
  • Pressure: 500 mbar
  • Movement: axial: 20 mm, lateral: 35 mm
  • Application: LPG tankers

Metal expansion joints

Commercial vehicles

Diesel engine intake ventilation

  • Size: 580 x 340 mm

Rubber expansion joints

Rail vehicles

Rubber expansion joint for engine ventilation on a train bogie

  • Size: 600 x 580 mm

Rubber expansion joints


Energy

Coal-fired power plant

Cooling tower seal for coal-fired power plant

  • Specially designed fabric expansion joints

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Coal-fired power plant

Expansion joint with pantograph control guide in exhaust gas cleaning

Expansion joints for large movements, wind loads

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Elastomer expansion joints

Multi-laminated PTFE expansion joints

Coal-fired power plant

Expansion joints with pantograph control guide at boiler outlet

Expansion joints for large movements due to wind loads

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Elastomer expansion joints

Multi-laminated PTFE expansion joints

Coal-fired power plant

Seal for exhaust gas cleaning

Elastomer expansion joints

Gas turbine power plant

Gas turbine exhaust system for high temperatures

Expansion joint in GE LM2500 gas turbine diffuser with increased ambient temperature of approx. 150 °C.

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Gas turbine power plant

Gas turbine exhaust system for high temperatures

The most highly stressed expansion joint in the exhaust system directly at the turbine outlet with an exhaust gas temperature of max. 700 °C and an axial compression of minus 110 mm with simultaneous lateral shifting of 50 mm. The expansion joint is located directly at the junction of the outer-insulated turbine flange to the inner-insulated exhaust gas duct.

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Gas turbine power plant

Multi-tube boiler seal at waste heat boiler of gas turbine

  • Specially designed fabric/non-metallic joints

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Gas turbine power plant

Double fabric expansion joint as boiler seal for waste heat boiler of gas turbine

  • Specially designed fabric/non-metallic joints

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Gas turbine power plant

Fabric expansion joint as boiler seal for waste heat boiler of gas turbine at base

Bolted connection for high temperatures at base

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Gas turbine power plant

Fabric expansion joints as boiler seal for waste heat boiler of gas turbine

Frenzelit fabric expansion joints for high axial and different lateral movements

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Steam turbines

Dog bone rubber expansion joint at condenser for steam turbines

+/- 1 bar pressure, tape length 40 m

Rubber expansion joints

Waste incineration plants

Header pipe breakthrough at incinerator boiler with chute entry

  • Specially designed fabric/non-metallic joints

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Waste incineration plants

Corner segment at incinerator boiler

  • Specially designed fabric/non-metallic joints

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints


Wood, paper & pulp industry

Paper industry

Expansion unit for hood supply and exhaust air for a paper machine

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Paper industry

Double bellow with intermediate pipe, as well as a special construction of the holding rod to catch the intermediate pipe for paper machines

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints


Chemical and petrochemical industry

Desalination plants

Rubber expansion joints up to DN 4000 / 40 bar

Rubber expansion joints

Process water/wastewater

Flexible rubber expansion joints

Rubber expansion joints

Process water/wastewater containing solids

Abrasion-resistant rubber expansion joint hose with support for wastewater containing solids

Rubber expansion joints


Glass, steel, iron and aluminum industry

Continuous annealing furnaces

Annealing furnaces

Tandem expansion joints at the final cooling section of an annealing furnace

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Rubber expansion joints at the final cooling section an annealing furnace

Up to DN 240 / 320

Rubber expansion joints

Strip galvanizing lines

Snout expansion joint on furnace snout

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Copper mines

Rubber expansion joint with PTFE lining for outlet of a washer in a copper mine

Rubber expansion joints

Double expansion joints at the final cooling section of an annealing furnace

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints

Non-metallic expansion joints at steering rolls for continuous annealing furnaces

Fabric and non-metallic expansion joints


Food and drinking water industry

Drinking water industry

Flexible rubber expansion joints

Rubber expansion joints


Machine manufacturing and plant engineering

Bulk material loading devices

Rubber expansion joint to seal bulk material loading devices

Rubber expansion joints


PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Expansion joints - Challenged on many fronts

Frenzelit expansion joints prove their excellent properties in numerous process steps in strip galvanizing lines and during the continuous annealing of metal sheets.

We will find a solution for your application case!

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