Lateral Large-Stroke Bellows Compensator
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- Commodity name: Lateral Large-Stroke Bellows Compensator
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A metal bellows compensator is a type of compensator made from austenitic stainless steel or other materials as specified by the user. It boasts excellent flexibility, corrosion resistance, high-temperature resistance (-235℃ to +450℃), and high-pressure resistance (up to 32 MPa). In piping systems, it can be connected in any direction, serving purposes such as thermal compensation, vibration absorption, noise reduction, changing the direction of medium flow, and eliminating mechanical displacement between pipelines or between pipelines and equipment. Double-flange metal bellows hoses are particularly well-suited as flexible joints for various pumps, valves, and other equipment that experience displacement and vibration.


A metal bellows compensator is a type of compensator made from austenitic stainless steel or other materials as specified by the user. It boasts excellent flexibility, corrosion resistance, high-temperature resistance (-235℃ to +450℃), and high-pressure resistance (up to 32 MPa). In piping systems, it can be connected in any direction to accommodate thermal expansion and contraction, absorb vibrations, reduce noise, change the direction of fluid flow, and eliminate mechanical displacement between pipelines or between pipelines and equipment. Double-flange metal bellows hoses are particularly well-suited as flexible joints for various pumps, valves, and other equipment that experience displacement and vibration.
Metal bellows compensators are made from different metal materials depending on their intended application. Due to the variations in material composition, the performance and applications of the fabricated metal bellows also differ accordingly.
There are two types of bellows used in metal bellows compensators: one is the helical bellows, and the other is the annular bellows compensator.
Helical Metal Bellows Compensator
A helical metal bellows is a tubular shell in which the corrugations are arranged in a spiral pattern. There is a helical pitch angle between adjacent corrugations, and all the corrugations are connected by a single helical line.
Circular Metal Bellows Compensator
A circular metal bellows compensator is a tubular shell with corrugations arranged in a closed circular ring shape, where the individual corrugations are connected end-to-end in a series of circular rings. The circular bellows tube is fabricated from seamless or welded pipe materials. Due to limitations imposed by the manufacturing process, its single-tube length is typically shorter than that of helical bellows tubes. The advantages of circular bellows tubes include excellent elasticity and low stiffness.
As a flexible, pressure-resistant pipe fitting, the metal bellows compensator is installed in liquid conveyance systems to accommodate relative displacement between pipeline sections or between machine and equipment connections. It absorbs vibrational energy and thus effectively reduces vibration and noise. This component boasts numerous advantages, including excellent flexibility, lightweight construction, corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, and the ability to withstand both high and low temperatures.
Metal bellows, serving as sensitive elements, vibration-damping components, compensating elements, sealing elements, valve components, and pipeline connectors, are widely used in fields such as automatic control and measuring instruments, vacuum technology, mechanical engineering, power industry, transportation, and the nuclear energy industry.
Different metal materials are selected for metallic bellows depending on their intended applications. Due to the variations in material composition, the performance and applications of the fabricated metallic bellows also differ accordingly.
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