With more than 40 years in the industry, KE-Burgmann is one of the leading suppliers of fabric expansion joints, metal expansion joints and metal bellows and rubber expansion joints worldwide. Expansion joints are incorporated in pipe and duct systems to take up thermal expansion, pressure, vibration and misalignment, thereby preventing damage to the pipe-work or ducting system.
Expansion joints are vital components in most energy and industrial plants today. They are installed in air and flue gas duct systems in all power plants, FGD systems, gas turbine systems, diesel engine installations, petrochemical and chemical plants, incinerators, pump systems, cement works, steel works, on- and offshore systems, ships and cruise vessels, etc.
KE Fabric Expansion Joints
Fabric expansion joints are customized to the customer's individual needs from a variety of fabric materials, all specially developed for the use in high-temperature applications or aggressive environments. For this very reason, fabric expansion joints from KE-Burgmann offer almost unlimited flexibility and numerous design possibilities for special demands. A full range of fabric expansion joints is available, including:
- FLEX-GEN® - a generation of flexible, strong and chemically resistant expansion joints for flue gas ducting
- FLUASTAL® - the multi-layer expansion joint for very demanding high-temperature applications
- COMBINE-X® - the ideal expansion joint for use in gas turbine and combined-cycle systems
- FLUACHEM® - the single-layer expansion joints based on elastomers and fluoropolymers, specially developed to withstand high chemical loads
Focus is on proven technology, engineering and reliability in operation.
Bredan® Metal Expansion Joints and Metal Bellows
Bredan® metal expansion joints and metal bellows from KE-Burgmann are manufactured as round or rectangular, single- or multi-layer designs and in a wide variety of steel qualities. A metal expansion joint consists of a metal bellows and metal flanges. The bellows is the central element, made by forming single or multi-layer metal cylinders into annular corrugations, specially engineered for the exact operating parameters of the individual piping system. From very simple designs to highly engineering designs, we have:
- Bredan® axial, lateral, angular and universal metal expansion joints
- Bredan® exhaust metal expansion joints
- Bredan® rectangular metal expansion joints
- (camera, single/double mitre, or radius corners)
- Connex® pressure balanced elbow and in-line pressure balanced metal expansion joints
- Connex® same-size or over-size clamshell configurations
- Connex® metal expansion joints lined with PTFE
- Connex® two-ply testable metal expansion joints
All metal bellows are designed and manufactured in strict accordance with the EJMA Standards unless otherwise specified.
KE-Masterflex® Rubber Expansion Joints
Rubber expansion joints are flexible connectors made from natural or synthetic elastomers in which special fabrics are embedded to provide physical reinforcement. They are used in all systems transporting fluids, slurries or gases under pressure over a wide range of temperatures. KE-MASTERFLEX® rubber expansion joints provide the ultimate solution to:
- Accommodate pressure loads, and isolate vibration
- Neutralise axial, lateral, angular stresses
- Reduce noise
- Compensate for misalignment, and prolong life of motive equipment
KE-Masterflex® rubber expansion joints are available in many different high quality elastomers in two design types:
- D-Type - the standard rubber joint, available from DN20mm to DN750mm
- DFS-Type - the customised rubber joint, available from DN50mm to DN 3,600mm (144in NB)
More About KE-Burgmann
KE-Burgmann is and always has been an important pioneer in expansion joint technology and continues to research new and innovative products and services to provide our partners within the industrial and energy sectors with the best possible solutions. Our portfolio of installations includes, among others, more than 1,000 gas turbine expansion joint installations.
KE-Burgmann is a part of the international EBI Group and is represented throughout the world with own subsidiaries, production facilities and service centres. We have a global network of experienced engineers, ready to go to any installation in the world at very short notice.
