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General Information For The Application Of FLEX-TEND® Flexible Expansion Joints
April 5, 2010
•Article: General Information For The Application Of FLEX-TEND® Flexible Expansion Joints
By EBAA Iron Sales, Inc.
Flex-Tend flexible expansion joints have a proven record of providing protection for pipelines subject to subtle or sudden movement. As with all products used in the water and wastewater industry, protection is optimized with the selection of the proper assembly incorporated into a sound design. This paper is intended to provide assistance in both of these areas.
Flex-Tend flexible expansion joints, Flex 900 ball joints, and Ex-Tend 200 linear expansion joints are members of a family of products designed to relieve stresses and strains on piping systems. Whenever a pipeline is subject to lateral and or vertical shearing strains, a double ball style Flex-Tend is generally the best choice. These assemblies are able to accommodate direct shearing forces by having a ball joint on each end of an integral expansion joint. Since this is the most often used configuration, it will be the main focus of this bulletin.
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