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- Ties rods are devices, usually in the form of bars or rods,attached to the expansion joint assembly and are designed to absorb pressure loads and other extraneous forces like dead weight.
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Ties rods
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- Limit rods are used to protect the bellows from movements in excess of design that occasionally occurs due to plant malfunction or the failure of an anchor. LIMIT RODS DO NOT CONTAIN THE PRESSURE THRUST DURING NORMAL OPERATION.
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Limit rods
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- Purge connections are used in conjunction with internal liners to lower the skin temperature of the bellows in high temperature applications such as catalytic cracker bellows.
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Purge connections
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- Liners (Internal Sleeves) are used to protect the bellows internally.
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Liners
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- Covers (Shrouds) are used to protect the bellows externally.
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Covers
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