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 Energy Wood, paper and pulp industry Chemical and petrochemical industry Glass, steel and aluminum industry Food and drinking water industry Machine manufacturing and plant engineering
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
Diesel exhaust systems
- Type 1.011/IS
- Temperature: 650 °C
- Pressure: 60 mbar
- Movement: axial: 25 mm, lateral: 15 mm
- Application: Marine
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
Gas tank sealing
- Type 1.201
- Temperature: 150 °C
- Pressure: 100 mbar
- Movement: axial 40 mm, lateral: 10 mm
- Application: LPG tankers
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
Commercial vehicles
Rail vehicles
Rubber expansion joint for engine ventilation on a train bogie
- Size: 600 x 580 mm
Energy
Coal-fired power plant
Cooling tower seal for coal-fired power plant
- Specially designed fabric expansion joints
Coal-fired power plant
Expansion joint with pantograph control guide in exhaust gas cleaning
Expansion joints for large movements, wind loads
Coal-fired power plant
Expansion joints with pantograph control guide at boiler outlet
Expansion joints for large movements due to wind loads
Coal-fired power plant
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.
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.
Gas turbine power plant
Multi-tube boiler seal at waste heat boiler of gas turbine
- Specially designed fabric/non-metallic 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
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
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
Steam turbines
Dog bone rubber expansion joint at condenser for steam turbines
+/- 1 bar pressure, tape length 40 m
Waste incineration plants
Header pipe breakthrough at incinerator boiler with chute entry
- Specially designed fabric/non-metallic joints
Waste incineration plants
Corner segment at incinerator boiler
- Specially designed fabric/non-metallic joints
Wood, paper & pulp industry
Paper industry
Expansion unit for hood supply and exhaust air for a paper machine
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
Chemical and petrochemical industry
Desalination plants
Process water/wastewater
Flexible rubber expansion joints
DN 125 / 10 bar
DN 80 - 4000 / max. 2,5 bar
Process water/wastewater containing solids
Abrasion-resistant rubber expansion joint hose with support for wastewater containing solids
Glass, steel, iron and aluminum industry
Continuous annealing furnaces
Annealing furnaces
Tandem expansion joints at the final cooling section of an annealing furnace
Rubber expansion joints at the final cooling section an annealing furnace
Up to DN 240 / 320
Strip galvanizing lines
Copper mines
Rubber expansion joint with PTFE lining for outlet of a washer in a copper mine
Double expansion joints at the final cooling section of an annealing furnace
Non-metallic expansion joints at steering rolls for continuous annealing furnaces
Food and drinking water industry
Drinking water industry
Flexible rubber expansion joints
DN 125 / 10 bar
DN 80 - 4000 / max. 2,5 bar
Machine manufacturing and plant engineering
Bulk material loading devices
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.