{"id":9075,"date":"2020-07-17T23:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/product\/kompensatoren\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:35:21","slug":"compensators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/en\/products\/compensators\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion Joints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\">EXPANSION JOINTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"#fabric\">FABRIC EXPANSION JOINTS<\/a><br><a href=\"#rubber\">RUBBER EXPANSION JOINTS<\/a><br><a href=\"#metal\">METAL EXPANSION JOINTS<\/a><br><a href=\"#lining\">LINING JOINT SEALING<\/a><br><a href=\"#reaflex\">REAFLEX AND REATEX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"fabric\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FABRIC EXPANSION JOINTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Several decades ago, when Kempchen first began producing soft-material expansion joints, metal expansion joints were still predominantly being used in the field of power plants and chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, KLINGER Kempchen soft-material expansion joints have found a solid range of applications. Without these versatile assembly parts, modern industrial plants would not be possible. With\u00adout the use of soft-material expansion joints, the costs of such plants would be considerably greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main advantage of soft-material is the multidimensional absorption of movement despite having very low reaction force. Their superior movement absorption al\u00adlows for cost-effective piping, while their low reaction force perwiths cost-effective fix point construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KLINGER Kempchen has developed a patented method for sintering PTFE sheets onto all types of fabrics. This has brought signifi\u00adcant improvements to the properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Downloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Enclosed you will find downloads such as product documentation, product data sheet, safety information and gasket characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Download-icon-2.png\" alt=\"Download\"><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/186-215-FABRIC-COMPENSATORS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product documentation (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gewebekompensatoren.jpg\" alt=\"Gewebekompensator\" class=\"wp-image-7404\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"rubber\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RUBBER EXPANSION JOINTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Design 1 + 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong><strong>Design 1 with rotating flanges<\/strong><br><\/strong><br><strong><strong>Highly elastic pipe connectors<\/strong><\/strong><br>For all sectors of industry, apparatus and pipeline construc\u00adtion, power plants, shipbuilding, fuel pumps, heating, cli\u00admate control and ventilation plants, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Use<\/strong><br><\/strong>Absorption of axial and radial expansion, noise, vibrations and oscillations. For subsidence of buildings and containers, assembling imperfections, for electrical insulation, for nearly total noise absorption in pipelines, domestic supply mains, heating sys\u00adtems, pump and motor connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KLINGER Kempchen rubber fabric expansion joints with an extremely robust design for use in pipeline construction, shipbuilding, aggregate and power plant construction. Due to the flow-favourable bulge, they may be used both horizontally and vertically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Downloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Enclosed you will find downloads such as product documentation, product data sheet, safety information and gasket characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Download-icon-2.png\" alt=\"Download\"><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/220-223-RUBBER-COMPENSATORS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product documentation (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rubber-compensator.png\" alt=\"rubber-compensator\" class=\"wp-image-9231\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"metal\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">METAL Expansion Joints <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Metal expansion joints<\/strong><br>Used to compensate for pipe expansions, as vibration dampers, as installation expansion joint for non-flooding pipes or to facilitate installation of pipe fittings.<br>The core piece is the parallel corrugated, twist-free metal bellows, mainly made of stainless and acid-resistant steel alloys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><br>The standard versions of the steel bellows expansion joints consist of a stainless steel bellows made of materials 304ss \u2013 316ss and 321ss with connecting parts made of carbon steel.<br>The expansion joints can also be manufactured from other stainless alloys and, for higher temperatures, from highly heat-resistant alloys 1.4828, Inconel, Hastelloy and the like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of application<\/strong><br>All expansion joints, which have neither an inner guide tube nor an outer protection tube, can absorb axial, angular and lateral movements as well as vibrations. Therefore, these types have a very versatile application and can be used for practically all cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Temperature<\/strong><br>The permissible temperature of the standard versions with connecting parts made of carbon steel is up to +400\u2005\u00b0C.<br>At higher temperatures, the connecting parts must also be made of alloyed steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Downloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Enclosed you will find downloads such as product documentation, product data sheet, safety information and gasket characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Download-icon-2.png\" alt=\"Download\"><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/224-233-METAL-COMPENSATORS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product documentation (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Metallkompensatoren.jpg\" alt=\"Metallkompensatoren im Querschnitt mit Anschwei\u00dfende und mit Losflansch\" class=\"wp-image-7421\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"reaflex\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REAFLEX AND REATEX<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Elastomer- and fabric-expansion joints for flue gas and desulphurisation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>KLINGER Kempchen has developed chemically and thermally dura\u00adble fabric expansion joints for flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) waste incineration and chemical plants:<br>\u00bb ReaFlex for temperatures up to 205\u2005\u00b0C<br>\u00bb ReaTex <mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-yoast\" id=\"annotation-text-def456f7-3744-476d-8b94-fe08f577a879\"><\/mark> for temperatures above 260\u2005\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ReaFlex Elastomer Expansion Joints<\/strong><br>are manufactured from elastomer bands reinforced with wire mesh, wire weave or fabric fibre glass. They are available in U-shape or band type for circular or angular ducts. For angular ducts, expansion joints can be manufactured with or without a bulge in the edge area. The design with a preformed bulge shows increased axial move\u00adment compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ReaTax Fabric<\/strong><br><mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-yoast\" id=\"annotation-text-5908a7f0-6354-4128-9323-9bc365228f69\"><\/mark>are manufactured from PTFE coated glass fabric fibres. This combination of materials has shown superior performance at media temperatures of up to 260 \u00b0C. No pre-insulation is necessary at temperatures below this point. For higher temperatures, inner pre-insulation must be installed. Outer insulation is not permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Enclosed you will find downloads such as product documentation, product data sheet, safety information and gasket characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Download-icon-2.png\" alt=\"Download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/236-REAFLEX-AND-REATEX.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product documentation Reaflex und Reatex (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ReaFlex-ReaTex.jpg\" alt=\"Elastomer- und Gewebekompensator\" class=\"wp-image-7416\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download our PDF request form here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/03_ENG_Request_data_sheet_form_R01_20260309_LH-.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.klinger-kempchen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/03_ENG_Request_data_sheet_form_R01_20260309_LH-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download request form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXPANSION JOINTS FABRIC EXPANSION JOINTSRUBBER EXPANSION JOINTSMETAL EXPANSION JOINTSLINING JOINT SEALINGREAFLEX AND REATEX FABRIC EXPANSION JOINTS Several decades ago, when Kempchen first began producing soft-material expansion joints, metal expansion joints were still predominantly being used in the field of power plants and chemicals. 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