Movements

Large lateral deflection of a boiler casing

There are four basic movements that can be applied to a bellows. These are Axial, Lateral, Angular and Torsional. The four links below discuss each movement in detail. Bellows behave like springs in a piping system. When the bellows are moved, they resist the movement the same as a spring would. The spring rate of a bellows is entirely dependent on bellows geometry and material properties. EJS is able to vary bellows geometry such as convolution height, pitch, thickness and number of plies to provide a bellows to satisfy our customer's needs.


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