GFS is excited to share that we now provide a variety of Garlock Expansion Joints on our website, readily available for purchase. These include the popular and proven style 204 and style 206 Expansion Joints.
About Garlock Expansion Joints:
Garlock Expansion Joints offer superior performance, reliability, and service life, resulting in improved plant safety and increased mechanical integrity of equipment. As specifically engineered products that are inserted in a rigid piping system, Garlock Rubber Expansion Joints will:
- Absorb movement
- Improve thermal stability
- Relieve system strain due to thermal change, load stress, pumping surges, wear of settling
- Reduce mechanical noise
- Compensate for misalignment
- Eliminate electrolysis between dissimilar metals
All expansion joints carry safety ratings that exceed product specifications in areas such as pressure and movement. Non-metallic expansion joints and flexible couplings are ideally suited for a wide variety of industries.
Garlock Style 206 Expansion Joint
Style 206 spool-type non-metallic piping expansion joints are manufactured with Garlock’s self-flushing flowing arch design, eliminating the media build up responsible for premature failure in other wide arch designs. This proprietary construction reduces fluid turbulence, often the culprit of catastrophic piping and equipment failure. Intended for use in dynamic, high-pressure applications where low spring rates and higher movements are a requirement. Control units are recommended for most applications to prevent damage to the expansion joint from excessive pipe movement (sold separately).
Garlock Style 204 Expansion Joint
Style 204 spool-type non-metallic piping expansion joints are manufactured with the industry standard narrow arch design, intended for use in dynamic conditions where both pressure and vacuum concerns are present. Utilize Garlock styles 204HP, 204EPS, and 204MAX Expansion Joints for extreme pressure requirements. Control units are recommended for most applications to prevent damage to the expansion joint from excessive pipe movement (sold separately).
Garlock Style 204HP Expansion Joint
Style 204HP spool-type non-metallic piping expansion joints are manufactured with the industry standard narrow arch design, intended for use in dynamic conditions where both high-pressure and vacuum concerns are present. Utilize Garlock styles 204EPS or 204MAX Expansion Joints for extreme pressure requirements. Control units are recommended for most applications to prevent damage to the expansion joint from excessive pipe movement (sold separately).
Garlock Style 8100 Expansion Joint
GARFLEX® Style 8100 expansion joints feature rugged yet flexible nylon tire cord reinforcement in a molded, spherical bellows design that ensures exceptional burst pressure ratings. The streamlined flowing arch design reduces turbulence and allows smooth, quiet flow without the restricted movement you'll find with a filled arch design. Control units are recommended for most applications to prevent damage to the expansion joint from excessive pipe movement (sold separately).
Garlock Style SURELINK Expansion Joint
Garlock PTFE expansion joints and couplings have pressure ratings high enough to handle most applications. As the pipe size gets larger, Garlock increases the bellows thickness and the strength of the reinforcing rings to compensate for the change in internal forces. This permits the same high pressure. Body Material, Tube Material, and Cover Material are all PTFE on SURELINK expansion joints. Control units are recommended for most applications to prevent damage to the expansion joint from excessive pipe movement (sold separately).
Do you have application questions for expansion joints? Contact our engineering team today.