The Predictable, Long Term Benefits of a Quality Custom Expansion Joint The bottom line business value of a well designed FlexCom expansion joint.

A carefully engineered custom expansion joint is a vital addition to any industrial ductwork application that requires the transfer of high temperature gases or liquid. From cement kiln exhaust systems to gas turbines and pipelines, an expansion joint must perform reliably over the long term against the challenge of heavy stresses and engineering demands.

What any plant operator wants is an operating application that runs smoothly, doesn't fail, accommodates both internal and external loads, and is cost effective to maintain. An expansion joint designed specifically for your application offers long term benefits beyond everyday heat and movement compensation. You should be able to expect:

• Increased system predictability. Unwanted transmission of loads from major equipment components (such as fans and pumps) can reduce the predictability of your ductwork application, complicating system analysis and making fault diagnosis more difficult and costly. Custom expansion joints isolate your components from your ductwork - preventing load and vibration transmission, and increasing the general predictability of your industrial application.


• Clearly defined vendor responsibilities. By reducing or eliminating vibration or other stress transmission from your components to your ductwork, well designed expansion joints make it easier to identify vendor responsibility for maintenance, repair, general contract and liability issues. This can simplify maintenance issues, identify liability risks and additionally reduce general plant operating costs.


• More effective repair scheduling. Greater application predictability makes it much easier to efficiently schedule anticipated repairs, upgrades and general maintenance tasks. This in turn allows you to manage warranty and maintenance contract costs more effectively. While expansion joint installation is only one of many steps towards reliable predictive maintenance, the component isolation offered by custom expansion joints is an important step towards a manageable ductwork system.


• Fewer unexpected, costly application downtimes. Ultimately, strong isolation of load transmission between your components and ductwork - and the increased predictability and maintenance reliability that accompany it - translate to fewer application failures and less downtime. This is also why it is so important to ensure that your expansion joints have been custom designed for your particular application. As a single point of failure, an expansion joint is required to compensate for a large variety of engineering loads, and only a joint designed specifically for the demands of your unique system will provide all the benefits you need.

Our Products: FlexCom Custom Transitions and Special Joint Shapes

Custom Transitions and Special Joint Shapes from FlexCom

The flexibility and reliability of our ChemShield and FlexLam materials allows FlexCom engineers to fabricate flexible duct connectors in virtually any imaginable shape or transition configuration. We design round to round, rectangle to round, rectangle to rectangle, eccentric and concentric transitions, as well as a variety of custom covers and shapes for any appropriate industrial ductwork system.

These transitions deliver exceptional performance in low pressure gas transfer applications that require the abrasion resistance that our ChemShield materials provide.

About FlexCom Inc.

Since 1991, Flexible Compensators (FlexCom) Inc. has dedicated itself to the ongoing task of making the finest custom designed metal, fabric and composite expansion joints available for today's most challenging industrial applications. Serving OEM accounts and end users throughout North America, Europe and Asia, FlexCom expansion joints today perform reliable service in applications ranging from large cement kilns to power generation and pollution control systems.