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LOCAL INDIAN MANUFACTURER – PART OF WORLDWIDE BELMAN GROUP
METALLIC EXPANSION JOINTS
Belman Flexibles India is a local Indian manufacturer of Metallic Expansion Joints and Bellows supplying India and surrounding markets. Belman Flexibles India is a part of the global Belman Group – a recognised supplier & manufacturer Expansion Joints. Our Expansion Joint solutions cater the requirements of piping expansion problems worldwide.
Part of Belman Group
Since 1994, Belman Group has engineered, manufactured and supplied a wide range of customised Metallic Expansion Joint solutions, ranging from the simplest to the most complex designs including Axial Expansion Joints to FCCU Expansion Joints.
Belman Flexibles India was founded in 2020 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Belman Group, Denmark, representing the excellence of “Belman Expansion Joints” in India and surrounding markets, renowned globally for their high quality. From our production operations in India, we are offering a range of customised Expansion Joints & Bellows designed to enhance reliability while ensuring cost efficiency. Belman Flexibles India use verified calculations in designing Expansion Joint solutions and perform calculations according to the latest design codes which are internationally recognized, such as EJMA, ASME etc. to meet the high safety and reliability requirements in the industry. By integrating Danish advanced technology with the cost-effective, agile manufacturing capabilities of our Indian facility, we offer an unbeatable combination of premium quality and competitive pricing to our clients worldwide.
Design range & scope of supply of Expansion Joints & Bellows by Belman Flexibles India
Diameter, installation length and design criteria can be changed upon customer’s request and are available in:
DIMENSIONS:
DN 15 – 12.000
PRESSURE:
full vaccum up to 150 barG
TEMPERATURE:
-256°C to +1000°C
MATERIALS:
Austenitic steels, High alloys,
Duplex, Titanium, Hastelloy,
Incoloy, Inconel, Alloy 59
DESIGN CODES:
EN 13445, EN 13480, EN 14917
ASME VIII, div.I, ASME B31.3
ASME B31.1, EJMA, AD 2000
and others on request
TESTS:
Radiographic examination (X-ray), Helium leak testing, Pressure test, Air test, Dye penetrant test, Magnetic particle examination and many more.
Metallic Expansion Joints to India
AXIAL
LATERAL
ANGULAR
UNIVERSAL
EXHAUST
VIBRATION
ABSORBERS
PRESSURE
BALANCED
ELBOW
PRESSURE BALANCED
CROSSOVER
FCCU
EXTERNALLY PRESSURISED
RING REINFORCED
FOR LNG/LPG
FOR SCRUBBERS
TANK FARM
BELLOWS
CLAMSHELL
BELLOWS
LENS
DISTRICT HEATING
RECTANGULAR
HYGIENIC
HOW WE CUSTOMISE OUR
METALLIC EXPANSION JOINT SOLUTIONS
No matter the market we operate, when it comes to designing and manufacturing of Belman Expansion Joints, we follow the same principles and best practices. Similarly, at Belman Flexibles India, we adopt the same guidelines and principles accordingly to assure the same production standards. Whenever it is required, we keep close cooperation with Belman Head Quarter in Denmark and collaborate for developing further powerful high end Metal Expansion Joint designs by combining the experiences and expertise of both the Belman entities which finally empowered our clients to achieve the best possible flexible solution for their Metallic Expansion Joint requirements.
How we find the RIGHT Expansion Joint & Bellow solution for your needs?
Mostly, we do customised Expansion Joint designs for each project requirements – in fact approximately 90% of all units we sold are customized. Normally, we keep close communication with the client starting from the inquiry stage to understand their precise project needs and find the correct project parameters to suggest the most suitable design. The client will finally receive a proposal from Belman Flexibles India that is custom made for their requirements and the closer collaboration will continue until the delivery of the final product. In our latest projects you can find some selected tailored designs that Belman Flexible India has launched for different applications and countries.
How Belman Flexibles India customise a reliable flexible solution that is specifically engineered for your requirements?
We use verified calculations and drawings in engineering of Belman Expansion Joints. This is then further supported by additional analysis via state-of-the-art design and engineering tools, softwares and additional techniques whenever it is required. Belman Flexibles India designs and calculates all our high-tech Metal Expansion Joint solutions through the use of our in-house developed software BelMaker® that is use by the whole Belman Group and where all the latest design codes are implemented. Case specifically, we posses the ability to use additional software such as: ANSYS, OHMTEC, Autodesk Inventor, Rohr2 etc. according to the requirement. As a rule of thumb, at Belman Flexibles India, we mainly do our designs according to EJMA codes, however, we’re able to use other design codes such as: ASME or any client specific design codes.
Being in the industry for decades, Belman group ensures you receive the best Expansion Joint & Bellow solution based on our global design and engineering practices as well as through highly organized Belman global quality assurance policies which also covered by our indian entity – Belman Flexibles India.
Belman Flexibles India undertakes the requests for:
- Replacement (An identical expansion joint to an existing solution)
- New solution (According to your specifications and requests)
- Improvement of an existing solution or issue (Trouble shooting)
- Refurbishment of Expansion Joints (to save costs and be environmetally friendly)
Belman Group’s expertise in Expansion Joints and optimization of their design enables us to provide cost-efficient designs to our clients. We further developped that capabilities by combining the agile manufacturing capacities of Belman Flexibles India to continually enhanced the combination of premium quality and competitive pricing. Therefore, we provide highly cost-effective customized solution which obviously not necessarily very expensive and it will be perfectly adapt for the exact purpose, parameters and environment in the pipe system and the plant of installation. In some cases, when Belman troubleshoots and builds more features into the Expansion Joint, it may entail extra costs – but in the long term these costs will be more than recovered through the improvements in performance.
How to find the prices of Belman Expansion Joints & Bellows?
There can be several ways of How to find out the expansion joint price Firstly, by making use of the Belman software BelMaker Light® or by sending specifications, projects description and/or drawings of the new/existing Expansion Joint/-s to Belman Flexibles India.
AFFORDABLE WORLD-CLASS QUALITY
Customised EXPANSION BELLOWS
durable & cost effective piping bellows
WHY CHOOSE BELMAN FLEXIBLES INDIA?
We are the exclusive Indian branch of the well-reputed international manufacturing chain of Expansion Joints and Bellows from Denmark. Since 1994, the Belman Group in Denmark has engineered, manufactured, and supplied a wide range of Metallic Expansion Joint solutions—from the simplest to the most complex designs—for various applications, including oil & gas, power, cement, chemical, and nuclear plants.
Belman Flexible India is the latest member of the Belman Group’s branch network, established in 2020 to stay closer to our customers in Asia and the surrounding markets. In India, we own a fully equipped production facility located in Raipur, which is capable of designing, manufacturing, and testing various types of Expansion Joints. Our Raipur production facility, along with the local sales office, enables us to be even closer to our valued customers.
At Belman Group, we have demonstrated our expertise by assisting customers worldwide with Expansion Joints tailored to their needs, ensuring smooth and safe operations. Over the years, we have built an extensive list of references across industries and countries, including long-term clients and multiple supply partnerships.
We strongly believe that our first-class reputation as a provider of customized Expansion Joint solutions in Europe can benefit our distant clients in Asia by catering to their various Expansion Joint requirements while elevating the traditional ecosystem of Expansion Joint manufacturing to the next level. The proven excellence of Belman Expansion Joints is reflected in every product design by our manufacturing facilities around the world, as well as in the unmatched engineering consultancy provided by our experts in all the markets we serve, including India.
Belman Flexible India is the exclusive Belman representative in India and near by markets, despite the market location, when you choose “Belman Expansion Joints” you will get:
- Cost efficient Expansion Joint solutions
- Reliable and suitable piping Expansion Bellows for your needs (plant/project)
- High product quality
- Documentation
- Short on-time delivery
- Quick response to requests and questions
- Units manufactured in India, Denmark or the United Kingdom by use of high-quality raw materials
- Competitive prices due to innovation and extensive knowhow
OUR CLIENTS SAY
HIGH
QUALITY
92% of clients think
Belman Flexibles India has
high product quality.*
ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS
92% of clients think Belman Flexibles India is good at tailoring solutions to their needs.*
HELP & CONSULTANCY
92% of clients think Belman Flexibles India provides good help and consultancy*
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
92% of clients think
Belman Flexibles India has
a high knowledge level*
ON-TIME
DELIVERY
92% of clients think
Belman Flexibles India
delivers on-time*
FAST
RESPONSE
92% of clients think
Belman Flexibles India
responds quickly*
*Source: Belman Flexibles India Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023
Expansion Joint design can include one or more metal bellows
WHAT IS
AN EXPANSION JOINT?
There can be various terms used to refer Expansion Joints, such as, expansion bellows, flexible joints, pipeline bellows, compensators, piping expansion joints and many more terms. When answering the question “What is an expansion joint?” it can be specify as a flexible component designed to absorb the dimensional changes of steel pipe systems and ducts. The changes could be heat-induced expansion and contraction, vibrations caused by rotating machinery or pressure deformations and misalignment during installation or building settlements.
Metal Bellows are usually a critical component of a complete pipe system. Expansion Joint design can be consist of one or more metal bellows that is most commonly made out of stainless steel or other materials such as rubber, fabric, plastic etc. Further, Expansion Joints and Bellows are widely used in industries where thermal expansion in pipe systems occurs and in order to prolong the service life of pipe systems and reduce the risk of their downtime for additional maintenance and repair.
INDUSTRIES & applications
WHERE TO USE
EXPANSION JOINTS?
Expansion Joints find importance in many industries and are used extensively in among others:
- Energy sector (power plants, nuclear power plants, district heating pipe systems etc.)
- Steel plants
- Petrochemical industry (oil refineries, pumping stations, oil rigs etc.)
- Chemical industries (asphalt manufacturers etc.)
- Process industry (sugar factories etc.)
- Exhaust systems and engines
- Pulp and paper industries
- LNG/LPG tankers, -carriers etc.
ENGINEERED FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS
ADVANTAGES OF
USING EXPANSION BELLOWS?
Expansion Joints can be challenging topic to many piping designers and engineers as it can be sometimes challenging to recognize the applicability of expansion Joints over the alternatives (when to use an expansion joint) and what are the advantages of using pipeline expansion joints. We have seen this less awareness regarding the usability of expansion joints vs. alternative flexible solutions has lead for many miss conceptions towards Expansion Joints. Some believe that Expansion Joints should be avoided in a piping system and it could seems initially attractive, but with our experiences and by being the industry for decades, we are not hesitate to declare that Engineered Expansion Joints and Bellows offer wide range of options and advantages compare to the other alternatives.
The advantages include:
- Simple in design and function
- Space reduction
- Weight reduction
- Cost reduction
- Reduce piping systems engineering requirements and design complexity
- Improved flexibility for piping layout
- Reliable and proven in the field
- Further, expansion joints are more effective than alternatives such as pipe bends and pipe loops due to their greater ability to conserve space, their economic efficiency and better performance in absorbing larger movements
choosing the right bellows manufacturers makes the difference, especially when it comes to reliability and quality assurance. It is important to work with a competent and experienced manufacturer that you can trust with previous excellent track records, especially to make sure that you get the required advantages of an Expansion Joint(s) that has been engineered to cater the specific purpose – irrespective of how simple or complicated the operating data. In most of the industries that find usability of Expansion Joints, operational safety and reliable performance plays a crucial role, whether you will replace an existing expansion joint, install an improved expansion bellow solution or if you plan to build a new plant/pipeline and introduce new Expansion Joints. Finally, the safe and reliable operation of a pipe system is highly depend on the performance of all the components.
Therefore, we proudly present Belman Flexibles India as your trusted partner for Expansion Joint requirements with proven track records in many industries as well as the fully coverage of “Global Belman” brand promise that already implemented more than 900,000 Expansion Joint solutions around the world.
INSTALLATION of
EXPANSION JOINTS
Correct installation of Expansion Joint is crucial to avoid unsafe and unreliable operation. Most importnatly, to achieve the maximum service life, presure resistance and other desired project related outcomes, it is very important to carefully handle the installation of Expansion Joints. When Expansion Joints installed incorrectly in the worst case it will lead to a damaged expansion joint and/or pipe system, resulting in an unexpected shutdown. Therefore, we have developed a proper guide for Expansion Joint installations ( The installation guide ) where Belman describes how to ensure a correct installation.
Following is a list of key considerations to keep in mind and make sure,
- That the Expansion joint is designed according to the correct operational data.
- That the expansion joints are placed with the inner sleeve in the correct direction in relation to the flow
- That expansion joints with tie rods, gimbals or hinges are placed in the correct angle in the pipe system, so they are not prevented by the pipeline from absorbing movements.
It is also important to consider the following during the installation and handling of expansion joints:
- Correct storage and transport
- Correct removal of transport fittings / pretensioning fittings
- Correct expansion installation in all stages
- Understanding of flow direction
- Correct placement of anchors/guides
- Correct preparation and completion of pressure test
- Correct maintenance
You can find more information about these important points in the Belman Expansion joint installation guide, which is available in multiple languages.
MANUFACTURING
& SHIPMENT
Manufacturing
Belman Flexible India’s state-of-the-art production facilities is located in Raipur, India. We are well equipped with necessary technology and resources to manufacture high quality Expansion Joints and Bellows in the process of keep upgrading the resources starting from the very first establishment of the factory. Upon all the above, we hold the technical experience and high-end knowledge in delivering high-end Belman Expansion Joints that cater the specific parameter requirements of clients worldwide in the maximum cost-efficiency resulted by the excellent craftmanship.
Moreover, Belman Group also have production facilities in our Head Quarters Denmark and United Kingdom. More information about Belman Group’s, suppliers, welding and manufacturing can be found here: Manufacturing.
Shipment
Delivery can be organized by Belman Flexibles India to any site and/or client warehouse anywhere locally in India or worldwide. Being a global supplier Belman Flexibles India has experiences in finding the best and most cost-efficient method of delivery despite the location.
For any special transport requirements, such as oversized transport, escorted transport, road freight, sea freight and/or air freight, we are able to organize the transport on your behalf upon the request. Belman Flexibles India maintain a list of reliable transport partners, in order to fulfill our logistics and shipping requirements. If the client wishes to arrange the transport themselves, Belman Flexibles India will assist on providing the relevant information for shipping and packaging.
Protected packaging
Expansion joints are always packed with suitable protection for the selected form of transport. For example in sea transport we can provide sea worthy packing or any specific packaging requirements upon the request.
QUALITY-ASSURED SOLUTIONS BY BELMAN GROUP
CERTIFICATES & TYPE APPROVALS
Belman Expansion Joints are certified by recognised accrediation bodies and classification societies.
System Certifications:
Type And Manufacturing Approvals (Incl. LNG/LPG):
Others:
CERTIFICATES & APPROVALS:
MEMBER OF:
CERTIFICATES & APPROVALS:
QUALITY Assurance
& TESTING
No matter the market we operate, Belman Expansion Joints are ensured for high product quality. Belman Expansion Joints are known for the high quality and therefore our quality control is a fundamental part of our operations in every market where Belman operates. Similarly, in Belman Flexibles India, we prioritize our quality procedures to match the Belman quality promise. We of course hold the ISO 9001:2015 certification, which is a testament to our unwavering commitment to quality assurance and customer satisfaction. We follow the same good practices of Belman Headquarter in Denmark and adhere the local and international regulations in order to assure our product quality.
DELIVERY TIME FOR EXPANSION JOINTS
We believe, the delivery time for Belman Expansion Joints is on top of the list as a reliable delivery time provider on the market. The 2023 customer satisfaction survey shows that 92% of our clients thinks Belman Flexibles India deliver on-time, which is a strong signal of client satisfaction in our delivery performances. Therefore, we believe when on-time delivery is very critical for you or your client in optimizing the maintenance work/replacement work – you can of course rely on Belman Flexibles India. In this way clients can avoid the risk of delayed delivery and unexpected costs.
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