expansion joints
expansion joints

Hydronic Expansion Joints (Part 2): It’s All About the Guides

RL DeppmannHydronic System Design, Vibration and Expansion Control, Expansion Joints, Vibration, Expansion and Noise Control, Expansion and Noise Control, Monday Morning Minutes, Expansion Joints

Expansion joints in hydronic systems are used when the natural flexibility of the pipe will not handle the calculated movement caused by thermal expansion.  Those joints could …

expansion joints
expansion joints

Hydronic Expansion Joints (Part 1)

RL DeppmannExpansion Joints, Vibration, Expansion and Noise Control, Expansion and Noise Control, Expansion Joints, Monday Morning Minutes, Hydronic System Design, Vibration and Expansion Control

Piping flexible connectors for pumps, chiller, towers, and other equipment are often described in two different sections of the mechanical specifications for new and retrofit …

hydronic pump piping
hydronic pump piping

Hydronic Expansion Joints: Flexible Connectors vs. Expansion Joints

RL DeppmannExpansion and Noise Control, Expansion Joints, Monday Morning Minutes, Hydronic System Design, Vibration and Expansion Control, Expansion Joints, Vibration, Expansion and Noise Control

William Shakespeare may not have known anything about hydronic engineering, but a small part of his play, Romeo and Juliet, could be renamed Flexible Connectors and Expansion …

Hydronic Pump Piping and Trim: Vibration Inertia Bases

RL DeppmannMonday Morning Minutes, Pumps, Vibration and Expansion Control, Expansion and Noise Control, Installation, Vibration Bases, Vibration Bases

Oftentimes an engineer will specify a pump mounted on springs, vibration base, inertia base, or isolation base. Our industry tends to use a number of terms for the same …