| There are two main types of bellows such as | | | | welded on one end of the containment. The other |
| formed bellows and welded bellows. Welded metal | | | | end of the bellow is closed and it slides through |
| bellows find its use in varied forms in different | | | | containment as the bellows contracts and expands |
| industries. Bellows are manufactured with systematic | | | | with the fluid system. Depending upon the need and |
| planning, product design, maintaining quality standards | | | | the application, the fluid can be either inside the |
| coupled with finite element and metallurgical analysis | | | | bellows or even outside like between the bellows and |
| besides functional test and thermal tests. These | | | | the containment |
| welded metal bellows perform under stressful | | | | Some welded bellows act as temperature sensors, |
| environment such as high pressure and extreme | | | | pressure sensors, aneroid sensors and also |
| temperature. This characteristic helps metal bellows | | | | transducers such as military temperature transducer |
| to act as temperature transducer. | | | | and aerospace temperature transducer. Depending |
| Uses of metal bellows | | | | upon application, the metal bellows are used and they |
| Metal bellows and bellows valve have wide range of | | | | can function as valve seals, vibration dampeners and |
| applications and benefits. First of, they are corrosion | | | | pressure and temperature sensors. In case of |
| resistant, heat and pressure resistant, they enhance | | | | pressure transducers two small bellows are generally |
| product longevity, ensure cleanliness at the work | | | | joined with a capillary tube. |
| place, offers much sought flexibility, come with | | | | The gas-filled bellows are used in air density controls, |
| better sealing performance and last they are | | | | fuel controls and in pressure chamber. It is the liquid |
| compatible to extreme environment conditions | | | | filled bellows that find wide application in the field of |
| including salt spray, high humidity as well as corrosive | | | | transducers such as temperature-motion transducer, |
| fluids. | | | | temperature-force transducer, motion-motion |
| Different types of bellows and bellow products | | | | transducer and many more. |
| | | | These transducers act to transform one form of |
| Some of the bellow products include accumulators, | | | | energy into another and it is the welded metal |
| surge arrestors, reservoirs which are used in fluid | | | | bellows that actually aid in the altitude sensing |
| management technologies. These welded bellows | | | | system, cockpit cooling system and thermal control |
| differ in function but still come with similar | | | | for optical application system. |
| construction. | | | | Bellows and related products find their usage in |
| Each of these bellow components consist of an outer | | | | industries such as aerospace, oil, gas and chemical, |
| containment, internal bellows separator and ports | | | | military and defense, electrical transmission and |
| either in one side or in both sides depending upon | | | | distribution and devices in research and scientific |
| application. The bellows act as separator that is | | | | laboratories besides finding wide industrial applications. |