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    Gimbal expansion joints are designed to allow for angular movement in any plane using two pairs of hinges attached to a common floating ring. The gimbal ring, hinges, and pins restrain pressure thrust and shear forces. Gimbal rings can be round or square. MWC and MFC series gimbal expansion joints connect pipe sections with either welding ends or flanges and allow for single-plane or multi-plane movements. They are used to absorb expansion in piping systems and support dead weight while avoiding twisting bellows or requiring main anchors.

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    Gimbal expansion joints are designed to allow for angular movement in any plane using two pairs of hinges attached to a common floating ring. The gimbal ring, hinges, and pins restrain pressure thrust and shear forces. Gimbal rings can be round or square. MWC and MFC series gimbal expansion joints connect pipe sections with either welding ends or flanges and allow for single-plane or multi-plane movements. They are used to absorb expansion in piping systems and support dead weight while avoiding twisting bellows or requiring main anchors.

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    Gimbal expansion joints are designed to allow for angular movement in any plane using two pairs of hinges attached to a common floating ring. The gimbal ring, hinges, and pins restrain pressure thrust and shear forces. Gimbal rings can be round or square. MWC and MFC series gimbal expansion joints connect pipe sections with either welding ends or flanges and allow for single-plane or multi-plane movements. They are used to absorb expansion in piping systems and support dead weight while avoiding twisting bellows or requiring main anchors.

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    Gimbal expansion joints are designed to allow for angular movement in any plane using two pairs of hinges attached to a common floating ring. The gimbal ring, hinges, and pins restrain pressure thrust and shear forces. Gimbal rings can be round or square. MWC and MFC series gimbal expansion joints connect pipe sections with either welding ends or flanges and allow for single-plane or multi-plane movements. They are used to absorb expansion in piping systems and support dead weight while avoiding twisting bellows or requiring main anchors.

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    Gimbal

    MWC & MFC series

    Gimbal
    MWC & MFC series

    Gimbal Expansion Joints are designed to allow angular


    movement in any plane by the use of two pairs of hinges
    affixed to a common floating gimbal ring. The gimbal ring,
    hinged and pins are designed to restrain the pressure thrust
    due to internal pressure and shear forces.

    A gimbal ring is either round or square. For round gimbals


    the torsional moment shall be considered and for square
    gimbals the instability due to the bending shall be consid-
    ered.

    MWC MFC
    Gimbal expansion joint with welding ends. Gimbal expansion joint with flanges.

    Features

    Type Series
    Gimbal MWC, MFC
    Pressure thrust restraint Movements
     Axial 
    Transmits shear and wind
    Single-plane  loads
    Lateral
    Multi-plane  Supports dead weight
    Avoid twisting the bellows
    Single-plane 
    Angular No main anchors required
    Multi-plane 

    MACOGA, S.A.
    Leira s/n - 15680 Ordes - A Coruña - Spain
    Tel: +34 981 68 00 00
    macoga@macoga.com www.macoga.com
    Gimbal
    MWC & MFC series

    Typical applications

    Case 1 SPRING HANGER


    Case 2 HINGED
    EXPANSION JOINT
    MWC / MFC
    SPRING HANGER
    PLANAR GUIDE

    PLANAR GUIDE

    GIMBAL
    EXPANSION JOINT
    SPRING HANGER
    MWC / MFC

    GIMBAL
    EXPANSION JOINT
    MWC / MFC

    GIMBAL
    EXPANSION JOINT
    MWC / MFC

    The capacity of the Gimbal Expansion Joints to absorb an- When it is either impossible or undesirable for the horizon-
    gular movements in any plane is usually applied by using tal sections of piping to absorb the expansion of the vertical
    two Gimbal Expansion Joints as shown in the diagram. Only section, a system composed of two Gimbal Expansion
    two intermediate fixed points are requiered owing to the Joints plus one Hinged Expansion Joint must be used as
    fact that the Gimbal system absorbs the thrust produced by shown in the diagram. The use of a Hinged Expansion Joint
    the internal pressure. This system of two Gimbal Expansion is justified by the fact that movement in the vertical section
    Joints means that any vertical expansion of the pipes is ab- only occurs in one plane.
    sorbed by the bend in the horizontal sections of piping and
    it may therefore be necessary to install spring hangers in
    both sections.

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    MACOGA, S.A.
    Leira s/n - 15680 Ordes - A Coruña - Spain
    Tel: +34 981 68 00 00
    macoga@macoga.com www.macoga.com

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