Engineering Programs

Engineering Programs

Our engineering software is mainly for companies and individuals who are designing or checking bellows or compensator designs. Bellows are calculated to EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufacturer's Association) and ASME standards. Individual component design programs use generally accepted design formulas and our own proven proprietary calculations. These programs do not use the finite element methods and are therefore easy to learn and use. Designs may be more conservative but are very fast to produce. Even a salesman who is not doing designs everyday can use them.

All programs have high quality printouts of the calculation input and output. Company's logo can be included into the prints. Download screen shots and reports of the ancillary programs.

Bellows Master II

is a bellows calculation program. It is a stand alone application for Win 98 to Win XP operating systems. Bellows are calculated according to two editions of EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufacturer’s Association), ASME B31.3 Appendix X and ASME XIII Appendix 26. It is very user friendly with full error checking for data entry and can therefore be used by a salesman or any other person who has some knowledge of compensators.

No extrapolation of factors or material values is needed. Everything is included in the program.

Bellows Master II is available in standard form and customized for a bellows manufacturer. Customized version includes manufacturer's tools, special bellows shapes and any other requirement manufacturer wishes to include. Using this fully customized program you will not be able to design a bellows your company cannot produce. For those who use hydro forming the program calculates required forming pressures, ram forces and tool settings including required material cut lengths and widths.

This program is for Win98 to Windows XP. It needs our Material Base and BDE (Borland Database Engine - supplied). The program has an installation program and very large help file. It is supplied on a CD.

AxMov Tool

is a program to quickly calculate bellows' required axial movement due to thermal expansion of a pipeline or vessel. It also calculates recommended presetting of the bellows if the pipeline's metal temperature during erection differs from 20 C.

This program is for Win95 to Windows XP and it has its own help file and an installation program. It is supplied on diskette.

HinMov Tool

is a program to quickly calculate bellows' required angular movements in a 3 hinge system due to thermal expansion.

This program is for Win95 to Windows XP. The program has an installation program and its own help file. It is supplied on diskette.

Flange Tool

is a program to calculate oval and round flanges used for universal and gimbal compensators. Flanges can be blind or with a center hole and both types may or may not have flange bolts. The program is easy and fast to use. Results may be conservative compared to finite element methods but are faster and cheaper to produce. Intended users are estimators, sales and designers. It includes calculation of the bellows' pressure force and allows you to include external additional loading of the rods attached to the flanges.