Metal Bellows - Key Enabling Technology for a Wide Range of Engineering Applications

摘要

Convert pressure, mechanical, vacuum and temperature changes into linear or rotational motion using metal bellows. It could be the smallest component of an overall mechanical assembly but it very often plays the most critical role in the functionality of a system. With all-metal, seamless construction, metal bellows have the physical form of a flexible, lightweight, spring-like accordion with the appearance of ribbed or corrugated tubing. In many engineering applications, the bellows functions like a spring, but when it is filled with a pressurized liquid or gas, or subject to vacuum conditions the bellows will be extremely sensitive to a variety of forces.