DME Incorporated
14001 Marquardt Ave.
Santa Fe Springs,
CA 90670,  USA
Tel (562) 921-0464
Toll Free 1-888-4DMEINC
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Expansion joints designed and manufactured at DME come in a wide variety of materials and sizes. Our design engineers will assist you in your expansion joint selection as expansion joints used for certain equipment may not be applicable for another. Here at DME Inc., we will manufacture our joints to meet your requirements. Our having over 3 decade’s worth of experience in the field has enabled us to provide customers with products that meet their exact and precise specifications. Efficiency can be gauged by precision and that is what we offer here at DME Inc. We can provide our customers with a wide selection of bellows that are suited for a variety of applications. Bellows are the flexible element in an expansion joint that consists of one or more convolutions. They make it possible for a wide variety of equipment to absorb dimensional changes caused by thermal expansion and contraction in pipelines, ducts or vessels. Our bellows are made from all of the highest quality alloys on the market today. We mostly use T-321 stainless steel as a standard for our quality bellows because of its excellent forming and high temperature properties. We can also manufacture and design bellows made from other alloys to give you a broader range of choices that would suit your requirements.

DME Inc. fabricates stainless steel expansion joints in our 40,000 square foot Santa Fe Springs facility. Inconel 625, T-316L stainless, Hastelloy C-276 and Alloy X are some of the other alloys that are available to you for use on special applications. We also manufacture our bellows expansion joints in a variety of designs and styles for most any piping system. All of our bellows capsules and expansion joints are manufactured according to EJMA guidelines. We can manufacture large and small single ply and multi-ply bellows for you that can range from 1-1/2” models to as large as 104” in diameter ducting joints. We also have universal bellows joints available for you that are composed of 2 bellows joined together by a common connector and capable of absorbing axial compression, lateral deflection and angular rotation all at the same time. We manufacture ducting bellows that can be used for a variety of ducting or low pressure applications. We also can manufacture high temperature exhaust bellows for your engine exhaust systems. Externally pressurized expansion joint models designed to absorb large amounts of axial movement and can be designed for high pressure applications. The flexible element in this type of expansion joint is protected by an outer casing for more durability and a built in safety feature.

Non-standard and metric sized expansion joint models can also be made for you when needed. Our production equipment and extensive range of tooling makes it possible for us to meet your custom requirements and delivery needs. We also try to maintain a large selection and inventory of materials in order to provide our customers with fast delivery times and prompt shipping schedules for their orders. DME also provides rebuilding services for our customers when it is necessary to rebuild an expansion joint rather than purchasing a new one. It may also be a cost effective alternative to rebuild an expansion joint where custom fittings, stainless and alloy flanges need only to be re-worked in order save cost. DME will sandblast and re-machine your fittings as needed. Our replacement bellows are matched as close as possible to the original design. Customers should provide accurate pressure, temperature and movement specifications in order to insure an exact expansion joint replacement. Here at DME Inc., we make sure that our customers get what they need when they need it. With our engineering expertise and extensive equipment, we try to manufacture products that meet all our customer’s expectations.