Improved bellows serves as thermal-expansion joint in vacuum-jacketed cyrogenic piping system. Made of Hastelloy C-22 and fabricated in field by welding two clam-shell-like half bellows. No protective paint or maintenance needed. Design modified to fit most thin-wall bellows.
Clamshell Thermal-Expansion Bellows
NASA Tech Briefs ; 17 , 10
1993-10-01
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