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An analysis is presented of fluoroplast bellows designs and manufacturing methods. A method is considered for making bellows from PTFE powder by pressing in special molds, which provides high reliability, preset pressure strength, and axial, angular, and cyclic working lives.
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Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftegazovoe Mashinostroenie, No. 8, pp. 46–47, August, 2006.
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Kashigin, E.N., Zershchikov, K.Y. & Kalmykova, Y.L. Design and manufacture of PTFE bellows. Chem Petrol Eng 42, 473–477 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10556-006-0129-7
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