Macoga Expansion Joints

Macoga,S.A Spain – Worldwide leading supplier of Expansion Joints as well as comprehensive specific solutions.

MACOGA designs, manufactures and supplies and state-of-the-art Expansion Joints suited for Energy Engineering Companies, LNG, LPG, Petroleum Refining, Petrochemical ,Aerospace ,Government/ Military ,Cryogenic Engines & Turbines, Air-Conditioning & AirHeating ,Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts,Cement Plants ,Co-generation Services & Small Power Producers, Gas compression Equipment ,General Bldg Contractors ,Heavy Construction ,Hydraulic plants, Industrial Process ,Furnaces & Ovens, Iron & Steel Foundries, Mining ,Metal Working ,Natural Gas Transmission, Nuclear OEMs ,Offshore.

We use the most sophisticated analysis and calculation software to design your pipe systems and select the most appropriate Expansion Joints providing you a complete pipe stress analysis when required.

MACOGA Expansion Joints are designed, manufactured and tested in accordance with:

  • E.J.M.A. (Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association, Inc.)
  • ASME VIII, Div. I, App. 26
  • EN 14917, European Standard for Metal Expansion Joints.


MACOGA Expansion Joints are of two categories

  • Metal Expansion Joints
  • Rubber Expansion Joints

Metal expansion joints

An expansion joint is a device primarily formed by flexible bellows used to absorb movements in a piping system while containing pressure and a medium running through it.

MACOGA uses different methods for producing the bellows depending upon a range of different contributing factors (eg. diameters, the number of sheets used, the materials used, etc.), although in all cases the bellows are manufactured using seamless tubes or metal cylinders welded along their length. The methods used are as follows: Expanding, Elastomeric, Hydraulic and Roll forming.

Our manufacturing range includes Circular Expansion Joints of the following types:

  • Axial
  • Hinged
  • Gimbal
  • Lateral
  • Pressure Balanced
  • Jacketed
  • Externally Pressurized
as well as Rectangular Expansion Joints which, with limitless dimensions, can be supplied with different convolution and corner types:
  • V-shaped – Camera Corner
  • TENSIONERS
  • V-shaped – Miter Corner (single or double)
  • U-shaped – Rounded Corner
Metal expansion joints

Rubber expansion joints

Rubber Expansion Joint is flexible connector fabricated of natural or synthetic elastomers, fluoroplastics and fabrics and, if necessary, metallic reinforcements used to absorb movements in a piping system while containing pressure and a medium running through it. Our rubber expansion joints are designed according to the Pressure Equipment Directive PED 97/23/EC for the specified operating conditions and according to the FSA (Fluid Sealing Association) Non-Metallic Expansion Joints Division. MACOGA Rubber Expansion Joints are manufactured considering:
  • Chemical and Temperature resistance of internal layers
  • Pressure-resistant reinforcing fabrics
  • Weather, ozone and UV-resistance of external layers
Rubber expansion joints