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 American
BOA engine exhaust manifolds and system components
are designed to reduce engine downtime, improve
engine efficiency and to provide increased
engine reliability. Most manifolds are designed
as modular systems connected by flanged expansion
joints. The modular system provides for easy
handling, easy installation and easy removal
for routine engine maintenance. BOA's multiply
bellows design provides maximum flexibility
with minimum spring forces. The multiply bellows
utilized dampens vibration, thereby lowering
bolt and turbocharger stresses and minimizes
system fatigue.
We
are routinely involved in customer projects
with the goal of decreasing cost via a more
efficient system design. Our approach is
to review the entire system, not just one
component such as the expansion joints,
and eliminate unnecessary materials with
more technically advanced solutions that
prove over the long term to be more cost
effective. Each solution recommended is
backed by detailed analysis and critical
stress evaluations.
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American
BOA exhaust expansion joints are used in a
variety of applications including but not
limited to: land-based, stationary reciprocating
engines used for power generation; propulsion
engines aboard small boats and large ships;
and gas turbine generators and pumps on offshore
oil platforms. BOA pioneered the development
of the unique multi-ply bellows design, which
has proven over the years to be highly effective
in absorbing both thermal expansion and vibration
in engine and compressor piping systems. 
In
addition to our catalog standard exhaust
expansion joint products, American BOA can
design and manufacture expansion joints
uniquely engineered to suit your special
applications. In these situations our engineers
utilize the system operating conditions
to develop special expansion joint assemblies
that have capabilities beyond our standard
products.