Dredge Ball Joint

Dredge Ball Joint

Application

Dredge ball joint is a flexible coupling between two pipes used to transport water and sand mixture from a cutter suction dredger or a trailing suction hopper dredger to the discharging area. Depends on the design of the dredge ball joint it can turn to all directions between 15 to 22.5 degrees.

The dredge ball joint consist of at least five parts named casing, ball,gland,liner and seal. Pipe inner diameter from 300mm to 1200mm,turning angle 15 degrees and 18 degrees.

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Dredge ball joints features:

1.Easy assembly and disassembly.
2.Low maintenance cost.
3.Easily replace liners.
4.sizes for pipe inner diameter from 400mm to 1200mm.
5.Made for low, medium and high pressure.
6.Ball turning angle 15 degrees and 18 degrees.

Dredge ball joints type:

1.Tilting angle of 15 degrees:10bar,20bar and 30bar.
2.Tilting angle of 18 degrees:10bar,20bar and 30bar.

Materials:

CASE:ZG30Mn
GLAND:ZG30Mn
BALL:ZG30Mn
LINER:ZG30Mn or 30CrMoNi
SEAL:NBR
LOCK:Q345 or Q235

Drawing of Dredge Ball Joint

Technical Parameters

15 Degrees Tilting Angle
Working Pressure		10bar		20bar
Ball Joint I.D.(mm)	Pipe I.D.(mm)	Height(mm)	Weight(kg)	Height(mm)	Weight(kg)
428	400	416	796	504	851
536	500	524	1000	624	1065
586	550	561	1088	6681	1168
694	650	663	1285	789	1379
744	700	711	7379	852	1479
854	800	812	1576	970	1690
904	850	852	1666	1022	1787
1166	1100	1094	2154	1324	2296
1266	1200	1167	2328	1426	2496

18 Degrees Tilting Angle
Working Pressure		10bar		20bar
Ball Joint I.D.(mm)	Pipe I.D.(mm)	Height(mm)	Weight(kg)	Height(mm)	Weight(kg)
428	400	500	892	593	966
536	500	616	1112	743	1210
586	550	677	1218	807	1326
694	650	786	1432	944	1562
744	700	894	1542	1009	1672
854	800	973	1768	1149	1912
954	900	1076	1974	1282	2134
1266	1200	1405	2612	1688	2832

Dredge Ball Joint In Factory