MANUFACTURERS OF EXPANSION JOINTS

BIKAR manufactures components, assemblies and equipment for the fluid handling and airtight joint industries.


PRODUCTS

SPECIALISTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF 3 TYPES OF JOINTS

We develop and manufacture our own products based upon specific needs, taking into account critical factors involving temperature, pressure, and movement. In addition to our consultation and participation in each project’s study, we offer a variety of solutions where quality will always stand out as our strongest mark of identity.

OTHERS

We offer a wide range of special products for different requirements and levels of performance.

Dismantling joints / High-temperature airtight joints / Insitustop

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SERVICES

More profitable, durable and effective systems

Within the typical life cycle of an installation, the expansion joint manufacturers supply teams during the assembly, maintenance, and replacement phases (black marks on the figure). The broad range of experience and knowledge possessed by BIKAR’s personnel allows them to provide support for customers in the most critical phases of an installation’s life cycle (blue marks). This allows the installations to be more profitable, durable, and efficient, while also eliminating unnecessary costs.

APPLICATIONS

WATER

Desalination plants
Intermediary pumping

BIKAR has had a presence in the world of water for more than 20 years, using its knowledge to improve desalination plants and potable water pumping facilities.

POWER

Nuclear plants
Combined cycle plants
Thermosolar plants

The energy sector is one of the most demanding when it comes to quality of materials and control of the manufacturing process. BIKAR has a presence in nuclear power plants as well as in combined cycle power plants.

OIL&GAS

Petrochemical
Petroleum

BIKAR responds to the all of the demands of this market with its expansion joints manufactured using special materials, for demanding environments: corrosive, extreme, explosive, high pressure (more than 50 bar – 725 psi), high-temperature (up to 1200 ºC -2200 ºF), and for any other required specifications.

INDUSTRY

Cement plants
Incinerators
Paper mills

BIKAR provides its experience and support to companies for their engineering, technical, maintenance, and production departments, in order to improve their results.

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS

Ventilation/capture of gases/fumes
Water pumps
Valves

Equipment manufacturers typically incorporate expansion joints as accessories to their products. Collaboration with BIKAR allows manufacturers to make the market’s best materials available, improving their image in the sector while also providing their installations with maximum reliability.

ENGINEERING

Notably reducing facility design times.
Providing knowledge on optimizing the choice of expansion joint types to best fit the needs of the facility.
Increase the efficiency of installations

BIKAR collaborates with large engineering firms around the world. In addition to supplying them with reliable, top- quality products, we also have knowledge of the entire life cycle of all of the existing types of expansion joints.

CHEMICALS

Chemical industry
Fertilizers

The highly corrosive processes and harsh demands of this type of industry require knowledge of high value-added materials and proven high-pressure and high-temperature designs.

MINING

Materials washing
Materials processing
Materials transport

The mining industry always requires the highest quality solutions. The processes are extremely demanding, and materials specifications must ensure chemical resistance to the fluids used in the washing process, and resistance to abrasion from moving solids.

 

NEWS

Rubber expansion joint package for an important pumping station in Egypt

Supply of expansion joints designed and manufactured for an important pumping station located in Egypt. In this case, due to the movements specified by the client, a type of joint…

Metal expansion joints working on a water transmission line in Bahrain

As we announced in February, Bikar Expansion Joints was in charge of a project in Bahrain for one of the most important Water and Energy clients in the country, consisting…

BIKAR makes official the second and last shipment for a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.

Bikar expansion joints makes official the second and last shipment for a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. In this case it is a project in the extension phase. This project…

Bikar collaborates with Euskalit in the spread of the European Week of Advanced Management

Bikar Expansion Joints collaborates with Euskalit in the spread of the European Week of Advanced Management. Our collaborators, called “Astezaleak”, have the mission of promoting these sessions, making visible their…

(Español) Proyecto de autoconsumo y almacenamiento

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We moved!

As we were already anticipating at the beginning of the year, 2024 is full of news for Bikar Expansion Joints. We are pleased to inform you that we are moving…

Metal expansion joints for water project in Bahrain

There is no better way to start the year than to present important projects completed and on the way to their destination. In this case it is a project in…

In 2024, BIKAR will be present at IFAT and ACHEMA exhibitions

Both of them will be in Germany, IFAT 2024 in Munich and ACHEMA 2024 in Frankfurt. On the one hand, IFAT is the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage,…

Ad-hoc design and manufacturing of expansion joints for a water project in Asia

This supply consists of rubber expansion joints custom designed and manufactured for one of the most important clients in Asia, in response to special technical requirements. They are large rubber…

Expansion joints designed and manufactured for pumping stations in Egypt.

Expansion joints designed and manufactured for pumping stations in Egypt. On this occasion, BIKAR has obtained a contract for the design, manufacture and delivery of metallic expansion joints for important…