control rod

control rod
devices, usually in the form of rods or bars, attached to the expansion joint assembly whose primary function is to distribute movement between the two bellows of a universal expansion joint. Control rods are not designed to restrain pressure thrusts.

Mechanics glossary. 2013.

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