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Abstract

A clamp joins two tubular bodies that are in contact with one another with radially protruding flanges. The clamp has a tensioning section for clamping the clamp in the circumferential direction, a tensioning device for introducing tensile forces oriented in the circumferential direction into the tensioning section, bridging a radial clamp opening in the circumferential direction and a holding section which reaches around the flange in the circumferential direction in the installed state, is attached to the flange on the outside radially and extends around it axially on both sides, clamping them axially against one another. The holding section may be formed by several spring elements that act axially and are arranged side-by-side in the circumferential direction and may be designed and dimensioned so that they are capable of following thermally induced expansions and shrinkage of the flanges with spring elasticity in the installed state of the clamp.

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