A flange is an external or internal ridge, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam; or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera; or for a flange of a rail car or tram wheel.
2. A flange is an external or internal ridge, or rim, for
strength, as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam
or a T-beam; or for attachment to another object, as the
flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the
lens mount of a camera; or for a flange of a rail car or tram
wheel.
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3. Slip on Flanges are manufactured with an inside diameter that is
slightly bigger than the pipe's outside diameter. These
attachments are connected to the pipe via fillet weld at the top
and bottom of the flange.
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4. A weld neck flange is a type of flange. There are two designs.
The regular type is used with pipes. The long type is unsuitable
for pipes and is used in process plant. A weld neck flange
consists of a circular fitting with a protruding rim around the
circumference.
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5. A blind flange is a plate for covering or closing the
end of a pipe. The purpose of these is to block off a
section of pipe or a nozzle on a vessel that is not
used.
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6. Socket-weld pipe flanges are typically used on smaller
sizes of high pressure pipes. These pipe flanges are
attached by inserting the pipe into the socket end and
applying fillet weld around the top.
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7. Threaded Flanges are also known as screwed flange, and it is
having a thread inside the flange bore which fits on the pipe
with matching male thread on the pipe.
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8. A lap joint flange, abbreviated as LJF, is a flange that consists
of two parts, a stub end and the backing flange. On a Lap
Joint, the flange slides over the pipe and the stub end is the
connection where the gasket sits.
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9. Orifice flanges, abbreviated as ORFF, are for metering
the volumetric flow rate of liquids and gasses through a
pipe. Two orifice flanges are called an orifice flange
union.
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10. Forged flanges are used as a connection component for
pipes, valves, pumps and other equipment to form a
pipework system. They provide easy access for cleaning,
inspection, modification or repairs.
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11. Reducing flanges are a specialty flange that are most often
used on projects that require the fitting together of different
sized pipes. A reducing flange consists of a flange with one
specified diameter having a bore of a different and smaller,
diameter.
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12. Spectacle blind flanges – also known as figure-8 blind flanges –
are generally pieces of metal. Spectacle blind flange cut to fit
between two pipe flanges and usually sandwiched between two
gaskets.
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13. Nakshatra Steel & Alloys is one of the leading Flanges
manufactures in India and supplies quality Flanges of all
types worldwide. For further information about the kinds of
flanges they offer, visit our website.
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