A Variety of the Flanges

The flange has been widely used for the connections between ends of the pipelines for considering the convenience for assembly and disassembly. Actually, there is a variety of types with excellent functionality and interchangeability. They all have been designed and manufacture to meet the generally increasing requirements. Some are used just for connecting, while some are applied to shut off or close the pipe. The common main category used is called the pipe flanges. Although there are a lot of the available manufacturing standards, the pipe flanges are usually made to the standards called the ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47. Depending on the characteristics of the forging materials, a wide range of the size and pressure class of this component has been manufactured. Besides, the vacuum flange is also popular in many aspects of the various industries. It is the kind which is placed at the end of a tube to connect vacuum chambers, tubing and vacuum pump to ea...