Pipe Flange

Flanges are used for variety of purposes. The main purpose is to connect pipes but they are also used for connecting other equipments. Flanges are fit to a variety of other components besides pipes. They are fitted to bellows, ducts, wheels, and cameras. We give below the various uses of pipe flanges:
Flanges are also placed on beams to provide additional strength.
They prevent the beam from failing.
They are used for guide, as the flange of a train wheel.
Flanges are used for attachment to another object like for example, the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc.
They are fixed on the lens mount of a camera.
A flanged rail is a type of rail with a flange on one side to keep wheels from running off.
Designs of flanges:
Butt weld, Socket weld, Captive, Split, Square, Round, Rectangle etc.
Material grades:
Alloy Steel: chrome-moly, A182 F1, F5, F9, F11, F12, F22, F91
Aluminium: 5083, 5154, 5251, 6061, 6063, 6082
Carbon Stee:l A105, C22.8
Duplex & Super Duplex: A182 F51, F44, UNS S32750 & S32760
High Alloys ALLOY: 20, ALLOY C, ALLOY C276, ALLOY B2
High Yield: A694 F42, F52, F60, F65, F70
Low Temperature Steel: A350 LF2, LF3, LF6
Nickel Alloys: 200, 400, K500, 600, 625, 800, 825
Stainless Steel: A182 F304/L, F310, F316/L, F316Ti, F321/H, F347/H, F410, F440, 904L