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Making the Most of Flanges

Buy flanges to suit your business' needs

By Marjorie Gilbert
The flange, like other items in industry, are designed for various different purposes. There are timing pulley flanges, industrial flanges, hydraulic flanges as well as plate flanges--all designed for a specific purpose.

When your company wishes to buy a flange, one thing is simple: the flange distributors, flange manufacturers and flange suppliers are often one and the same. Browse through the information about flanges, which should help your company in making the most of flanges and their uses.

1. Use plate flanges in railing systems and more.

2. Put hydraulic flanges to work in the petrochemical and water works industry.

3. Rely on timing belt pulleys to maintain the contact between the belt and the pulley.

 

Use plate flanges for a variety of tasks

Plate flanges work well in railing systems as well as with ring assemblies, motor mounts, ring assemblies and more. The plate flanges are made of steel, stainless steel, forged steel, aluminum and even plastic. These flanges can be custom designed to meet your company's needs.
Try: Brandywine Machine Company is a flange distributor and flange manufacturer, and Secondaries is another.

Try hydraulic flanges, the massive giants of the flange world

These industrial flanges can be quite large. They are widely used in the water works industry, as well as in processing and petrochemical industries. These massive flanges can be made of carbon, alloy, chrome steel, stainless steel and ductile iron. The different designs of hydraulic flanges are slip on, blind, weld neck, socket weld, threaded, and more.
Try: CAB and Texas Flange are two of the many hydraulic flange manufacturers.

Enjoy high performance with timing belt pulley flanges

Timing belt pulley flanges have a difficult job: helping to make sure the belt remains contact with the pulley so everything connected to the pulley works well. If the flange fails, the belt slips off the pulley. These flanges are made of steel and aluminum.
Try: Two manufacturers of the timing belt flanges are B & B Manufacturing and Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument.

 

  • If you do not find a flange that suits the needs of your company, contact the manufacturer. The company will work with you to design custom flanges that work for you. This can include details such as custom sizes, holes tapped or drilled, a surface machined to be flat or a gasket surface and more.

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