FLANGE

Flange - a projecting flat rim, collar, or rib on an object, serving to strengthen or attach or (on a
wheel) to maintain position on a rail.

 Blind - to block off a section of pipe or a nozzle on a vessel that is not used
nozzle - a pipe coming out of a vessel; usu. flanged 
 Lap Joint - slide directly over the pipe; used with stub end fitting (free to rotate); no
issue with bolt hole alignment
 Slip-on - with an inside diameter that is slightly bigger than the pipe's outside diameter;
raised or flat face
joined by fillet weld

 Socket Welding - used on smaller sizes of high-pressure pipes; has a female socket in
which pipe is fitted
 Threaded - suitable only for low-pressure systems in which there are no thermal cycles
that could cause the threads to loosen
 Welding Neck - circular fitting with a protruding rim around the circumference. Generally
machined from a forging
butt welded
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