Flange Management and Tightening Course

Flange Management and

Tightening Course

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Live Online Training Schedules

CODE DURATION DATE YEAR FORMAT FEES

ME18 10 Days 22 Jan - 02 Feb 2024 Live-Online $4495

ME18 15 Days 26 Feb - 15 Mar 2024 Live-Online $6745

ME18 5 Days 15 Apr - 19 Apr 2024 Live-Online $2250

ME18 5 Days 19 May - 23 May 2024 Live-Online $2250

ME18 5 Days 01 Jul - 05 Jul 2024 Live-Online $2250

ME18 15 Days 05 Aug - 23 Aug 2024 Live-Online $6745

ME18 5 Days 30 Sep - 04 Oct 2024 Live-Online $2250

ME18 5 Days 01 Dec - 05 Dec 2024 Live-Online $2250

Classroom Training Schedules

CODE DURATION DATE YEAR VENUE FEES

ME18 10 Days 08 Jan - 19 Jan 2024 London $9850

ME18 5 Days 15 Jan - 19 Jan 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 15 Days 19 Feb - 08 Mar 2024 Manchester $14925

ME18 5 Days 19 Feb - 23 Feb 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 04 Mar - 08 Mar 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 01 Apr - 05 Apr 2024 Singapore $5695

ME18 5 Days 29 Apr - 03 May 2024 Dubai $4750

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Classroom Training Schedules

CODE DURATION DATE YEAR VENUE FEES

ME18 5 Days 27 May - 31May 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 02 Jun - 06 Jun 2024 Riyadh $4950

ME18 5 Days 03 Jun - 07 Jun 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 22 Jul - 26 Jul 2024 Istanbul $5695

ME18 5 Days 22 Jul - 26 Jul 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 15 Days 26 Aug - 13 Sep 2024 Dubai $12525

ME18 5 Days 16 Sep - 20 Sep 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 14 Oct - 18 Oct 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 21 Oct - 25 Oct 2024 Budapest $5695

ME18 5 Days 17 Nov - 21 Nov 2024 Doha $4950

ME18 5 Days 25 Nov - 29 Nov 2024 Dubai $4750

ME18 5 Days 02 Dec - 06 Dec 2024 Dubai $4750

CLICK TO REGISTER IN THIS COURSE

CLICK TO PROPOSE PREFERRED DATES

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Course Overview

Flanges are very important parts of piping system in oil, gas and process industries. They
provide flexibility to break the continuously running very long pipe lengths to insert fittings
such as valves of various types (isolation, control, non-return, safety etc), instruments
(flow, analysers etc), spectacle blinds, etc. Pipe flanges also allow convenient routing of
pipes. Flanges are welded at both the ends of a pipe length, a valve and other fittings.

What is flange management?

Flanges help divide the whole length of pipes in smaller parts which facilitate their
removals for easy inspection and maintenance. This includes their replacements for the
reasons of corrosion or other types of failures/deterioration. While flanges facilitate the
above aspects, they also become pain points as they are potential leak sources in high-
risk process industry, e.g. oil, gas and Petro-chemicals etc which contain flammable,
explosive and toxic fluids. So, the flanges of the mating pipes and fittings must perfectly
match each other at the joints. This will arrest the leakage from their joints.

‘Flange Management and Tightening’ needs special attention by those who are in the
hazardous process industry.

Why is flange management important?

Since leakage of fluids in large process industries has huge national and global economic
implications, this course on ‘Flange Management and Tightening’ is very important. Only
trained personnel must be asked to interface ‘Flange Management and Tightening’.

This Zoe training course will empower attendees with comprehensive knowledge about
‘Flange Management and Tightening’.

Course Objectives

This comprehensive course will equip the participants to:

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Understand features of a flange and types of flanges

Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of flanges in oil, gas and petroleum
industry.
Learn about types of gaskets used as sandwiched layer between flanges for sealing
Appreciate the importance of bolts and nuts and materials of construction
Understand concepts around torque and optimum torque, as applied to flange
tightening
Management around flange tightening
Comprehend flange bolt-tightening procedure
Study various serious incidents due to leaking flanges in gas and petroleum industry.
Understand care of flanges and gaskets.
Learn about some special tools and equipment used in flange tightening
Note the causes of corrosion and failure in flanges
Heed the instructions by package suppliers / vendors on tightening the flanges in
their equipment/packages
Learn about some specialized agencies who carry out specialised flange tightening
Be aware of further advanced training and certification avenues available for Flange
Management and Tightening Course

Training Methodology

This collaborative ‘Flange Management and Tightening’ training program will comprise the
following training methods:

Lectures (Tutor-assisted online and classroom as per prevailing

situations/requirements)
Seminars & Presentations
Group Discussions and workshops
Assignments
Case Studies & Functional Exercises

Like all Zoe training programs, the Flange Management and Tightening Course observes
the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Organisational Benefits

Companies who nominate their employees to participate in this ‘Flange Management and
Tightening’ course can benefit in the following ways:

Simple but crucial knowledge on the subject

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Ensure a trouble-free and incident-free execution of flange tightening and

untightening procedures
Huge cost advantages due to money saved by not letting leakages happen and thus
avoiding production interruption
Enablement of the organization for efficient management of flanges during
turnarounds while opening vessels, equipment and piping and during boxing up for
starting up

Personal Benefits

Individuals who participate in this ‘Flange Management and Tightening’ course can gain
from it in the following ways:

Gain general and specialized knowledge of and skills in Flange Management and
Tightening
Have a sense of satisfaction by helping their organization by being able to carry out
this crucial, regular and large operation around Flange Management and Tightening
Enhance their career prospects with this competence and skill gained
Learn corelation between safety and Flange Management and Tightening
Understand specialized flanges and tools/equipment around flange management
Learn about failure modes of flanges and ways to avoid such premature failures
Join specialized agencies providing specialized ‘Flange Management and Tightening

Who Should Attend?

This ‘Flange Management and Tightening’ course would be suitable for:

Maintenance, Operation, Inspection, Planning, Engineering and Fire & Safety

personnel at all levels, including trainees/interns
Insurance, Regulatory and lending agencies
An introductory version for support staff such as Procurement and materials
warehouse to help them understand care involved for flanges, gaskets and their
tightening/untightening tools

Course Outline

Module 1: Concepts

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Flange and types of flanges

Materials of construction of flanges
Advantages and disadvantages of flanges in oil, gas and petroleum industry
Learn about types of gaskets and their materials of construction
Appreciate the importance of bolts and nuts and their materials of construction
Understand what a torque and optimum torque is as applied to flange tightening

Module 2: Flange Management Requirement and Procedure

Flange general requirements

Bolting
Thread lubricants and preservatives
Flange Faces
Requirements around gaskets for flange-joint integrity
Insulation gasket sets and specialty gaskets

Module 3: Tightening

Tightening methods.
Hot bolting and preventative bolting.
Hot bolting requirements

Hot bolting procedure

Instructions by package suppliers / vendors

Insulation management for cryogenic and hot services flanges

Module 4: Flange Opening

Flange joints disturbance procedure

Insulation removals from cryogenic and hot services flanges
Breaking flange joints
Making joints.
Tagging procedure.

Module 5: Maintenance Management

Inspection & testing

Causes of corrosion and failures in flanges
Preventative maintenance bolting
Preventative maintenance bolting procedure
Flange system records
Understand care of flanges and gaskets.
Responsibilities

Module 6: Tools, Equipment and Manpower

High-pressure High-force equipment including accessories

Manual/ hand torque wrench

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Hand tools
Manpower – Engineer, Supervisor, Safety man, Mechanic/helper
Specialized agencies
Precautions on storage of flanges, their tightening equipment and manpower

Module 7: Serious Incidents During Flange Bolting and Unbolting

Safety Precautions
Study of incidents
Analysis of problem areas around flanges, root cause analysis and corrective actions
Presentation of solutions by the participants

Module 8: Miscellaneous Knowledge

Solving the associated case studies’ problems

Specialized agencies who carry out flange bolting and unbolting
Advanced training and certification avenues available for flange bolting and unbolting
Reference Documentation
Manufacturing codes and practices
Other best practices

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com

 Flange Management and Tightening Course

Phone: (+971) 55 253 7914

Email: info@zoetalentsolutions.com
Website: zoetalentsolutions.com
Address: Middle East – Head Office
918, Blue Bay Towers,
Al Abraj Street (Marassi Drive),
Business Bay, Dubai, UAE.

©2020. Material published by Zoe Talent Solutions shown here is copyrighted. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized copying,
distribution, use, dissemination, downloading, storing (in any medium), transmission, reproduction or reliance in whole or any part
of this course outline is prohibited and will constitute an infringement of copyright.

Copyright © 2023 - zoetalentsolutions.com