When a bolt or stud is under tension, a stress concentration develops on the underside of the nut. Because nut and bolt materials are harder than the flange, the softer material can yield, allowing ...

Advance Products & Systems’ new Kleerband Flange Protectors and Radolid Protection caps protect bolts, nuts, and flange faces on raised-face or full-face flanges in conditions where extreme ...

A single tensioning or de-tensioning process only takes a few minutes, although set-up and put-away require time as well. When faced with a flange with 16 or more bolts, the amount of time required to ...

Engineers need to understand the behavior of bolts, flanges, seals, and gaskets to design reliable connections. Sound designs of bolted joints rely on a good grasp of their structural behavior ...

Standard bolted flanges are the most commonly used and cost-effective method for connection pipelines, both onshore and offshore in conventional water depth. The use of bolted flanges can offer ...

Students will practice skills by removing and re-installing a blind flange used as a scraper trap closure or strainer cover. Lessons include: Types of stud bolts and nuts: Non-coated carbon steel stud ...

There are many types of flanged openings that serve as manways and handholes, providing access into tanks and other types of closed vessels. Some use standard ASME-type flanges and are bolted much ...