FLANGE

Flange

A flange is an external or internal ridge, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam; or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera; or for a flange of a rail car or tram wheel. Thus flanged wheels are wheels with a flange on one side to keep the wheels from running off the rails. The term "flange" is also used for a kind of tool used to form flanges. Pipes with flanges can be assembled and disassembled easily. Some type of materials use to manufacture flanges are cast iron, carbon steel, 12Mo-Steel, Al steel and 13Cr-1/2Mo.

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flange

Noun

  1. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  2. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  3. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
  4. A vulva.
  5. The collective noun for a group of baboons.

Verb

  1. To be bent into a flange.
  2. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.


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