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Hi
What's flange rotation and how can it be avoided?
Could any body please help me with this?
Thanks
anil1729,
I think I know what is going on here but I need more information.
Who asked you about this term (Flange Rotation)?
Was it one of the "old guys"?
Where were you and what were you all doing when this came up?
anil1729,
why you don't use a swivel ring flange?
Ok I'm going to take a stab at this question! …"Flange Rotation" ...The problem of not getting the flanges on the pipe spool so that the bolt holes don't straddle the centerline squarely!!? This is caused by poor fit-up by the welder! They do a thing called "two holeing it" ...where they position the pipe spool in the correct plane then position the flange …with this two hole method ...inserting two tapered pins in the bolts holes and placing a level on the pins. Theoretically then the bubble in the level is centered ...so are the 2 bolt holes along the flange centerline. Problem is that the whole spool piece needs to be positioned correctly. Not such a hard problem in a shop, but alittle harder to do out in the field. So you could end up with the flange bolt holes not fully lining up with the equipment bolt holes.
SO ...Did I get close??
SO ...Did I get close??
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No. The explaination is way off the mark. To quote krishna and prasad from an article they have written.
" Angular rotation of a flange under the influence of bolt pre-load and reaction forces is called flange rotation."
I would not say '" way off the mark". Thats why JOP asked for more information in an earlier post. Just asking what flange rotation is not specific enough cas people all over the world can have different terms to describe things. Asking the question describing the context would make things clear.
Regards
im referring to 11echo response. and its way off the mark. Flange rotation has nothing to do with the way the bolt holes are oriented during installion. Flabge rotation is a technical term and its usage has a specific purpose.
I stated the problem as I understood it to be from the original posting! AND as I stated it, what I posted is a correct answer for the problem. I face this type of problem a lot here in the oil fields I work in.
SO juan IF you have a different take on this post PLEASE give us your "fix" for the problem! As I look on all the other posts in this forum, you seem too have all the answers!
As I look on all the other posts in this forum, you seem too have all the answers!
I can't agree more