flange face

RF Flange

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Rf flange sealing surface is a plane, and the gasket contact area is large, after pre-tightening, the gasket is easy to extend to the two sides or move, poor sealing, only suitable for low-pressure occasions.

Rf flanges are mostly used in cases with mild medium conditions, such as low-pressure non-purified compressed air and low-pressure circulating water. Medium temperature and pressure are not high and medium corrosive. When the medium is highly corrosive, the flange contact medium part (flanged short section) for corrosion resistant high grade materials such as stainless steel, and the external use of lower materials such as carbon steel flange ring clamping it to achieve sealing.

Name: RF Flange

Size: 1 / 2" - 36"

Material: All kinds of carbon steel,such as A105 / A234WPB / Q235

Pressure: Sch20 / 40 / 60, STD as need.

Type: carbon steel, welded

Packaging: Wooden cases or as per customers requirement

Application rang: Petroleum, chemical, power, gas, metallurgy, shipbuilding, construction, etc.

Standard: ANSIB16.9, GBT12459 / 13401, SH3408 / 3409-96, ASME DIN JIS BS GB / T JB SH HG

Others:

1. Special design available according to requirement

2. anti-corrosion and high-temperature resistant with black painting

3. Our company will be good and cheap products open an international market, meet your needs .

Pipe fittings are various, the category of pipe fittings as follows:

1. Enlarge center pipe fitting. As required, or the end portion of the tube portion to expand a tubular member formed of various shapes;

2. Fittings with crimping and head.

Various shapes of flange faces

What is a Flange face?

If the flange surface refers to the flange plate, it is the connecting fitting of the metal pipe, which is welded vertically on the end of the pipe. After the two flange surfaces are aligned, connect them with bolts and nuts, and the pipe is connected.

Different types of flange faces are used as the contact surfaces to seat the sealing gasket material. ASME B16.5 and B16.47 define various types of flange facings, including the raised face, the large male and female facings which have identical dimensions to provide a relatively large contact area.

Other flange facings covered by these standards include the large and small tongue-and-groove facings, and the ring joint facing specifically for ring joint type metal gaskets.

Raised Face (RF)

The Raised Face flange is the most common type used in process plant applications, and is easily to identify. It is referred to as a raised face because the gasket surfaces are raised above the bolting circle face. This face type allows the use of a wide combination of gasket designs, including flat ring sheet types and metallic composites such as spiral wound and double jacketed types.

The purpose of a RF flange is to concentrate more pressure on a smaller gasket area and thereby increase the pressure containment capability of the joint. Diameter and height are in ASME B16.5 defined, by pressure class and diameter. Pressure rating of the flange determines the height of the raised face.

The typical flange face finish for ASME B16.5 RF flanges is 125 to 250 µin Ra (3 to 6 µm Ra).

Raised Face height

For the height measures H and B of all described dimensions of flanges on this website, with exception of the Lap Joint flange, it is important to understand and remember the following:

In pressure classes 150 and 300, the height of raised face is approximately 1.6 mm (1/16 inch). In these two pressure classes, almost all suppliers of flanges, show in their catalog or brochure, the H and B dimensions including the raised face height. 

In pressure classes 400, 600, 900, 1500 and 2500, the height of raised face is approximately 6.4 mm (1/4 inch). In these pressure classes, most suppliers show the H and B dimensions excluding the raised face height. 

Yihang Flat Face (FF)

The Flat Face flange has a gasket surface in the same plane as the bolting circle face. Applications using flat face flanges are frequently those in which the mating flange or flanged fitting is made from a casting.

Flat face flanges are never to be bolted to a raised face flange. ASME B31.1 says that when connecting flat face cast iron flanges to carbon steel flanges, the raised face on the carbon steel flange must be removed, and that a full face gasket is required. This is to keep the thin, bittle cast iron flange from being sprung into the gap caused by the raised face of the carbon steel flange.

Ring-Type Joint (RTJ)

The Ring Type Joint flanges are typically used in high pressure (Class 600 and higher rating) and/or high temperature services above 800°F (427°C). They have grooves cut into their faces which steel ring gaskets. The flanges seal when tightened bolts compress the gasket between the flanges into the grooves, deforming (or Coining) the gasket to make intimate contact inside the grooves, creating a metal to metal seal.

An RTJ flange may have a raised face with a ring groove machined into it. This raised face does not serve as any part of the sealing means. For RTJ flanges that seal with ring gaskets, the raised faces of the connected and tightened flanges may contact each other. In this case the compressed gasket will not bear additional load beyond the bolt tension, vibration and movement cannot further crush the gasket and lessen the connecting tension.

Ring Type Joint gaskets

Ring Type Joint gaskets are metallic sealing rings, suitable for high-pressure and high-temperature applications. They are always applied to special, accompanying flanges which ensure good, reliable sealing with the correct choice of profiles and material.

Ring Type Joint gaskets are designed to seal by "initial line contact" or wedging action between the mating flange and the gasket. By applying pressure on the seal interface through bolt force, the "softer" metal of the gasket flows into the microfine structure of the harder flange material, and creating a very tight and efficient seal.

Most applied type is style R ring that is manufactured in accordance with ASME B16.20 used with ASME B16.5 flanges, class 150 to 2500. Style 'R' ring type joints are manufactured in both oval and octagonal configurations.

The OCTAGONAL ring has a higher sealing efficiency than the oval and would be the preferred gasket. However, only the oval cross section can be used in the old type round bottom groove. The newer flat bottom groove design will accept either the oval or the octagonal cross section.

Style R ring type joints are designed to seal pressure up to 6,250 psi in accordance with ASME B16.5 pressure ratings and up to 5,000 psi.

The RX type is suitable for pressures up to 700 bar. This RTJ is capable of sealing itself. The outer sealing surfaces make the first contact with the flanges. A higher system pressure causes a higher surface pressure. Type RX is interchangeable with the standard R-models.

The BX type is suitable for very high pressures up to 1500 bar. This ring joint is not interchangeable with other types, and is only suited for API type BX flanges and grooves.

The sealing surfaces on the ring joint grooves must be smoothly finished to 63 Microinches and be free of objectionable ridges, tool or chatter marks. They seal by an initial line contact or a wedging action as the compressive forces are applied. The hardness of the ring should always be less than the hardness of the flanges.

Choice of material

The table below indicates the most commonly used materials for ring type joints.

Soft iron

Carbon steel

SS (Stainless steel)

Nickel alloys

Duplex steel

Aluminum

Titanium

Copper

Monel

Hastelloy

Inconel

Incoloy

Tongue-and-Groove (T&G)

The Tongue and Groove faces of this flanges must be matched. One flange face has a raised ring (Tongue) machined onto the flange face while the mating flange has a matching depression (Groove) machined into it's face.

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