I'm loving all the detail you've provided!
As for your questions, believe me when I say I've asked them as well, and the answers I've come up with to convince myself are:
a) and d) it's a cost saving manipulating exercise. Rather than simply ordering them off the shelf, somebody seemed to have...
Hello LittleInch,
Thank you ever so much for confirming my suspicions.
I only have myself to blame for not independently verifying what was actually needed, but there will be discussions about this at the office.
Now that I see what I need are ring gaskets, is there a particular technique...
Hello all,
First post here, so please be kind [smile].
Long story short, I was tasked to (laser) cut a given gasket material to size to fit some flanges.
A particular flange was of the type B16.5 2-inch WNRF S40S 150lb.
I've sourced the gasket dimensions from the Piping World website...
