moltenmetal,
I am trying to find full-sized weld neck flanges forged into shape without having the bore forged through too. I have not found a vendor yet. Have you machined your own flanges? If so, how have accomplished this? What standards are you using?
We quoted a high price job and we...
The in house machining of flanges is because the lead time on the ordered flanges is too great and we wouldn't receive them in time. We need a fast way to obtain the flanges we need for the project.
It looks like it is best to stock near net shape flanges and set up a program to have them...
Currently we use sizes from 1/2" up to 3" in pressure class of 150, 300, 600 and 900/1500. Most of our flanges are carbon steel, and then we also have t316 and t304. I have the ASME/ANSI B 16.5, which is our standards, with dimensions and detailed information. We manufacture our products, so...
My boss has asked me to look into a procedure to produce manufactured flanges from near net shape, bar stock, or existing flanges. We want to be able to to create a method for quickly manufactured flanges when needed quickly.
If you take an already manufactured flange and machine it into a...
