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Flange and fasteners

Thread starter Spoonful
Start date Jul 4, 2011

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Jul 4, 2011

Spoonful

Mechanical

Hi,

This might sounds like a really intro level question:

for a given flange with given bolting hole size, can you use whichever appropriate size of Metric or Imperial bolt? or for ANSI B16.5 flange, only imperial bolt should be used?

another question is when got the option between bolts and studs, how do you make your decision?

Cheers