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watertight connction between flanged tube and flangless tube 1

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Weinstein

Industrial
May 21, 2013
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Hello all,

I have a flangless tube to install for a short time on a line and I'm strugling to make it watertight.

I tried to make flanged connections where the flange is bolted to the line's flange and the other side is only a simple tube of the same OD & ID of my tube.so the arrangement look like for a butt welding.

did anybody have this problem before?
 
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Some data would be useful and a sketch maybe.

Data such as size of your "tube", wt, material, flange rating, flange size

There are many screwed adaptors to connect tubes or pipes to flanges or you can just weld it.

Not sure what your problem is exactly...

My motto: Learn something new every day

Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way
 
In this case, a picture with something to indicate scale in it (ruler?) that is accompanied by some descriptive text in the post may help a lot.

Good luck,
Latexman

Technically, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.
 
Then follow XL83NL's advice. Compression fitting to flange adapter.

Good luck,
Latexman

Technically, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.
 
Although I can'tget it to work, try "victaulic" for compresion type fittings for lower pressure systems. This can also join two pipes directly without a flange.

A number of similar systems exist, but tend to have low or no axial strenght, so the pipe needs to be clamped to prevent end cap forces and external forces pulling it out of the joint.

Or you can do (not recomended) what I've seen in some countries where they ran out of mating flanges and just welded the pipe directly onto the flange(!!)

My motto: Learn something new every day

Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way
 
XL has good answer - could also Google "restrained flange adapter" (as dependable restraint is often necessary where flanged piping is used)
 
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