Re: What is Parallel?

Shouldn't someone with a screen name of "gasket_guru" know this already?

Just a cheap joke,

Paul

> From: gasket_guru

> When preparing to bolt up a gasket between two flanges, if a
> pipefitter were to say the flanges were "out of parallel", what
> exactly would he mean by this?
>
> Would he mean:
>
> A. Each flange face is flat, but relative to the mating flange, the
> sealing surfaces are not pareallel to EACH OTHER, or
>
> B. The sealing surface of each flange itself is not flat, but "wavy"
> or "warped", or
>
> C. Something comletely different.
>
> Finally...are there any ASME spec's regarding allowances or
> tolerances for A. or B.
>
> Regards,
>
> Davis
Received on Fri Jan 23 12:17:00 2004