Current Interesting Link - SPO Compact Flange

Al sent me a link to this interesting product:

<<The compact flange provides everything that a standard flange does not - space saving, reduced weight and, perhaps most importantly, a guaranteed leak-free connection. The reduced dimensions of the compact flange are achieved by reducing the seal diameter, which in turn, reduces the cross-section area of the seal faces. Second, the gasket is replaced by a sealring which works with the seal faces, not against them, to ensure face-to-face mating, so that only low seating forces are required to compress the seal faces. With lower pressures needed, both the size and number of the bolts can be reduced, ultimately providing a smaller, lighter-weight connection (70-80 percent smaller and lighter than ANSI flanges in the case of Vector's products).>>

See the "Current Interesting Link" at the top of the main page, www.pipingdesign.com, for the direct URL.

Does anyone have experience with these flanges?

Paul Received on Thu Feb 12 17:33:00 2004