> >Are the European specs simply conversions to ASME?
> No. I think the present standards are ISO anyway and not DIN. I thought
> your first post said you were looking for ANSI flanges. I tried doing
> this conversion once in a past life--it doesn't work, chiefly because DIN
> and ISO are set up to somewhat different design criteria and much of the
> loading corresponds to metric bolting: different bolt sizes and material
> mechanical properties make for different geometry.
>
> What exactly are you looking to do?
A piece of equipment with 12" DIN-spec connection needs a mating flange, and a contact wanted the fabrication dimensions so that one can be machined. It might actually be less expensive to order one from Europe. Surely there's a company in North America that stocks specialty flanges like this?
Paul Received on Sat Nov 23 15:38:00 2002
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