Reducing Flanges
 Reducing flanges are designed for use in changing diameters in a piping system. A reducing flange comprises a flange with one specified diameter having a bore of a different and smaller, diameter. Except for the bore and hub dimensions, the reducing flange will have dimensions of the larger pipe size. These flanges are used at the outlet side of the expansion joint to increase the size of the flange. This is considered to be an economical method to make a transition in size.
Specifications:
Stainless Steel Grades:
304, 304L, 304H, 309, 310, 310S, 316, 316Ti, 316 L, 317, 317L, 321, 347, 347 H, 409, 410, 410S, 420, 430
Nickel Alloy Grades:
Nickel 200 (UNS No. N02200), Nickel 201 (UNS No. N02201), Monel 400 (UNS No. N04400), Monel 500 (UNS No. N05500), Inconel 800 (UNS No. N08800), Inconel 825 (UNS No. N08825), Inconel 600 (UNS No. N06600), Inconel 625 (UNS No. N06625), Inconel 601 (UNS No. N06601), Hestelloy C 276 (UNS No. N10276), Alloy 20 (UNS No. N08020)
Uses of Reducing Flanges:
- Reducing flanges are used in pipe-to-pipe connections.
- Reducing flanges are a little easier to bolt up than non-reducing flanges.
- They provide the most perfect solution when you need to connect different size flanges.
- These flanges are available in all types and pressures.
- Reducing flanges are fixed by welding, gluing or clamping flanges of equal dimensions provided with different connecting pieces.
- They offer the simplest and least expensive method of mating two different sized flanges.
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