Pipe flanges
There are many different flange standards to be found worldwide. To allow easy functionality and inter-changeability, these are designed to have standardised dimensions. Common world standards include ASA/ANSI (USA), PN/DIN (European),[1] BS10 (British/Australian),[2] and JIS/KS (Japanese/Korean). In most cases these are not interchangeable (e.g. an ANSI flange will not mate against a JIS flange). Further,…