flange : Idioms & Phrases
- Flange rail
- a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.
Webster 1913
Blind flange
- a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.
Webster 1913
Flange joint
- a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.
Webster 1913
Flange turning
- the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it whn hot.
Webster 1913
To turn a flange
(Mech.) , to form a flange on, as around a metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and hammering, or rolling the metal.
