Custom Flange

Custom Flange

Tailored Solutions For Industrial Piping

We have experience helping engineers, estimators, purchasing agents and more with their custom flanges.

Custom Flange

Tailored Solutions For Industrial Piping

We have experience helping engineers, estimators, purchasing agents and more with their custom flanges.

Custom Flanges
Tailored Piping Flanges
ASME B16.5 Custom Flanges

Custom Flanges are tailored steel flanges designed to meet specific industrial requirements, adhering to ASME B16.5 and other standards as of August 23, 2025, 06:54 PM PDT. These Tailored Piping Flanges offer precision fit.

Available in custom sizes from 1/2” to 60” and pressure ratings up to Class 2500, Custom Flanges accommodate temperatures up to 700°C, depending on material, for unique applications.

Fabricated through advanced forging or machining, these flanges provide exact specifications, with coatings like 3LPE or galvanizing enhancing corrosion resistance as of August 2025. Customization is key.

Compared to standard flanges, Custom Flanges offer unmatched adaptability, with a service life of 15–40 years based on design and maintenance practices.

Custom Flanges address specific challenges like unique pipe layouts and extreme conditions, delivering reliable industrial piping customization as of August 23, 2025.

We also provide custom flange templates for you to modify to your liking to get a better understanding of your application. Additionally, drawings for approval can be requested prior to actual manufacturing, provided an order already stands. This gives you an opportunity to have one final review of your incoming product before we throw your forging onto the machines.

Anyone can provide standard commodity B16.5 flanges, but not everyone can make them in small quantities with a quick turn-around when something needs to be modified past typical industry requirements.

Although we do not directly design custom flanges, we do provide custom flanges to your requirements. We do not always have a standard for reference if your job isn’t to ASME code, and so we have to confirm all the dimensions with you. When you order a custom flange, please show all the details or requirements to our sales staff to ensure our quotation will be accurate.

Common flange standards and specifications

Special flanges and fittings and custom forgings can be designed to meet any number of unique specifications and standards. Some common classifications for custom pipe flanges include:

FAQs

Custom Flanges are tailored steel flanges meeting specific industrial needs, compliant with ASME B16.5 as of August 23, 2025.

Custom Flanges range from 1/2” to 60” or more, based on custom specifications.

Custom Flanges offer a minimum tensile strength of 515 MPa and yield strength of 205 MPa, varying by design.

Use Custom Flanges for unique piping needs in refineries, power plants, or water systems.

Custom Flanges are installed via welding or bolting, tailored to specific designs.

Custom Flanges offer tailored fits, while Standard Flanges follow fixed specifications.

Custom Flanges last 15–40 years with proper maintenance, depending on design as of August 2025.

Custom Flanges are used in oil refineries, petrochemical plants, power generation, and water systems.

Custom Flanges can handle high temperatures up to 700°C with appropriate materials.

Maintain Custom Flanges with regular inspections, coating upkeep, and pressure tests.
 Large custom industrial Flange

Large custom industrial Flange

Customized

Custom Pipe Flanges

With a wide range of industries, shops, and systems dependent upon high performance flanges, custom pipe flanges are often essential to getting a job done right.

Modified and custom flanges for specialty projects can offer the same quality, inspection requirements, and performance expectations of industry standard components, but offer a particular size, material, or fit for a unique application.

Regardless of custom sizing or specifications, the fundamental design of most flanges falls under six common styles created to close, connect, cover, or support pipes and pipe systems.

Flange Face Types

Flange Face
Raised Face (RF)

The most common type, featuring a raised sealing surface that concentrates the bolting force on a smaller area.

Lip Height: 1/16" for 150#-600#, 1/4" for 900# and higher
Flat Face (FF)

Has a flat sealing surface, commonly used with cast iron flanges and for low-pressure applications.

Application: Cast iron flanges, pumps, and valves
Ring Joint (RTJ)

Features a groove for metal ring gaskets (oval or octagonal), providing metal-to-metal sealing.

Material: 316 stainless steel rings for corrosive applications
Tongue & Groove (T&G)

Features matching tongue and groove surfaces, providing self-alignment and confined gasket area.

Benefit: High-pressure applications with good gasket compression

Flange faces have to be smooth enough to ensure a tight, leak-free seal for bolted flanges.

Flange Face Types
Flange Face Type Flange Face Type Flange Face Type
Type A: flat face Type D: groove face Type G: O Ring recess
Type B: raised face Type E: spigot Type H: O Ring groove
Type C: tongue face Type F: recess
Flange Face

Standards & Materials

International Standards
ASME B16.5 Pipe Flanges NPS 1/2 - 24
ASTM A105 Forged Carbon Steel
ASTM A350 LF2 Low-Temperature Service
ASTM A182 High-Temperature Service
ASTM A694 High-Pressure Transmission
DIN EN 1092-1 European Standard PN 2.5-400
Common Materials
Carbon Steel

Most commonly used, forged with machined surfaces

Stainless Steel

Corrosion resistant, grades 304, 316, etc.

Alloy Steel

High-temperature and high-pressure applications

Other Materials

Cast iron, aluminum, brass, bronze, plastic

Material Grades for Piping System Components (ASTM Standards)
Material Category Fittings (ASTM Grade) Flanges (ASTM Grade) Valves (ASTM Grade) Bolts & Nuts (ASTM Grade)
Carbon Steel A234 Gr WPA A105 A216 Gr WCB A193 Gr B7
A194 Gr 2H
A234 Gr WPB A105 A216 Gr WCB
A234 Gr WPC A105 A216 Gr WCB
Carbon Steel Alloy
(High-Temperature)
A234 Gr WP1 A182 Gr F1 A217 Gr WC1 A193 Gr B7
A194 Gr 2H
A234 Gr WP11 A182 Gr F11 A217 Gr WC6
A234 Gr WP12 A182 Gr F12 A217 Gr WC6
A234 Gr WP22 A182 Gr F22 A217 Gr WC9
A234 Gr WP5 A182 Gr F5 A217 Gr C5
A234 Gr WP9 A182 Gr F9 A217 Gr C12
Carbon Steel Alloy
(Low-Temperature)
A420 Gr WPL6 A350 Gr LF2 A352 Gr LCB A320 Gr L7
A194 Gr 7
A420 Gr WPL3 A350 Gr LF3 A352 Gr LC3
Austenitic Stainless Steel A403 Gr WP304 A182 Gr F304 A182 Gr F304 A193 Gr B8
A194 Gr 8
A403 Gr WP316 A182 Gr F316 A182 Gr F316
A403 Gr WP321 A182 Gr F321 A182 Gr F321
A403 Gr WP347 A182 Gr F347 A182 Gr F347

ASTM standards define the specific manufacturing process of the material and determine the exact chemical composition of pipes, fittings and flanges, through percentages of the permitted quantities of carbon, magnesium, nickel, etc., and are indicated by "Grade".

The usual materials of flanges include stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum and plastic. The choice of the material largely depends on the purpose of the flange. For example, stainless steel is more durable and is necessary for heavy use. On the other hand, plastic is more feasible for use in the home because of its reasonable price and easy installation. The materials used for flanges are under the designation of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Flange materials acc. to ASTM

The most common materials for pipe flanges (forged grades) are: ASTM A105 (carbon steel high temperature to match A53/A106/API 5L pipes), A350 Grades LF1/2/3 (carbon steel low temperature to match A333 pipes), A694 Grades F42 to F80 (high yield carbon steel to match API 5L pipe grades), ASTM A182 Grades F5 to F91 (alloy steel flanges to match A335 pipes), A182 Grade F304/316 (stainless steel flanges to match A312 SS pipes), A182 Gr. F44/F51/F53/F55 (duplex and super duplex to match A790/A928 pipes) and various nickel alloy grades (Inconel, Incoloy, Hastelloy, Monel).

The material qualities for these flanges are defined in the ASTM standards.

Flange By Material

Pressure Classes

Metal flanges are classified from 150 to 2500 # rating for different pressure applications.

150#
300#
600#
900#
1500#
2500#
Custom Flange
Incoloy 825 Flange

Incoloy 825 Flange

Industries Using

Custom Flange Applications

The basic application of the Custom Flange to connect pumps, pipes, valves, and other equipment, often using butt welds, to make a pipework system.

  • Oil and Gas Industry
  • Chemical Industry
  • Power Generation
  • Water Treatment
  • Construction Industry

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