ANSI B16.5 lap ifatanyirijwe hamwe ni ubwoko bwa flange ihuza ikigo cyigihugu gishinzwe ubuziranenge muri Amerika (ANSI) B16.5. Ibipimo ngenderwaho bishyiraho ibipimo, ibisobanuro bifatika, hamwe nuburyo bwo gupima flanges zikoreshwa muri sisitemu yo kuvoma.
Ikibumbano cya lap kigizwe nibice bibiri byingenzi: impera yumutwe hamwe ninyuma yinyuma. Impera ya stub irasudwa kumuyoboro, mugihe flange yinyuma iranyerera hejuru yumuyoboro utarinze gusudwa. Ibi bituma habaho guhuza byoroshye flange kandi byoroshe kuvanaho byihuse kandi byoroshye cyangwa kuzunguruka kumurongo winyuma utabangamiye ingingo.
ANSI B16.5 lap ifatanyirijwe hamwe ikoreshwa mubisabwa aho bisabwa gusenya cyangwa kuyitaho kenshi, kuko itanga gusenya byoroshye no guteranya umuyoboro. Ubu bwoko bwa flange bukoreshwa kenshi muri sisitemu yo kuvoma umuvuduko muke no mubisabwa aho bikenewe guhinduka kenshi cyangwa kuzunguruka flanges.
Izi flanges ziraboneka mubikoresho bitandukanye, birimo ibyuma bya karubone, ibyuma bitagira umwanda, hamwe nicyuma kivanze, kugirango bihuze nibikorwa bitandukanye nibisabwa. Zikoreshwa cyane mu nganda nko gutunganya amazi, gutunganya imiti, n'ibiribwa n'ibinyobwa.
Mu gusoza, ANSI B16.5 lap ihurijwe hamwe nigisubizo gihamye kandi gifatika kuri sisitemu yo kuvoma isaba koroshya guterana no kuyisenya, bigatuma ihitamo gukundwa mubikorwa bitandukanye byinganda.