Kusho ukuthini ipayipi le-flange?

Ezilungiselelweni zesimanje zezimboni, igama elithi "ipayipi eline-flanged" libaluleke kakhulu, limelela isici esibalulekile kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene wobunjiniyela nokwakha. Kodwa liyini ngempela ipayipi eliphendukile, futhi kungani libalulekile? Ake singene sijule kulesi sihloko ukuze siqonde ukubaluleka kwaso.

Ipayipi elivulekile libhekisela ohlotsheni lwesistimu yamapayipi lapho iziphetho zepayipi zifakwe ama-flange, izakhiwo eziyisicaba, ezinjenge-disc ezinezimbobo zamabhawudi. Lawa ma-flange asebenza izinjongo eziningi, okuhlanganisa amapayipi axhumayo, ama-valve, nezinye izinto zokusebenza, kanye nokunikeza ukufinyelela okulula kokulungisa nokulungisa.

Enye yezinzuzo eziyinhloko zamapayipi ane-flanged ukuguquguquka kwawo nokuhambisana nezingxenye ezahlukene zengqalasizinda yezimboni. Ama-flange avumela ukuxhumana okuvikelekile nokungavuzi phakathi kwamapayipi nemishini ehlukahlukene, okuqinisekisa ukuhamba kahle koketshezi noma amagesi ngaphakathi kwesistimu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusetshenziswa kwama-flange kwenza kube lula inqubo yokuhlanganisa nokuhlakaza, kube lula imisebenzi yokulungisa kanye nokunciphisa isikhathi sokuphumula.

Amapayipi ane-flanged athola ukusetshenziswa okubanzi ezimbonini eziningi ezihlukene, okuhlanganisa uwoyela negesi, amakhemikhali kaphethiloli, ukuhlanzwa kwamanzi, ukuphehlwa kukagesi, kanye nokukhiqiza. Emkhakheni kawoyela negesi, isibonelo, amapayipi aneziphepho asetshenziswa emigqeni yokuthutha uwoyela ongahluziwe, igesi yemvelo, kanye nemikhiqizo ecolisisiwe emabangeni amade. Embonini yokuhlanza amanzi, baqashwe ezinhlelweni zamapayipi ukuletha amanzi ahlanzekile emiphakathini nasezikhungweni zezimboni. Ngokufanayo, ezitshalweni zikagesi, amapayipi anezinhlangothi eziphahleni adlala indima ebalulekile ezinhlelweni zokujikeleza kwamanzi esitimu nokupholisa.

Ukuthembeka nokuqina kwamapayipi ane-flanged kuwenza abaluleke kakhulu ekuqinisekiseni ukusebenza kahle nokuphepha kokusebenza kwezimboni. Kodwa-ke, njenganoma iyiphi enye ingxenye yengqalasizinda, ukufakwa okufanele, ukunakekelwa, nokuhlolwa kubalulekile ukuze kwandiswe ukusebenza kwazo nokuhlala isikhathi eside.

Muva nje, ukuthuthuka kwezinto zokwakha kanye namasu okukhiqiza kuye kwathuthukisa amakhono amapayipi ane-flanged, okuwenza amelana kakhulu nokugqwala, umfutho ophezulu, kanye namazinga okushisa aphezulu. Ukwengeza, izinto ezintsha ezifana nama-flange ahlangene obuso obuphakanyisiwe kanye nohlobo lwendandatho athuthukise amandla okuvala, anciphisa ubungozi bokuvuza kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuvikelwa kwemvelo.

Sengiphetha, amapayipi ane-flanged amele isixhumanisi esibalulekile kwingqalasizinda yezimboni zesimanje, asiza ukugeleza okubushelelezi nangempumelelo koketshezi namagesi kuyilapho enikeza ukufakwa nokugcinwa kalula. Njengoba izimboni ziqhubeka nokuthuthuka futhi zanda, isidingo sezinhlelo zamapayipi anethezekile neziguquguqukayo kulindeleke ukuthi sihlale siqinile, siqhubekisele phambili ukuqamba okusha nentuthuko kulo mkhakha obalulekile.