When you think of pipe flanges (and I know you all do) you think about power plants, oil refineries, and chemical processing. True, heavy industries use pipe flanges in welded piping systems. Yet, pipe flanges are more than industrial. What may not be clear is the other applications which use pipe flanges. Piping Supplies has made flanges for many uses as a leading pipe flange manufacturer.
A current customer of Piping Supplies, Acme Lingo Flagpole, makes extra-large flag poles called the “Big John” capable of withstanding winds of 130 miles per hour. Custom weld neck flanges machined by Piping Supplies are used to support their flagpoles.
Piping Supplies makes pipe flanges used for roller coasters. Sections of the roller coaster are fabricated, shipped to the site, then bolted together. This makes fabrication is a much more efficient and better quality method of construction than building/welding everything in place.
Pipe flanges are used on massive road signs for the same reason as on roller coasters. You can’t fabricate and transport large signs in one piece. Flanges which bolt together are an easy solution.
Ski lifts are another unique use of pipe flanges. Support poles for ski lifts can be air lifted into remote parts of mountains and bolted to bases using pipe flanges.
Ah, the never-ending use for custom made pipe flanges. Piping Supplies, as pipe flange experts, are luck to have made custom parts for many fun and unique projects around the world.