I-Flange ngamalungu adibanisa iziphelo zemibhobho emibini, uxhulumaniso lwe-flange luchazwa yi-flange, i-gasket kunye ne-bolt ezintathu zidibaniswe njengeqela lesakhiwo sokutywinwa esidityanisiweyo soqhagamshelwano olunokuchithwa. I-gasket yongezwa phakathi kweeflange ezimbini kwaye emva koko iboshwe ngeebholiti. Uxinzelelo olwahlukileyo lweflange, ubukhulu buhlukile, kwaye iibholiti abazisebenzisayo zahlukile, xa impompo kunye nevalve zinxibelelana nombhobho, iinxalenye zezixhobo zenziwe ngohlobo oluhambelanayo lweflange, okwaziwa ngokuba ludibaniso lweflange, ngokuqhelekileyo luvalwa iinxalenye zoqhagamshelo ezivaliweyo zikwabizwa ngokuba ziiflanges, ezinjengokuqhagamshelwa kombhobho wokungenisa umoya, olu hlobo lwamacandelo lunokuthiwa “ludidi lweflange”, kodwa ludityaniso lwesixhobo esifana nenxalenye yesixhobo sonxibelelwano, kodwa olu ludibaniso luyinto ekhoyo phakathi kwesixhobo. impompo, ayisiyonto ingathandekiyo ukubiza impompo yamanzi njengenxalenye yohlobo lweflange, kodwa ivalve encinci, inokubizwa ngokuba ziinxalenye zohlobo lweflange.