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, eyaziwa ngokuba ludibaniso lweflange, ngokuqhelekileyo luvalwa iinxalenye zoqhagamshelo oluvaliweyo zikwabizwa ngokuba ziiflange, ezinjengokuqhagamshelwa kombhobho wokungenisa umoya, olu hlobo lwamalungu angabizwa ngokuba “luhlobo lweflange”, kodwa ludityaniso lwesixhobo esilunxibelelwano lwesixhobo sonxibelelwano, olu ludibaniso lwesixhobo sempompo kuphela. ayifanelanga ukubiza impompo yamanzi njengenxalenye yohlobo lweflange, kodwa ivalve encinci ehambelana nayo, inokubizwa ngokuba ziinxalenye zohlobo lweflange.