I-Flange ingeyesibili esetshenziswa kakhulu endleleni yokujoyina ngemuva kokuhlakazeka. Ama-Flanges asetshenziswa lapho amalunga edinga ukusatshalaliswa. Inikeza ukuguquguquka kokulungiswa. I-Flange ixhumanisa ipayipi nemishini ehlukahlukene nama-valve. Ama-flanges e-BreakUp angezwa ohlelweni lwePipeline uma kulungiswa njalo ekusebenzeni kwezitshalo.
I-Flanged Joint yakhiwa okuhlukile okuhlukile futhi okuzimele yize izingxenye ezihlangene; amafuvu, ama-gaskets, kanye ne-bolting; aqoqwe ngelinye ithonya, i-fitter. Izilawuli ezikhethekile ziyadingeka ekukhetheni nasekusetshenzisweni kwazo zonke izinto ezikhona ukuthola okuhlanganisiwe, okunokuqina okuvuzayo okwamukelekayo.
I-Flange iyisigaxa esinqunyelwe, i-lip noma i-rim, kungaba yangaphandle noma yangaphakathi, esebenza ukukhulisa amandla (njenge-flange yogongolo lwensimbi efana ne-i-beam noma i-t-beam); Ukuthambekela okulula noma ngokuzinza futhi uqondise ukunyakaza komshini noma izingxenye zawo (njenge-flange yangaphakathi yemoto yesitimela noma isondo le-tram, eligcina amasondo asuka ojabha). Igama elithi "i-flange" lisetshenziselwa futhi uhlobo lwethuluzi olusetshenziselwa ukwakha ama-flanges.