Difference Between PN and ANSI Rating
Difference Between PN and ANSI Rating
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Dear All,
Can anyone enlightened me the other differences between PN and ASNSI rating apart from their pressure and temperature limitations.Example(PN40 to ANSI 300)
Regards,
EL
Can anyone enlightened me the other differences between PN and ASNSI rating apart from their pressure and temperature limitations.Example(PN40 to ANSI 300)
Regards,
EL





RE: Difference Between PN and ANSI Rating
Also ANSI is an imperial standard and BS4504 PNxx are metric.
A good source of flange tables is the RGB Stainless Ltd, Stainless Steel Products Manual. If you ask them nicely they will send you a free one!!
Biggy
RE: Difference Between PN and ANSI Rating
The common thing to do is asking the vendor (when you face a piece of machinery with "PN" flanges) to supply also the counter-flanges (as and additional ... yes, but this is less expensive that asking them to use an ANSI flange providing PN flanges is their standard)