Aflangehe kuamoo waho a i loko paha, a i ʻole rim (lip), no ka ikaika, e like me ka lepa o ke kaola hao e like me ka I-beam a i ʻole ka T-beam; a i ʻole no ka hoʻopili ʻana i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, e like me ka flange ma ka wēlau o ka paipu, ka pahu mahu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole ma ka mauna lens o kahi kamera; a i ʻole no ka flange o ke kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole ka huila kaʻaahi. Hāʻawi ia i kahi ala maʻalahi no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nānā a hoʻololi paha. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia nā flanges a wili ʻia. Hana ʻia nā ʻāpana flanged ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ʻelua flanges me kahi gasket ma waena o lākou e hāʻawi i kahi sila.