Aflangehe kualapa 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 maʻalahi no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nānā a hoʻololi paha. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia nā flanges. Hana ʻia nā ʻāpana flanged ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ʻelua flanges me kahi gasket ma waena o lākou e hāʻawi i kahi sila.