Ama-flange ensimbi ngokuvamile afika abe yizimo eziyindilinga kodwa angabuye abe ngamafomu ayisikwele kanye nonxande. Ama-flange ahlanganiswe komunye nomunye ngokufakwa ngebhawudi futhi ahlanganiswe ohlelweni lwamapayipi ngokushisela noma ukucupha futhi aklanyelwe izilinganiso ezithile zengcindezi; 150lb, 300lb, 400lb, 600lb, 900lb, 1500lb kanye no-2500lb.
I-flange ingaba ipuleti lokumboza noma lokuvala ukuphela kwepayipi. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi i-blind flange. Ngakho-ke, ama-flange abhekwa njengezingxenye zangaphakathi ezisetshenziselwa ukusekela izingxenye zemishini.
Uhlobo lwe-flange oluzosetshenziswa ekufakweni kwamapayipi luncike, ikakhulukazi, emandleni adingekayo wejoyinti eline-flang. Ama-Flange asetshenziswa, esikhundleni salokho ukuxhumana okushiselwe, ukuze kube lula ukusebenza kokulungisa (ijoyinti eline-flanged lingahlakazwa ngokushesha nakalula).