WHY SQUARE FLANGES USED IN SOME HYDRAULIC LINES INSTEAD OF CIRCULAR FLANGE? ESPECIALLY IN STEERING GEAR SYSTEM

 

square flange used in hydraulic lines

IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ESPECIALLY IN STEERING GEAR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WE MOSTLY OBSERVE SQARE FLANGES FITTED INSTED OF ROUND ONES TO CONNECT SYSTEM PIPES AND COMPONENETS

BUT WHAT MAKES THE SQUARE FLANGE BENIFICIAL OVER ROUND ONES? 

ADVANTAGES OF SQUARE FLANGE

• IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SLIGHT LEAKS OR LOSS OF HYDARULIC OIL PUTS AN DIRECT EFFECT ON THE SYSTEM THUS THE JOINTS AND FLANGES WHICH ARE PRONE TO LEAKS AND DAMAGES SHOULD BE ALIGNED PROPERLY. THUS SQUARE FLANES BEING EASIER TO BE ALIGNED AND ASSEMBELED ,SQUARE FLANGES POSES TO BE BENIFICIAL.
• THE CRACKS PROPAGATE AND SHATTER FASTER IN ROUND SECTION THAN IN SQUARE SECTION FLANGES, SINCE THE SECTION MODULUS IS HIGHER FOR SQUARE SECTION THUS THE YIELD STRENGTH IS HIGHER FOR IT.
• NORMALLY THE DICHARGE SIDE FLANGES HAVE SQUARE SECTION THUS EASIER IDENTIFICATION IS POSSIBLE.