I-flange yingxenye exhunywe phakathi kwepayipi nepayipi, esetshenziselwa ukuxhuma phakathi kokuphela kwepayipi kanye nokungenisa nokuthekelisa kwemishini.I-flange iwukuxhuma okuhlukanisekayo kweqembu lesakhiwo sokubeka uphawu.Umehluko ekucindezelweni kwe-flange uzophinde ubangele ukushuba kanye nokusetshenziswa kwama-bolts kuzohluka.