Special Flange Overview

2014
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Special Flange has three locations north of Milan Italy

Employees: 81

Cesano Maderno
Headquarters & Machine shop
49 employees
10K sqm covered (28K total)
40 machine tools
Quality lab
Finished goods warehouse
Administrative offices (sales,
accounting, quality, safety,
engineering)
Shipping

Total Size: 68,000m2 (730,000 ft2)

Legnano
Forge Shop
25 employees
28K sqm
Heat Treat
Ring rollers
Open die presses
Billet inventory
Shipping

Gorla Minore
Inventory and Cutting
7 employees
30K sqm
Raw material stock
inventory (billet, bar, ingot)
Cutting operations
Receiving and shipping

The Gorla Minore facility is the primary raw material warehouse where
stock is cut to size

Total of 10 saws
Max weight = 30Ton
Max diameter = 2.5m (8.2ft)
50T crane capacity

The Legnano facility is the forging operation which comprises of five open
die presses

5000T Press

1000T Press

650T & 500T Press

1200T Press
Size Range:
5K Ton 30T max,
3m length max,
2.5m OD max
1.2K Ton 1T max
2m length max,
1.3m OD max
1K Ton 1.2T max,
2m length max,
1.3m OD max
650 & 500 Ton 500KG max,
1m length max,
500mm OD max
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..and three ring rolling machines.

Machine

Max OD

Min ID

Max
Height

Max
Weight

#1

8000mm
(26.2 ft)

360mm
(13 in)

2400mm
(8 ft)

25K KG

#2

4000mm
(13 ft)

250mm
(10 in)

750mm
(2.5 ft)

4.5K KG

#3

2000mm
(6.5 ft)

180mm
(7 in)

400mm
(1.3 ft)

500KG

The Cesano Maderno facility is comprised of administrative offices, quality

lab, machining operations, and finished goods warehousing

Equipment:
18 Lathes
6 Milling Machines
5 Drilling Machines
1 Cutting Machine
2 Others
Capability:
OD Range: 10mm 6m (0.4in 30ft)
30T max weight
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The quality lab at Cesano Maderno has a broad breadth of capability

Capabilities:
Tinsile Testing: Up to 600oC
Impact testing with Charpy
Rockwell, Brinnel and Vickers Hardness
Bend, Flattening, expanding, flange and
fracture tests
Shear, push out and pull out tests
Metallographic Lab:
Macrographics on welding or brazed joints
Macrographics to verify fibers flow
Micrographics and structure analysis
Grain size determination
Decarburation and/or adhesive oxide depth
Inclusion count check
Non Destructive Testing:
Visual
Die penetrant
Magnetoscopic
Ultrasonic
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Special Flange stocks and forges on demand a large variety of flanges in

most alloys needed

Carbon Flanges:
Stock to 24 in 150-2500 Class
Forge on demand 26 to 48 in 150-2500 Class
Max thickness 1
Stainless Flanges:
Stock: to 24 in 150, 300, 600 class
Forge on demand: All other sizes up to 48
Chrome:
Forge on demand: All sizes up to 48
Nickel/Alloy:
Forge on demand: All sizes up to 48 and
500KG in weight

Special Flange is ISO and API certified

It also hold a number of other certifications

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