API University - Flange Design

Classroom Courses

API University Training Calendar

API Standards Training

Safety Management

Risk Management

Quality/ Environmental
Auditing

E-Learning Courses:
Online, CD, Intranet

Print Materials

Instructor Resources

Designing Bolted Flanges to API and ASME Requirements

Dates/Locations | Register | Instructor | For More Information

This one-day workshop on flange design will explain the equations of the ASME Code, Section VIII, and their modification for special flanges such as the API Type 6BX flange, blind and swivel flanges. rules of API 6A, ASME B31.3, and the ASME BPV Code will be presented and compared. The use of API Bulletins 6AF and 6AF2 to design for external loads will be included. Other special gasket types will also be studied. Attendees will receive a free copy of the "Visual Flange" computer analysis system.

6 PDH (0.6 CEU) and an API University Certificate of Completion will be awarded for successful completion of the course and requires attendance for all hours of instruction and completion of the course evaluation.

Dates and Locations

Please visit our Calendar of Events for all upcoming courses

All dates listed for Houston, Texas will be held at the Houston Training and Conference Center
480 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E.
Suite 270
Houston, TX 77060
Phone: 281-448-8432
Fax: 281-448-1112

To Register

Please download the Registration Form and select the date of your choice.

To order API Bulletins 6AF and 6AF2, please visit the Publications section of the API website.

Designers and users of flanged equipment and of systems with flanged components.

John H. Fowler, P.E. Is the owner of On-Line Resources, a Houston engineering consulting firm. John is a graduate of Rice University and was previously employed by Rockwell International and McEvoy Oilfield Equipment Company, where he was Vice-President of Engineering. He has been a member of API Subcommittee 6 since 1980 and twice received the API Citation for Service Award. He has also been a member of the Association of Well Head Equipment Manufacturers (AWHEM), where he served as President in 1983. Mr. Fowler teaches several seminars on API Specifications, including the seminar, Designing to API 6A/16A/17D Requirements which has been attended by more than 500 engineers.

For more information, please contact John Fowler at FowlerOLR@aol.com.