Engineering Guides: Flanges for Data Center Piping

Cooling system basics

The two water loops of a liquid-cooled data center and what each means for materials and flanges.

Hydro test, cleaning, flushing and filtration targets before a TCS loop goes live.

Choosing flange material loop by loop: corrosion, cleanliness, ratings and transitions.

Sizes, classes, faces and drilling, and when each standard makes sense on large water mains.

Mating steel flanges to cast iron chillers, pumps and FRP cooling tower piping.

ASTM A380 and A967 explained, and why the TCS loop needs treated stainless surfaces.

Galvanic corrosion at carbon steel to stainless joints, and how isolation kits stop it.

A worked example of our MTC for a 316L flange, and what to check at goods receipt.

Send us your flange schedule

A line list, a BOM or a marked-up drawing all work. For each line item, tell us:

Flange type, face and size (NPS or DN)

Standard and pressure class, for example ASME B16.5 Class 150 or EN 1092-1 PN16

Material grade and the loop it goes on, for example 316L on the TCS loop

Quantity, inspection requirements and destination