High voltage bushing flange and flange to insulator joint

A high voltage bushing includes an insulator sleeve adapted to be fitted over a conductor; an annular metal mounting flange telescoped over the sleeve, the mounting flange having a substantially smooth, axially extending cylindrical portion and a radial portion located at one end of the axial portion; an annular, axially extending epoxy layer between the mounting flange cylindrical portion and the insulator sleeve, the epoxy layer having a thickness of at least about 0.50 inch; and an annular ferrule sealing the juncture of the porcelain sleeve and the mounting flange on a side of the radial portion remote from the axial portion. The annular ferrule has a radial section engaging the radial portion of the mounting flange, and an axial section soldered to the porcelain sleeve.