Parker High Performance Flanges

Parker High Performance Flange System - HPF

Non-welding flange technology for highest performance

Safe, fast and easy to prepare flange connections

The Parker High Performance Flange System (HPF) is a non-welding, mechanical flange system for machines and installations with high working pressures up to 420 bar. This product programme fulfils todays and future requirements of marine, mobile hydraulic and industrial equipment: high performance and high pressures. At the same time, HPF contributes significantly to a reduction in assembly time and costs as it substitutes error-prone and time-consuming welding connections.

Tested and certified

The Parker High Performance Flange System has a proven, outstanding high pressure and vibration resistance. It is certified as non-weld connection inside car manufacturing plants for the use in hydraulic applications.

For Marine and Offshore sector applications it is type approved by various classification societies:

Benefits

Cost reduction
Compared to conventional welding, the HPF System leads to several time and cost benefits.
The pipework fabrication and installation is much faster compared to welded pipe systems.
X-ray is not necessary, post weld cleaning and flushing costs are reduced.
Environmentally friendly
No hot work needed, no acid and waste cleaning costs, no safety risk.
95% less energy consuming than traditional welding.
Value added services
In addition to the product range, Parker offers comprehensive services and consulting around pipework prefabrication: engineering/design, piping prefabrication, documentation, installation support
Availability
Worldwide through Parker distribution network and certified piping service centers.

PIPING CENTERS

How it works

The best solutions for complex design problems can often be found in nature. The HPF connection is similar to the shape of a branch where it joints the trunk of a tree: the tube is flared by hydraulic axial pressure giving it a parabolic shaping, increasing from 10° up to 37°. The initial gentle incline of the shaping guarantees additional safety against strong system vibrations.

HPF flanges are equipped with a specially designed and harde ned inner grip contour, providing excellent additional tear-off safety for the connection. A soft sealed, shaped insert is placed into the flared end of the tube, thus ensuring the gas leak tightness of the HPF connector. As the insert does not have a toothed profile, it can be easily assembled repeatedly.

PRODUCTS

HPF Machines

The tube forming is performed by the Parflange HPF Machines. It is an easy to learn process and tube forming is done in seconds.

PRODUCTS

Applications

Marine Hydraulics

Out on sea, safety and reliability of hydraulic systems is crucial. Leakages can result in downtimes and environmental pollutions. Once installed, HPF is limiting these risks in marine applications like cranes, winches, deck equipment, lifting machinery and special purpose appliances.

Industrial Hydraulics

In landbased, industrial applications often a 24/7 operation with high vibration and repeating pressure peaks is the daily occurrence. HPF is eliminating unplanned machine downtimes even under these challenging conditions. Many customers rely on HPF in their presses, dynamic test stands, recycling machines and steel manufacturing plants.

Mobile Hydraulics

Out in the field, a lot of highly flexible machines perform the most versatile jobs: from agriculture and harvesting, tunnel drilling to earth moving equipment. Once again, HPF ensures safe and reliable connections for highest machine availability and pollution free operation.

PRODUCTS

Complete Piping Solutions

From Components to full service. Parker offers the competent complete solution for hydraulic systems. From advice via design and pre-configuring to delivery and installation - everything with the best quality and reliability. Customers only have one contact, taking the pressure off their own team, release capacity and overall save a lot of time. This means achieving new efficiency at high pressure.

Excellent complete solutions. Complete Piping Solutions from Parker are always to the customer‘s advantage. Equally high quality in all areas and available around the world. The complete solution from a single source frees up customer capacity and lowers the need for customers to provide coordination effort. As a supplier of piping system solutions we offer our customers significant added value.