Parker Hannifin introduced a breakthrough in high integrity tube connection technology offering major performance and timesaving advantages to instrumentation system designers and installers. Designed for working pressures as high as 22,500PSI, the new ‘flared cone’ technology advances the performance of compression style tube connections. It provides users with a simple and reliable means of speeding the assembly of instrument tubing systems for use in higher pressures applications in the oil and gas industries.
Developed by Parker Autoclave Engineers, the new flared cone connection (FCC) technology is a significant advance on the type of ‘cone and thread’ tube connections pioneered by the company. The new flared cone connections are much simpler to make up. Installers can typically complete the task in less than four minutes, after only minimal training. Flared cone connections are also especially cost-effective in applications where leaks caused by vibration are an issue.
Parker Autoclave Engineers’ patent-pending FCC technology is based on a single sleeve compression style system. However, unlike conventional designs, the tube end is flared to prevent any possibility of ejection and provides the connection’s primary metal-to-metal seal. Its dual seal approach has a major reliability benefit; in the unlikely event that the primary seal fails, the secondary seal preserves the integrity of the connection.
