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Path to leak-free instrumentation
systems unveiled at Offshore show
A COMPREHENSIVE product range
for minimising potential leak paths in
process instrumentation was unveiled at
Offshore Europe by the instrumentation
products division of Parker Hannifin,
which specialises in motion and control
technologies.
Solutions for all standard connectivity
and functional requirements from the
process line to the instrument are available
in Parker’s range as a result of an intensive
innovation-driven development programme.
A foundation of the range is the
elimination of leak-prone taper thread
Parker has now developed a com-
prehensive range of innovative solutions
for instrument interfacing in the form of
integrated and close-coupled manifolds.
For standard double-block-and-bleed
requirements Parker offers manifolds
in monoflange and flange-ended forms,
providing ‘one-piece’ solutions that
eliminate any need for system building
using discrete valves (and all the additional
connections and potential leak paths of that
approach).
These manifolds are now optionally
available in new, ultra-low-emission, ISO
15848 compliant forms.
Parker’s newest integrated manifold
solution is the highly innovative CCIMS
close-coupled instrument mounting
system.
CCIMS provides a novel means of
directly attaching a differential pressure flow
measurement instrument to a process line.
Parker is now releasing CCIMS variants
for differential pressure level measurement
applications, and for static pressure
measurement as well.
“Process instrumentation connections
have evolved over a hundred years and,
inevitably, tube connections and valve
and manifold techniques are steeped in
tradition,” says Parker Hannifin’s Sheldon
Banks. “There’s enormous scope for
rethinking how things are done to provide
more reliable leak-free systems, and this
innovation-based approach underpins our
instrumentation product range.”
Parker Instrumentation Products
Division Europe – UK
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connections, and with it any need for
PTFE tape or anaerobic sealant – another
common cause of problems in the field.
Parker’s solutions in this area extends the
scope of reliable compression tube fittings
throughout the instrumentation chain, by
integrating compression tubing ends onto
valves and manifolds.
Combined with accessories such as
threadless piping interfaces that convert
a standard flange to a compression tubing
connection, plant engineers have the
means of eliminating NPT threads in any
standard instrumentation application.
 Innovative solutions for all standard connectivity
and functional requirements from the process line
to the instrument are available in Parker’s range
 Parker's solutions for minimising potential leak paths is
the elimination of leak-prone taper thread connections –
a common cause of problems in the field