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NORSOKM650
Parker setting the standards for instrumentation tube fittings
Oil and gas process design projects
targeting extreme resistance to corrosion
and extended service lifetimes have been
boosted by a new metal processing
technology.
The advance comes from the
instrumentation Products Division of Parker
Hannifin – the global leader in motion and
control technologies – which is the first
company to make fluid instrumentation
products manufactured in the specialist
alloy 6Mo and conforming to the stringent
material quality specifications of the
NORSOK M-650 standard.
The Norwegian petroleum industry is
pioneering higher standards for equipment
manufacturers and the NORSOK M-650
standard verifies that a manufacturer has
materials that conform to the requirements
to produce reliable products.
Parker is the only instrumentation company
offering its products manufactured from a
proprietary process and materials which
conform to this requirement. This process
applies to all the small bore instrumentation
valves, manifolds and fittings manufactured
from 6Mo, a standard material with 22
years service in the North Sea.
Parker is one of the world’s largest
suppliers of instrumentation products
for offshore applications, and Parker
Grade
TM
6
Mo super austenitic stainless
steel alloy has become the most popular
design choice for new North Sea oil and
gas instrumentation engineering projects.
Compared to standard 300 series and
duplex stainless steel, the material offers
much greater resistance to chloride-
induced pitting, crevice corrosion and
stress corrosion cracking, making it ideal
for applications demanding long in-service
life in hostile environments. Parker Grade
TM
6
Mo tubing is also now available to
complement the tube fitting offering, and
will also shortly be available in conformance
to NORSOK M650.