Custom Fittings and Valves - Fluid System Connectors Division

Custom Fittings & Valves

Parker helps you solve your fluid conveyance problems

Custom Solutions For Today’s Problems

Due to the ever-changing and increasingly unique need of OEMs, our catalog offering of brass and composite fluid conveyance fittings may not always solve routing constraints. In situations where a standard fitting or valve is not suitable, Parker can develop and manufacture a custom machined brass or molded composite fitting or valve.

Our team of highly skilled, US-based engineers can design a part based on your application’s unique requirements. We work quickly to understand your pain points and re-quirements, before developing a custom solution to fit your application. Our engineers will develop a prototype and complete the testing outlined by the desginated criteria and/or specific required specifications. Our custom solution can be as simple as putting an electroless nickel plating on an existing brass part or as complex as designing and manufacturing a custom manifold.

Interested in developing a custom fitting or valve? Please download our comrehensive Non-Standard Product Request (NSPR) form and complete the required information. Once complete, please email the form to fsc.quotes@support.parker.com. A representative will contact you to discuss your request further. Please Note: The request form must be downloaded and opened from your computer for the editable fields to work properly.

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Brass: For applications that require a small number of special shape or thread patterns, Parker can design and manufacture custom brass configurations. This option involves no up-front tooling costs and can be completed in just a few weeks.

Composite: Custom composite parts can make sense for OEMs requiring high volumes of a specific configuration. This option requires additional lead time and up-front costs due to the need for a custom injection molds. The advantage is this option can lead to wide variety of shapes and configurations. Our composite customs are commonly manufactured in Nylon, Polyproplene, Acetal, and Kynar.

Parker’s fittings and valves can be customized to fit your application.

Identifying Requirements

Understanding the application is the first step in the process to developing a custom solution.

When thinking about a custom product, it is important to throughly review and document the requirements of the application. Most often, our customization requests are due to a space constaint, chemical compatabiliy issue, or an instalaltion improvement. Even though these are our most common requests, it is still important to collect all the information regarding the application. To do so, our engineers use the STAMPED method.

SIZE: What inside or outside diameter do you require?

TEMPERATURE: What is the ambient temperature as well as the media temperature?

APPLICATION: Where will the fitting or valve be used?

MEDIA: What fluid or gas will be conveyed through the fitting or valve?

PRESSURE: What is the system’s working pressure?

ENDS: How will the fitting or valve be connected? (i.e. threaded port, hose, or tube)

DELIVERY: When do you need the fitting? How many? What certifications do you require?

The Development Process

Parker’s five step design process ensures your custom product will exceed your expectations.

CUSTOMER INPUT & OBJECTIVES	Parker’s team of engineers will work with you to understand the requirements for your application, including specifications for size, temperature, application, media and pressure.
DEFINE PART ATTRIBUTES	Based on your objectives and the specifications, our engineers then define the part attributes including type of end connections and material selection.
DESIGN NEW OR MODIFY EXISTING PARTS	Our team of engineers will either modify a standard fitting or create an entirely new design. Prints and CAD models will be provided for your review.
CREATE PROTOTYPE (OPTIONAL)	After the design has been approved, a prototype is created. This may involve the creation of a new forging for shaped brass bodies or a new mold for composite bodies.
APPROVAL & TESTING	Upon your approval, we will complete any required testing. Testing will always depend on the specific fitting designed; this may be as part of a specification or due to your own internal requirements.

Customization Options

Parker’s fittings and valves can be customized to fit your application. The image above shows just a few examples of what can be customized on our fittings.

Manifolds

Manifolds are the ideal choice for reducing the number of ports and simplifying fluid conveyance lines. A custom manifold can reduce the footprint required to connect vital fluid conveyance lines. A manifold can also decreasing installation time. Parker can offer color coded manifold ports to keep line continunity and reduce installation complexity.

Integrated Fittings

Integrated fittings combine one or more components into one footprint. For example, we can combine a check valve with an elbow. The resulting part would provide vital flow control in a reduced footprint. Integrated fittings can reduce your costs by eliminating SKUs and improving installation times.