One loop, one company, for the life of the vessel. Oldham Seals engineers each assembly and proves it in Chichester, and Jetrac, our field division, keeps it in service on board. The engineer who designs it, the test house that proves it and the team that fits it are all Oldham Seals.
We test other makers' hoses too, and Jetrac surveys them.
Four steps, run by one company, and you can come in at any of them: a new design starts at Define, a part that needs qualifying starts at Prove, and hoses already on board start at Sustain.
Send the envelope: the fluid, pressure, temperature, movement and space, and a drawing if you have one. Our engineers confirm whether it can be done and the standard to qualify it to.
The preform geometry and leg lengths are modelled in 2D and 3D CAD to your pipework. The fittings are specified in the alloy the environment demands and machined in-house, and the manufacturing tolerances for your installation are advised in writing.
The assembly is built in Chichester, hydrostatically tested, qualified in our own test house to Def Stan 02-345 and your type-approval requirements, and released with certification.
Jetrac, our field division, surveys the flexible hoses and bellows on board at the level you need, records each one it surveys on a register you can see online, forecasts replacement against your upkeep and refit periods, and installs.
Send us your drawing, or just the envelope if there is no drawing yet. Our engineers confirm feasibility and the standard to qualify to, model the preform in 2D and 3D CAD to your pipework, and specify fittings in the alloy the environment demands, machined in-house.
Getting a part through type approval and customer qualification: Def Stan 02-345, class-society approvals, and release certification with each assembly, so the file is complete when the part ships. The approval letters sit on the Certifications page.
Our own test house in Chichester: fire testing at high and low pressure, endurance, vacuum, pressure, pressure pulsing with flexibility and deflection, and impulse, on rigs built to the standard you specify. The tests we run on our hoses, we run on anybody's.
On-board surveys at the level you need, from a baseline survey to recategorisation. Jetrac engineers record the condition of each flexible hose and bellows they survey as a benchmark for the next survey, and report what is sound and what needs exchanging.
The register: each surveyed hose recorded with its specification, condition, criticality, test and inspection history and dates, other makers' included. Prime contractors and ship's staff can see and update it online.
Replacement forecast against your upkeep and refit periods on a 5-, 10- or 15-year periodicity, so replacements are ordered before hoses expire and only what is needed gets ordered.
Exchange and installation on board by Jetrac engineers, with the register updated as each hose is fitted. Specialist hose, fitted by specialists rather than a general engineering team.
Rubber ages, and a hose that reaches its date before its replacement is ordered becomes a concession with a name on it. Jetrac, Oldham Seals' field division, puts engineers on board to survey flexible hoses and bellows at the level you need, other makers' included. Each hose surveyed goes on a register that prime contractors and ship's staff can see and update online. Replacement is forecast against your upkeep and refit periods on a 5-, 10- or 15-year periodicity, and Jetrac engineers exchange and install on board, updating the register as each hose is fitted.
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The design office, the machine shop and the test house are Oldham Seals' own, in Chichester.
2D and 3D CAD in-house. Preform geometry and leg lengths modelled to your pipework, with 3D models supplied on request.
End fittings machined in-house on CNC, in copper-nickel 70/30 or 90/10, nickel aluminium bronze, phosphor bronze or super-austenitic stainless steel, with connectors to BS, ISO, ASTM or ANSI as specified.
Fire testing at high and low pressure, endurance, vacuum, pressure, pressure pulsing with flexibility and deflection, and impulse. Material ageing, fluid resistance, smoke and toxicity verified independently through RAPRA.
Designed, manufactured and tested under BS EN ISO 9001:2015. Each assembly is hydrostatically pressure tested before it leaves Chichester and released with certification. Independent chemical and mechanical certification of non-ferrous fittings is available.
Everything before the first assembly is built. Send a drawing, or just the envelope if there is no drawing yet: the fluid, pressure, temperature, movement and space. Our engineers confirm feasibility and the standard to qualify to, model the preform in 2D and 3D CAD to your pipework, and specify the fittings in the alloy the environment demands, machined in-house. It is the Define and Design half of the loop.
Yes. The tests we run on our own assemblies, we run on anybody's: fire testing at high and low pressure, endurance, vacuum, pressure, pressure pulsing with flexibility and deflection, and impulse, on rigs built to the standard you specify.
Def Stan 02-345, the type-approval requirements of Lloyd's Register, DNV, ABS, Germanischer Lloyd and the MOD, or a customer standard you specify. Each assembly is released with certification, so the qualification file arrives with the part.
Jetrac, Oldham Seals' field division, sends engineers on board to survey flexible hoses and bellows at the level you need, from a baseline survey to recategorisation. They record the condition of each one they survey as a benchmark for the next survey, and report what is sound and what needs exchanging.
Prime contractors and ship's staff can see and update it online. Each surveyed hose is recorded with its specification, condition, criticality, test and inspection history and dates, other makers' hoses included.
Yes. Asset & Replacement Planning forecasts replacement against your upkeep and refit periods on a 5-, 10- or 15-year periodicity, so replacements are ordered before hoses expire and only what is needed gets ordered.
Both. Jetrac engineers exchange and install on board and update the register as each hose is fitted, so specialist hose is fitted by specialists rather than a general engineering team.
Send us the fluid, pressure, temperature, movement and space you are working with, and a drawing if you have one. Our sales team routes it to the right engineer. You get feasibility and the standard we would qualify to within one working day. Your platform stays confidential: we do not publish what we build for you.