Design and Manufacturing

Our manufacturing section (MFG) design and manufacture our own range of high pressure gas and fluid products in-house including needle valves, oxygen filters, swivel joints, hoses, face seal (zero clearance) couplings, gas filling connectors and flanges. We have particular technical expertise in Oxygen systems, Oxygen fittings and Oxygen double swivels.

H.I.Fraser has the capability to machine and fabricate high pressure gas and fluid items to customer design as well as provide engineering support where required by our customers.

MFG specialises in turning, milling and drilling of a wide range of exotic materials including, SMO254 (super austenitic stainless), copper-nickel alloys (CuNi90/10 & CuNi70/30 to BS2874), monel alloys (M400 & K500), nickel aluminum bronze (NAB to NES 833), phosphor bronze (PB 102), gun metal (GM to BS 1400), brass alloy (BR-686 to AS 1567), stainless SAF 2205, SAF 2207 etc.

All items are provided with full material certification, equipment callibaration certificates for traceability.

H.I.Fraser specializes in High Pressue Oxygen and breathing air systems for Defense and the commercial gas supply industry.

The HIFCO designed and manufactured items are fitted on Royal Australian Navy platforms including COLLINS class submarines, Huon class Minehunter Coastal (MHC) and the two Landing Platform Amphibious (LPA). Additionally, we design and manufacture control panels and complete gas systems for use in high pressure and hazardous gas systems. Many of our range of products, including swivel joints, HP flexible hoses, oxygen filling manifolds, pigtails, filling connectors, oxygen non-return valves, inline filters, cryogenic couplings and valves are also fitted throughout gas industry ( Air Liquide and Linde Gas), aircraft support systems and the power industry.