Han Kook Flexible is a specialized manufacturer of industrial flexible hoses and joints, established on April 1, 1983. The company supplies essential products for various heavy industries, including engine lines for shipping, oil refineries, power stations, gas turbine and combined cycle installations, cement, chemical plants, and the building industry. Its products provide critical solutions for preventing fatigue damage from repetitive loads caused by heat variations and vibrations. The company ensures product reliability through certifications from international classification societies and quality management systems.HanKookFlexibleisaspecializedmanufacturerofindustrialflexiblehosesandjoints,establishedonApril1,1983.Thecompanysuppliesessentialproductsforvariousheavyindustries,includingenginelinesforshipping,oilrefineries,powerstations,gasturbineandcombinedcycleinstallations,cement,chemicalplants,andthebuildingindustry.Itsproductsprovidecriticalsolutionsforpreventingfatiguedamagefromrepetitiveloadscausedbyheatvariationsandvibrations.Thecompanyensuresproductreliabilitythroughcertificationsfrominternationalclassificationsocietiesandqualitymanagementsystems.
Core technology: Prevention of fatigue damage from repetitive loads due to heat variation and vibration in various operating systems.Coretechnology:Preventionoffatiguedamagefromrepetitiveloadsduetoheatvariationandvibrationinvariousoperatingsystems.
Production equipment: Utilization of advanced machinery such as piping machines, bellows hydro forming machines, bellows roll forming machines, hydro press machines, and wire braiding machines.Productionequipment:Utilizationofadvancedmachinerysuchaspipingmachines,bellowshydroformingmachines,bellowsrollformingmachines,hydropressmachines,andwirebraidingmachines.
Quality inspection: Implementation of a rigorous quality control system including hydro tests, hydro & burst tests, bending tests, fatigue tests, and durability tests.Qualityinspection:Implementationofarigorousqualitycontrolsystemincludinghydrotests,hydro&bursttests,bendingtests,fatiguetests,anddurabilitytests.
Core AdvantagesCoreAdvantages
Extensive experience and specialization: Over 40 years of expertise and accumulated know-how in manufacturing flexible products since its establishment in 1983.Extensiveexperienceandspecialization:Over40yearsofexpertiseandaccumulatedknow-howinmanufacturingflexibleproductssinceitsestablishmentin1983.
Comprehensive international certifications: Attainment of Type Approval for Flexible Hose and Expansion Joint from numerous international classification societies including GL, BV, NK, KR, ABS, RINA, CCS, and DNV.Comprehensiveinternationalcertifications:AttainmentofTypeApprovalforFlexibleHoseandExpansionJointfromnumerousinternationalclassificationsocietiesincludingGL,BV,NK,KR,ABS,RINA,CCS,andDNV.
Technological development and quality superiority: Securing technological competitiveness and product quality through a utility model registration for bellows joint structure (2002) and ISO9001 quality management system certification.Technologicaldevelopmentandqualitysuperiority:Securingtechnologicalcompetitivenessandproductqualitythroughautilitymodelregistrationforbellowsjointstructure(2002)andISO9001qualitymanagementsystemcertification.
Strong partnerships with major corporations: Maintaining direct cooperation with leading domestic heavy industry companies such as Hyundai Heavy Ind., STX Engine, and DOOSAN Engine for over 30 years.Strongpartnershipswithmajorcorporations:MaintainingdirectcooperationwithleadingdomesticheavyindustrycompaniessuchasHyundaiHeavyInd.,STXEngine,andDOOSANEngineforover30years.
Customized product design capability: Expertise in designing and supplying products optimized for the specific environmental conditions and requirements of industries like shipping, oil refineries, and power stations.Customizedproductdesigncapability:Expertiseindesigningandsupplyingproductsoptimizedforthespecificenvironmentalconditionsandrequirementsofindustrieslikeshipping,oilrefineries,andpowerstations.
Integrated quality verification system: Assurance of product stability and reliability through multi-stage inspections including hydraulic, burst, bending, fatigue, and durability tests.Integratedqualityverificationsystem:Assuranceofproductstabilityandreliabilitythroughmulti-stageinspectionsincludinghydraulic,burst,bending,fatigue,anddurabilitytests.
Target IndustrieTargetIndustrie
Engine lines in the shipping industryEnginelinesintheshippingindustry
Oil refineries and petrochemical plantsOilrefineriesandpetrochemicalplants
Power stations (including gas turbine and combined cycle installations)Powerstations(includinggasturbineandcombinedcycleinstallations)
Cement plantsCementplants
Chemical plantsChemicalplants
Building industriesBuildingindustries
Major MarketsMajorMarkets
Certifications/PatentsCertifications/Patents
International Classification Society Type Approvals: ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, GL, KR, NK, RINA (for Flexible Hose and Expansion Joint).InternationalClassificationSocietyTypeApprovals:ABS,BV,CCS,DNV,GL,KR,NK,RINA(forFlexibleHoseandExpansionJoint).
ISO Certification: ISO9001 Quality Management System Certification (achieved in 2001).ISOCertification:ISO9001QualityManagementSystemCertification(achievedin2001).
Utility Model Registration: Registration for bellows Joint structure (2002).UtilityModelRegistration:RegistrationforbellowsJointstructure(2002).