HEL Performance - Quality Matters
At HEL Performance quality is at the forefront of all that we do. Our hoses are tested to the most stringent of requirements both in the laboratory, as laid down by federal regulations, and on the race track where they are proven time and time again.
Our hoses pass and exceed the requirements of government bodies around the globe making them street legal anywhere in the world.
All brake hoses must comply with the requirements of FMVSS-106. These requirements set out the strict test criteria that all hoses must pass to enable them to be used on the road. These requirements, as commanded by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, are then used by the DOT (United States Of America), NHTSA (United States Of America), TuV (Germany), ADR (Australia), LTSA (New Zealand), IDR (Israel) and MOT (Europe) as the test criteria used by each country. Having passed all of these requirements and by registering with the above organisations HEL Performance brake lines can be used anywhere in the world.
HEL Performance brake lines have been independently tested and proved to exceed all of the requirements of the tests. Many hoses fail due to the whip test when the hose is subjected to motion to mimic the movement of the hose during normal use on a vehicle. All hoses must last for 35 hours continuously on the test apparatus and are normally tested until destruction to give an indication of quality past the required time frame.
When HEL Performance brake lines were subjected to the whip test ALL four test subjects were removed from the test apparatus after a minimum of 40 hours and all were removed intact. Infact one hose was tested for 70 hours and another to 93 hours - and again they were BOTH removed intact.
This was something that the independent test centre had never experienced before in over 20 years of testing and the reason that two were only run for 40 hours - after the first test piece survived and was removed intact from the machine after 93 hours the other three hoses were simply to prove the quality of each hose assembly.
It is testiment to the design, investigation, research and investment HEL Performance put into every product. When we began making brake lines in the UK all of our competitors were selling reusable items - something that our swaged design soon removed from the marketplace with all of the major names now deciding to market a fully swaged system.
HEL Performance brake lines meet and exceed all of the requirements of FMVSS-106 which are used as the basis of all country specific regulations.
HEL Performance brake lines have recently been independantly tested by Dekra (Germany) and have been granted full certification for use on the roads in Germany and countries requiring Dekra/TÜV approval.
HEL Performance have recently acquired TÜV approval for its company quality assurance system which has been tested and confirmed to meet the requirements of ISO9001 quality assurance.
HEL Performance brake lines have been accepted by the United States Department Of Transport under FMVSS-106 design criteria and have been entered onto the DOT database of certificated suppliers.
HEL Performance brake lines have been accepted by the Australian Department Of Transports 'ADR - Australian Design Rules' under FMVSS-106 design criteria and have been entered onto the database of certificated suppliers by the Queensland Government.
HEL Performance brake lines have been accepted by the New Zealand Department Of Transport LTSA under FMVSS-106 design criteria and have been entered onto the database of certificated suppliers.
HEL Performance brake line kits, through the work of its Israel Distributor have recently been added by the Israel Department Of Transport to their list of approved products. This has been extremely beneficial to HEL Performance as previously all brake lines had to be tested monthly by the Israel Department Of Transport. After being subjected to such rigourous testing and passing for the past 24 months we are the first and only manufacturer to have been granted this long term application. This is an important announcement as many companies simply test once and register their product but in Israel this is not the case. Each product is evaluated and tested monthly - proving the continued quality of our products.
NHTSA was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 to carry out safety programs previously administered by the National Highway Safety Bureau. Specifically, the agency directs the highway safety and consumer programs established by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, the 1972 Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, and succeeding amendments to these laws. Dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety, NHTSA works daily to help prevent crashes and their attendant costs, both human and financial. The agency strives to exceed the expectations of its customers through its core values of Integrity, Service, and Leadership.
SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series. They aid the industry by helping with the writing of specifications and design principles. They also are responsible for the SAE J1403 requirement required for brake hoses used on the road of which are brake lines fully comply with.
