The Hydro-Brake® Optimum vortex flow control provides tailored water quantity management for surface, foul or combined water across a wide range of flows and for a variety of applications.
Self-activated and precision-engineered to meet each site or network’s specific flow, head and storage requirements. The Hydro-Brake® Optimum delivers effective protection from upstream and downstream flooding as a part of a sustainable drainage system (SuDS).
With no moving parts and no power requirements, the Hydro-Brake® Optimum provides reliable, low-maintenance, and engineered flood management as part of green infrastructure developments.
Our most popular Hydro-Brake® Optimum, the Hydraulically Efficient unit incorporates an adjustable inlet as standard. This will allow engineers to future-proof their drainage designs with up to a plus or minus 20% change in design flow, should additional developments or urban creep cause an increase in flows, saving the cost of a replacement flow control. Watch the video to find out why picking the right flow control is so important to regulating water flows and why we’ve added the new future-proof feature on our most popular Hydro-Brake® Optimum vortex flow control.
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To help meet most site configurations, a range of alternative fittings and installation options, including the new XP Fit to Outlet Pipe option, are available for Hydro-Brake® Optimum.
Independently assessed, approved and certified
For peace of mind, the performance, strength and durability of the Hydro‐Brake® Optimum has been independently assessed, approved and certified by both the BBA (Certification no. 08/4596) and the WRc Certification no. PT/503/0422) to control stormwater or combined flows.
Only Hydro-Brake® Optimum:
- Is individually custom-designed to meet specific site and network requirements
- Draws on a legacy of more than 40 years of vortex flow control technology
- Is designed and delivered by the leaders in flow control
Get custom-designed, precision-engineered flood protection
Every Hydro-Brake® Optimum flow control is individually designed, sized and precision-engineered to meet the specific requirements of the site, network and environment in which it is installed, enabling engineers to deliver tailored protection against upstream and downstream flooding.
Specify SuDS, LID and green infrastructure projects with built-in protection against storm events, management of everyday surface water runoff and capacity for the future effects of climate change.
Built-in future proof adjustability
Standard, Hydraulically Efficient, Hydro-Brake® Optimum units are supplied with an adjustable inlet, allowing post-installation flow adjustments without the need to replace the whole device.
Deliver small, medium or large-scale sustainable drainage
With a maximum flow of up to 550 l/s (8,717.7 gpm) and a maximum storage area of up to 275 ha* the Hydro-Brake® Optimum provides effective, reliable flow control across a wide range of environments and applications, from small individual plots to large sewer networks, giving designers the flexibility to implement a range of sustainable drainage and green infrastructure projects.
Design with complete freedom
The Hydro-Brake® Optimum provides complete freedom in the response characteristic of the flow control.
For a given maximum design head and flow, the point at which the vortex begins can be specified, enabling engineers to tailor flow controls to solve even the most challenging requirements.
Independently assessed, approved and certified
Having been independently evaluated, tested, approved and certified by the BBA (Certification no. 08/4596) and the WRc (Certification no. PT/503/0422), customers can be confident that every flow control meets rigorous quality, performance and installation standards.
Meet difficult site configurations
Hydro-Brake® Optimum has options for a range of alternative fittings / installation options to meet most site configurations.
* Assumes an average of 2 l/s / 31.7 gpm per ha
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