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Analytical Instrumentation
3 Rules for Analyzer Accuracy
Learn to avoid three common sampling system performance problems that can lead to analyzer inaccuracies, costing you time and money.
Small Footprint, Large Impact: How to Detect and Protect Against Gauge Failures
Learn to recognize the signs of a failing gauge and avoid risk to employees and costly downtime to make repairs.
Managing Supply Pressure Effect (SPE) in a Regulator
Supply pressure effect, also known as dependency, is an inverse relationship between inlet and outlet pressure variables within a regulator. Learn how to manage this phenomenon in your pressure regulators with tips from Swagelok.
How to Flatten a Regulator Flow Curve to Reduce Droop
Droop is an issue for every pressure-reducing regulator. Learn how to minimize droop and flatten regulator flow curves with various dome loaded regulator configurations explained by Jon Kestner.
Back-Pressure Regulator Set-Up: Tips for Sampling System Engineers
Back-pressure regulators can effectively control upstream pressure within a sampling system process line—when set up correctly. Learn how to accurately design and build a process line with a back-pressure regulator.
How to Use a Regulator to Reduce Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Time delay is often underestimated or misunderstood in analytical systems. One way to mitigate this delay is with a pressure-controlled regulator. Learn how manage your analytical system’s time delay with tips from the experts at Swagelok.
4 Areas to Inspect When Measuring Time Delay in Sampling Systems
In a process analyzer sampling system, there is always a time delay before you obtain a reading. However, underestimating this time delay can lead to inferior process control. Learn which four areas you should closely inspect to diminish time delays.
Tips to Maintaining a Representative Sample in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Maintaining a representative sample within an analytical instrumentation system can be difficult. Learn how to identify major issues and avoid complications associated with a compromised representative sample from the experts at Swagelok.
How to Calibrate an Analyzer in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Calibration is an important process and an absolute requirement in analytical systems. Care must be taken when performing this process—error can be introduced. Learn how to calibrate your analyzer to ensure an accurate analytical measurement.
Understanding and Measuring Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Process measurements are instantaneous, but analyzer responses are not. Time delay in sampling systems is the most common cause of inaccurate results from process analyzers. Learn how to understand and reduce time delay in your analytical systems.
Sampling Systems: 8 Common Process Analyzer Accuracy Challenges
Sampling systems expert and veteran industry instructor Tony Waters offers plant managers and design engineers tested ways to identify and resolve 8 common challenges for process analyzer accuracy.
5 Common Process Analyzer System Revelations over 50 Years of Training
Sampling systems can be one of the most challenging systems within your plant to both design and operate. Industry veteran and industrial training instructor, Tony Waters, shares his trainees’ top revelations over the past 50 years.
10 Tips to Improve Sampling Systems
Managing an analytical instrumentation operation is no small feat. Receiving consistent results can be a struggle for even the most seasoned engineers. Luckily, there are several simple tips your team can use to improve your sampling system.
Chemical / Refining
Liquid Grab Sampling Strategies to Control Costs
Discover several strategies to help drive down costs and minimize errors in your liquid grab sampling processes as you validate process conditions and analyze end product quality.
Inventory and Innovation at a Carbon Capture Company
Learn how LanzaTech, a carbon capture technology company, stays ahead of shifting customer needs and continuously innovates with high quality products, services, and inventory solutions from Swagelok.
Improve Gas Distribution Safety and Efficiency
Gas distribution systems are crucial for helping labs, test centers, and industrial facilities operate at peak efficiency. Learn more about optimizing gas delivery system health and safety, reducing costs, and equipping your team for success.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Trey Sinkfield
Swagelok field engineers work to help customers solve tough fluid system challenges. Hear from Swagelok Southeast Texas’ Trey Sinkfield on why he loves working collaboratively with customers to find effective fluid system solutions.
Identifying Cost Savings in Utility Gas Systems
See how Swagelok Texas Mid-Coast provided on-site analyses of a major petrochemical producer’s aging utility gas system and uncovered savings of more than $2 million annually.
Seven Tips for Effective Plant Turnarounds
A plant turnaround can be a big headache for a chemical plant or refinery—but it doesn’t have to be. Learn seven strategies for more effective turnaround management.
Standardizing Fluid System Components on Megaprojects
Swagelok’s global construction services can help oil and gas owner operators realize major operational benefits by standardizing fluid system components used across the site. Learn more about the advantages of standardization.
Tackling Global Engineering Complexity for a Successful Megaproject
Swagelok’s Global Construction team worked closely with dozens of global engineering firms to complete a massive petrochemical megaproject in Southeast Asia. Learn about the keys to this successful project.
Industrial Virtual Visits: A New Form of “On-Site Experience”
Learn how Swagelok is adopting virtual headset technology to provide real-time troubleshooting, fluid system evaluation services, and more to customers when in-person visits are difficult to arrange.
Analytical Sampling Systems Q&A
Swagelok Field Engineering Manager Mike Frost answers questions on common analytical sampling system problems.
Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems
Learn how API 682 guides the design and assembly of mechanical seal support systems and how applying a few best practices can help your systems last longer and work better.
Five Considerations for Your Analyzer Shelter
Analyzer shelters are an important part of any industrial refinery or other oil and gas facility. Learn some fluid and sampling system concerns to think about from Swagelok.
Minimize the Costs of Fugitive Emissions with Low-E Valves
Fugitive emissions are a growing concern in the chemical and refining industries. Certified low-emissions (Low-E) valves can protect your facility and bottom line. Learn what they are, how they are tested, and how they can help you in this post.
Do’s and Don’ts for Sampling System Accuracy
Follow these do’s and don’ts to obtain more accurate, representative samples from your industrial sampling system.
How to Fix Common Grab Sampling Deficiencies
There are several common fluid systems that successful plant operation depends on and outsourcing their fabrication can be highly beneficial if you are short on resources.
Refinery Safety Depends on Well-Trained, Empowered Employees
Fugitive emissions of hazardous gases can occur in refineries. Safe, leak-free containment depends on knowledgeable and empowered teams.
Why Haven’t Sampling Systems Improved — Three Main Reasons
Over the past 50 years, process analyzers have vastly improved— but sampling systems have not. Luckily, most issues are due to human error & can be corrected with proper training. Learn three reasons why sampling systems fail & solutions for your plant.
Grab Sampling 101: Reducing Plant Costs
Grab sample systems allow for safe, efficient sample captures—validating your product’s chemical composition. Learn how to improve your closed loop system’s reliability while reducing plant costs with basics from the experts at Swagelok.
Common Challenges with Process Sampling Systems
Sampling system experts and industry veterans, Tony Waters and Phil Harris, share some common challenges they have encountered with process analyzer sampling systems over the years. Learn how to resolve recurring issues within your sampling system.
Calculating the ROI of Process Analyzer Technology
Process analyzers are a costly, but necessary, sampling system expenditure. When justifying this expense, it’s important that you accurately calculate the analyzer’s ROI. Learn how to determine ROI and save your plant money with tips from Swagelok.
INEOS Petrochemical Safety Case Study
Swagelok’s contribution to the safe operation of INEOS’s petrochemical facility in Cologne, Germany maps back to the close collaboration between the two companies. Learn how Swagelok’s trusted reliability helps INEOS ensure petrochemical safety.
Fluid System Evaluation and Services
Five Reasons to Take Advantage of Virtual Training
With travel and visitor restrictions in place, a leading Australian gas supplier turned to Swagelok to provide essential tube fitting and installation training in a virtual format. Find out the top five benefits the company has reported so far.
2020 Blogs in Review
Discover our most popular blog posts of the year, covering everything from hydrogen transportation to grab sampling, based on the most pressing questions that our customers asked us throughout 2020.
Improve Gas Distribution Safety and Efficiency
Gas distribution systems are crucial for helping labs, test centers, and industrial facilities operate at peak efficiency. Learn more about optimizing gas delivery system health and safety, reducing costs, and equipping your team for success.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Scott Cookson
Discover how Swagelok Eastern Australia and New Zealand field engineer Scott Cookson helps build long-lasting relationships with customers by helping them solve their most challenging sampling system issues.
Gas Plant Saves 90% on Labor, Eliminates Leaks
Leveraging years of experience and specialized equipment, Swagelok Calgary helped a major natural gas processor expedite its leak detection process, achieving a 90% reduction in required labor, among other benefits.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Trey Sinkfield
Swagelok field engineers work to help customers solve tough fluid system challenges. Hear from Swagelok Southeast Texas’ Trey Sinkfield on why he loves working collaboratively with customers to find effective fluid system solutions.
Identifying Cost Savings in Utility Gas Systems
See how Swagelok Texas Mid-Coast provided on-site analyses of a major petrochemical producer’s aging utility gas system and uncovered savings of more than $2 million annually.
Seven Tips for Effective Plant Turnarounds
A plant turnaround can be a big headache for a chemical plant or refinery—but it doesn’t have to be. Learn seven strategies for more effective turnaround management.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Alex Chu, Engineering Manager, Swagelok Bristol
Engineering Manager Alex Chu helps his customers tackle challenges by understanding their needs and requirements. Learn how Alex and the Swagelok Bristol and Swagelok Isle of Man teams applied their fluid system expertise to develop ventilators to aid the U.K.’s coronavirus response.
Combating Common Fluid System Leaks in Tire Facilities
Tire manufacturers can grow accustomed to leaking process pipes, but system leaks can pose significant safety hazards and drain profitability. Learn how to identify common leak sources throughout a plant and how to fix them.
Industrial Virtual Visits: A New Form of “On-Site Experience”
Learn how Swagelok is adopting virtual headset technology to provide real-time troubleshooting, fluid system evaluation services, and more to customers when in-person visits are difficult to arrange.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Q&A with Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright is a Swagelok field engineer who enjoys being on site helping customers solve their fluid system challenges. From identifying common issues to designing custom solutions, Andrew answers the call anytime problems arise.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Mike Strobel
Swagelok field engineer Mike Strobel uses his expertise to help customers solve tough challenges. Find out how in this new Field Engineering Spotlight.
Tackling Practical Performance Issues in Fluid and Sampling Systems
Learn practical tips on how to improve the performance and accuracy of your fluid and sampling systems from Swagelok.
Boost Quality by Selecting the Right Grab Sampling System
Learn how to select the right grab sampling system and other grab sampling basics and best practices to ensure end product quality from Swagelok.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Alice Chin
South East Asia Field Engineering Supervisor Alice Chin helps customers solve tough fluid system challenges. Learn more about Alice in this Field Engineering Spotlight.
Your Industrial Fluid System Safety Checklist
Follow these best practices to enhance the safety of your industrial fluid system.
Fluid System Training: Is Your Trainer Trained?
Fluid system training is critical in oil and gas applications around the world. Learn more about how to evaluate the right training opportunities from Swagelok.
Swagelok Field Engineer Services: Improving Analytical Instrumentation
Worldwide, industrial facilities are feeling the pressure to increase profits despite the widening manufacturing skills gap. Swagelok field engineers can help remedy your fluid system challenges with training and expert evaluation services.
Four Ways Training and Advisory Services Can Help You Bridge the Skills Gap
Learn how fluid system training and advisory services can help operators bridge a growing skills gap across several industries.
In Case You Missed It: Our Five Most Popular Blog Posts of 2019
Which topics drew the most attention this year on the Swagelok Reference Point blog? Find out here, and catch up on any popular posts you missed.
Speeding the Production of Catalyst Testing Systems for Integrated Lab Solutions
Learn how Swagelok’s solutions-driven associates and quality fluid system components helped speed the production of catalyst testing systems for Integrated Lab Solutions, a Berlin-based manufacturer of automated testing equipment.
How to Improve Fluid System Performance
When fluid systems fail to perform safely and efficiently, plant productivity suffers. Swagelok can relieve the pressure of maintaining good system performance by providing expert guidance and helping to create a culture of continuous improvement.
Field Engineering Q&A: What to Know for Better Fluid and Sampling System Performance
Swagelok Field Engineering Services can help fluid and sampling system operators solve issues from leaks to sampling inaccuracy and everything in between. Here’s everything you need to know about Swagelok Field Engineering.
Steam Heat Exchangers and Tracing Systems: Best Practices for Design Engineers
When selecting heat exchanger and tracing components for steam systems, it’s necessary design engineers understand the system’s operational characteristics and requirements. Review Swagelok’s best practices to enhance your facility’s steam system.
7 Tips for Building Safer Industrial Fluid Systems
When designing industrial fluid systems, plant safety must always remain top of mind. Learn how your team of engineers and technicians can reduce safety risks and maintain system uptime with essential fluid system building and design tips.
How an Industrial Hose Maintenance Plan Could Save Your Plant Thousands
Knowing the proper time to replace your industrial hoses can save your plant thousands in maintenance costs. Learn how to evaluate your systems and develop a preventive maintenance plan to manage the health of your hoses.
3 Steps to Hose Safety & Lower Plant Costs
Industrial hose safety is often deprioritized during regular plant maintenance. It is important hoses receive the attention they deserve—leaks and wear can put your facility at risk. Learn tips to avoid dangerous situations while lowering plant costs.
Maximizing the Life of Industrial Fluid System Components
The cost of replacing an industrial fluid system component goes beyond the price of the part. Learn how to lower system costs while maximizing the life of your components with preventive maintenance tips from the professionals at Swagelok.
Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap: 3 Steps to a Well-Trained Team
With an aging industrial workforce nearing retirement, manufacturers are turning to younger generations to replace expert knowledge. Learn how to build an effective fluid system training program with expert advice from Swagelok.
4 Strategies to Maximize Industrial Fluid System Efficiencies
Like most plant managers and engineers, you have a lot of responsibilities—but not all the resources you need to run your plant safely and efficiently. Learn how to maximize throughput, reduce costs and avoid downtime while managing your fluid system.
Common Causes and Costs of Fluid System Leaks
The smallest leak can present a serious issue when maintaining your plant’s safety and profitability. Understand how and why leaks occur, how to locate and test for them, and ultimately how to develop a strategy to address and reduce leaks plant-wide.
Global Construction
Standardizing Fluid System Components on Megaprojects
Swagelok’s global construction services can help oil and gas owner operators realize major operational benefits by standardizing fluid system components used across the site. Learn more about the advantages of standardization.
Tackling Global Engineering Complexity for a Successful Megaproject
Swagelok’s Global Construction team worked closely with dozens of global engineering firms to complete a massive petrochemical megaproject in Southeast Asia. Learn about the keys to this successful project.
Oil and Gas
Enhance Safety and Save with Optimized Materials
Discover how offshore platform owners can optimize their material selection for tube and tube fittings to control costs and enhance safety in a variety of applications.
3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System
Evaluation and advisory services for your offshore platform can reveal hidden leaks or other potential safety and performance issues.
Ensuring Reliable Deepwater Well Operations with Custom Solutions
As depths get deeper and pressures grow higher, deepwater oil wells demand the ultimate in fluid system performance. Learn why a major oil well operator has trusted Swagelok for high-quality, customized solutions since 2013.
4 Answers on Material Selection for Sour Oil and Gas Fields
As oil and gas production expands into sour environments high in hydrogen sulfide, material reliability becomes critical. Learn how proper material selection and adherence to NACE standards can keep your system running efficiently.
Why Materials Science Training Matters to Oil and Gas Instrumentation Engineers
Fluid system training is critical in oil and gas applications around the world. Learn more about how technical trainings can make a difference for your facility.
How Training Can Eliminate Risk on Oil and Gas Platforms
Proper training on critical fluid system activities is important on oil and gas platforms. Learn how the right training can help prevent accidents.
Optimizing Medium-Pressure Oil and Gas Applications with Compression Fittings
For medium-pressure applications in oil and gas topside assets, the speed and performance benefits of compression fittings can make all the difference.
Thermal Relief Valves Systems from Swagelok Speed Production for Charbonneau Industries
Learn how Swagelok Custom Solutions helped Charbonneau Industries focus on their core capabilities by speeding production, reducing labor costs and securing system quality with prefabricated thermal relief valves systems.
Swagelok & HOERBIGER Collaborate to Reduce NOx Emissions on Legacy Engines
The collaboration between Swagelok Custom Solutions and HOERBIGER Engineering Services (HES) has been a successful one, resulting in better performing parts and lower labor costs for HES’s retrofit projects.
Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion: Identifying the Differences
Stainless steel corrosion in tubing systems is a leading cause of profit loss for oil and gas companies every year. Learn how to identify & combat two main types of corrosion, pitting corrosion and crevice corrosion, with tips from Swagelok experts.
Material Matters: Selecting the Right Material for Corrosion Resistance
An offshore platform can have nearly 50,000 feet of tubing, more than 20,000 fluid system components, no fewer than 10,000 fittings, and as many as 8,000 mechanical connections. No wonder choosing corrosion-resistant material isn’t easy. Learn how to make choices right for your application.
Products and Assemblies
Inventory and Innovation at a Carbon Capture Company
Learn how LanzaTech, a carbon capture technology company, stays ahead of shifting customer needs and continuously innovates with high quality products, services, and inventory solutions from Swagelok.
How to Improve Your Maintenance Program with Valve and Hose Tags
Hear from two Swagelok specialists how a robust tagging system for hoses and valves throughout your industrial fluid systems can help you simplify maintenance and minimize system downtime.
2020 Blogs in Review
Discover our most popular blog posts of the year, covering everything from hydrogen transportation to grab sampling, based on the most pressing questions that our customers asked us throughout 2020.
Improving Output Quality and Production Efficiency
Since the 1980s, Rosendahl Nextrom has depended on Swagelok to move its business forward. Learn more about the solutions that allowed the company to outpace its competitors and remain an industry leader.
When to Bend Tubing—And How to Do It Right
Discover the applications where bent tubing is advantageous over pipe and fitting connections, as well as what skills and equipment are required to bend tubing for your fluid systems.
The Anatomy of a Hydrogen Fitting
Learn why fittings designed specifically for hydrogen applications can help fuel cell vehicle OEMs and infrastructure developers achieve safer and more reliable fuel systems.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Scott Cookson
Discover how Swagelok Eastern Australia and New Zealand field engineer Scott Cookson helps build long-lasting relationships with customers by helping them solve their most challenging sampling system issues.
Enhance Safety and Save with Optimized Materials
Discover how offshore platform owners can optimize their material selection for tube and tube fittings to control costs and enhance safety in a variety of applications.
How to Select the Right Hose Reinforcement
Industrial hoses typically contain critical reinforcement layers that contribute to longevity and performance. Learn about different reinforcement layers types and which is best suited for different fluid system applications.
Sourcing High Quality CNG Fuel System Components
Find out what to consider when selecting and sourcing critical fuel system components for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, equipment, and infrastructure.
Fluid Systems for the Scientific Frontier
Learn why Finnish dilution refrigerator manufacturer Bluefors trusts Swagelok for fluid system components and solutions that help enable quantum computing, experimental physics and more.
How to Select Valves for Industrial Fluid Systems
Learn how to apply the practical STAMPED method to select the valves most suited to your industrial fluid or sampling system design applications.
Optimizing Hose Selection for Tire Curing Presses
Find out how Swagelok can help tire manufacturers optimize hose selection for curing presses, driving greater productivity and safety while eliminating downtime.
How Shenyang Blower Works Group Improved Safety and Reliability
Learn how Swagelok Shanghai has helped Shenyang Blower Works Group Corporation achieve consistency, reliability, and cost savings for its customers while improving its own safety and production efficiency.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Alex Chu, Engineering Manager, Swagelok Bristol
Engineering Manager Alex Chu helps his customers tackle challenges by understanding their needs and requirements. Learn how Alex and the Swagelok Bristol and Swagelok Isle of Man teams applied their fluid system expertise to develop ventilators to aid the U.K.’s coronavirus response.
Ensuring Reliable Deepwater Well Operations with Custom Solutions
As depths get deeper and pressures grow higher, deepwater oil wells demand the ultimate in fluid system performance. Learn why a major oil well operator has trusted Swagelok for high-quality, customized solutions since 2013.
Q&A: Semiconductor Manufacturing Past, Present, and Future
Find out how collaboration between semiconductor tool OEMs, microchip manufacturers, and fluid system solutions providers has enabled the semiconductor market to keep up with the demands of Moore’s Law for decades, and where we go from here.
Solving Semiconductor Fabrication Challenges with Insulated Hoses
The right insulated hose solution can help solve some common challenges associated with the highly precise semiconductor fabrication process.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Q&A with Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright is a Swagelok field engineer who enjoys being on site helping customers solve their fluid system challenges. From identifying common issues to designing custom solutions, Andrew answers the call anytime problems arise.
Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems
Learn how API 682 guides the design and assembly of mechanical seal support systems and how applying a few best practices can help your systems last longer and work better.
Optimizing Component Selection for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Hydrogen transportation depends on reliable component specification and selection. Learn more from Swagelok.
Minimize the Costs of Fugitive Emissions with Low-E Valves
Fugitive emissions are a growing concern in the chemical and refining industries. Certified low-emissions (Low-E) valves can protect your facility and bottom line. Learn what they are, how they are tested, and how they can help you in this post.
SPA Vympel Ensures Quality and Reliability with Swagelok
Learn how Swagelok has helped SPA Vympel, one of the world’s most innovative oil and gas analytic instrumentation manufacturers, achieve reliability and success.
Small Footprint, Large Impact: How to Detect and Protect Against Gauge Failures
Learn to recognize the signs of a failing gauge and avoid risk to employees and costly downtime to make repairs.
Boost Quality by Selecting the Right Grab Sampling System
Learn how to select the right grab sampling system and other grab sampling basics and best practices to ensure end product quality from Swagelok.
Tackling Practical Performance Issues in Fluid and Sampling Systems
Learn practical tips on how to improve the performance and accuracy of your fluid and sampling systems from Swagelok.
Speeding the Production of Catalyst Testing Systems for Integrated Lab Solutions
Learn how Swagelok’s solutions-driven associates and quality fluid system components helped speed the production of catalyst testing systems for Integrated Lab Solutions, a Berlin-based manufacturer of automated testing equipment.
How to Avoid System Leaks: The Importance of Proper Tube Preparation
A successful tube fitting depends on many criteria, but one of the most important is proper tube preparation before installation. Learn to avoid costly or dangerous leaks by avoiding damaged, burred, or improperly cut tubes.
Optimizing Medium-Pressure Oil and Gas Applications with Compression Fittings
For medium-pressure applications in oil and gas topside assets, the speed and performance benefits of compression fittings can make all the difference.
How Fluid System Fabrication Can Alleviate Resource Constraints
There are several common fluid systems that successful plant operations depend on, and choosing the right fabrication provider can be highly beneficial if you’re short on resources.
Case Study: Swagelok Helps Green Alternative Systems Control Labor Costs with Tube Bending Solutions
With Swagelok’s help testing ways to control labor costs, Green Alternative Systems (GAS) experienced a 75% reduction in production time – which translated into $224,000 in annual labor savings. Read more about how the collaboration paid off.
Managing Supply Pressure Effect (SPE) in a Regulator
Supply pressure effect, also known as dependency, is an inverse relationship between inlet and outlet pressure variables within a regulator. Learn how to manage this phenomenon in your pressure regulators with tips from Swagelok.
Sample Probe, Calibration & Switching Modules + More to Simplify Sampling
Learn how standard pre-engineered subsystems can bring efficiency and consistency to your operations by reducing the manual installation and assembly of multiple parts.
Thermal Relief Valves Systems from Swagelok Speed Production for Charbonneau Industries
Learn how Swagelok Custom Solutions helped Charbonneau Industries focus on their core capabilities by speeding production, reducing labor costs and securing system quality with prefabricated thermal relief valves systems.
Swagelok & HOERBIGER Collaborate to Reduce NOx Emissions on Legacy Engines
The collaboration between Swagelok Custom Solutions and HOERBIGER Engineering Services (HES) has been a successful one, resulting in better performing parts and lower labor costs for HES’s retrofit projects.
How Thorough Testing Ensures Reliable Regulator Performance
Have you ever wondered what testing goes into a product designed to operate in extreme conditions? Take a look behind the lab doors, following the development journey of RHPS Series industrial regulators rated for use at temperatures well below zero.
Luxfer Hydrogen Fuel Cell Case Study
Swagelok’s spirit of collaboration and willingness to invest in an EC-79 certification enabled Luxfer to create fuel delivery systems to power 144 hydrogen fuel cell buses. Learn how Swagelok Manchester’s level of commitment drove innovation for Luxfer.
An Introduction to Fittings: Identifying Thread Size and Pitch
Even the most seasoned professionals can experience difficulty identifying threads. Swagelok product manager Andy Hitchcock explains how to identify thread size and pitch on your fittings using a caliper, pitch gauge and thread identification guide.
Process Measurement – Impulse Line Best Practices
It can be difficult to identify issues within your process instrumentation application if you focus solely on the transmitter. Learn how to solve problems within your process instrumentation line with tips and best practices from Swagelok.
Reviewing Flexible Hose End Connection Types & Use Cases
Learn the types of tubing or flexible hose end connections most used across industries, from pharmaceutical to semiconductor, and how to assess and select products best suited for your specific application.
Industrial Hose Replacement: Core Tube Material
When selecting an industrial hose, the first place to start is the core tube—the hose’s innermost layer. Learn how to select the ideal hose for your application with information on core tube materials & wall construction from the experts at Swagelok.
Meeting the Needs of Hydrogen Vehicles and Zero-Emissions Technology at ACT Expo
Clean transportation is important, and hydrogen vehicles require reliable infrastructure to become more viable and widespread.
How to Position Nozzles in Your Liquid & Natural Gas Sampling System
The details can make all the difference in sampling system efficiency. Avoid analysis delays, sample contamination, & inaccurate results in your liquid or gas sampling system by adhering to these nozzle placement best practices from Swagelok analytical instrumentation expert Karim Mahraz.
Lightfoot Defence Case Study
Lightfoot Defence, a leader in military refrigeration technology, worked with Swagelok to develop innovative solutions for the Eurofighter unified jet. Learn how Swagelok fluid system components were used to create high-tech refrigerant equipment for Lightfoot.
How to Calibrate an Analyzer in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Calibration is an important process and an absolute requirement in analytical systems. Care must be taken when performing this process—error can be introduced. Learn how to calibrate your analyzer to ensure an accurate analytical measurement.
How to Isolate Industrial Fluid Systems with Block Valves
The isolation of industrial fluid system lines prior to maintenance is vital to plant safety. One of the safest ways to isolate a fluid system line is to install two block valves. Learn how to design proper configurations for your system.
Safety
How to Improve Your Maintenance Program with Valve and Hose Tags
Hear from two Swagelok specialists how a robust tagging system for hoses and valves throughout your industrial fluid systems can help you simplify maintenance and minimize system downtime.
Gas Plant Saves 90% on Labor, Eliminates Leaks
Leveraging years of experience and specialized equipment, Swagelok Calgary helped a major natural gas processor expedite its leak detection process, achieving a 90% reduction in required labor, among other benefits.
3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System
Evaluation and advisory services for your offshore platform can reveal hidden leaks or other potential safety and performance issues.
Your Industrial Fluid System Safety Checklist
Follow these best practices to enhance the safety of your industrial fluid system.
How Training Can Eliminate Risk on Oil and Gas Platforms
Proper training on critical fluid system activities is important on oil and gas platforms. Learn how the right training can help prevent accidents.
Field Engineering Q&A: What to Know for Better Fluid and Sampling System Performance
Swagelok Field Engineering Services can help fluid and sampling system operators solve issues from leaks to sampling inaccuracy and everything in between. Here’s everything you need to know about Swagelok Field Engineering.
The Three T’s to Achieve an Intricate System of Tubing
Learn how the three T’s to using a hand tube bender can help you achieve an intricate system of tubing with fewer leak points and efficient flow.
Find the Right Tool for the Job: Considerations for Plant Equipment
Which tools and equipment must plant operators and technicians keep on hand at all times? From advanced orbital welding systems to basic tube deburring tools, there are essential tools for every connection, and it pays to be prepared.
Refinery Safety Depends on Well-Trained, Empowered Employees
Fugitive emissions of hazardous gases can occur in refineries. Safe, leak-free containment depends on knowledgeable and empowered teams.
How Thorough Testing Ensures Reliable Regulator Performance
Have you ever wondered what testing goes into a product designed to operate in extreme conditions? Take a look behind the lab doors, following the development journey of RHPS Series industrial regulators rated for use at temperatures well below zero.
INEOS Petrochemical Safety Case Study
Swagelok’s contribution to the safe operation of INEOS’s petrochemical facility in Cologne, Germany maps back to the close collaboration between the two companies. Learn how Swagelok’s trusted reliability helps INEOS ensure petrochemical safety.
How to Isolate Industrial Fluid Systems with Block Valves
The isolation of industrial fluid system lines prior to maintenance is vital to plant safety. One of the safest ways to isolate a fluid system line is to install two block valves. Learn how to design proper configurations for your system.
7 Tips for Building Safer Industrial Fluid Systems
When designing industrial fluid systems, plant safety must always remain top of mind. Learn how your team of engineers and technicians can reduce safety risks and maintain system uptime with essential fluid system building and design tips.
4 Strategies to Maximize Industrial Fluid System Efficiencies
Like most plant managers and engineers, you have a lot of responsibilities—but not all the resources you need to run your plant safely and efficiently. Learn how to maximize throughput, reduce costs and avoid downtime while managing your fluid system.
Common Causes and Costs of Fluid System Leaks
The smallest leak can present a serious issue when maintaining your plant’s safety and profitability. Understand how and why leaks occur, how to locate and test for them, and ultimately how to develop a strategy to address and reduce leaks plant-wide.
Sampling Systems
Liquid Grab Sampling Strategies to Control Costs
Discover several strategies to help drive down costs and minimize errors in your liquid grab sampling processes as you validate process conditions and analyze end product quality.
Analytical Sampling Systems Q&A
Swagelok Field Engineering Manager Mike Frost answers questions on common analytical sampling system problems.
Five Considerations for Your Analyzer Shelter
Analyzer shelters are an important part of any industrial refinery or other oil and gas facility. Learn some fluid and sampling system concerns to think about from Swagelok.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Mike Strobel
Swagelok field engineer Mike Strobel uses his expertise to help customers solve tough challenges. Find out how in this new Field Engineering Spotlight.
3 Rules for Analyzer Accuracy
Learn to avoid three common sampling system performance problems that can lead to analyzer inaccuracies, costing you time and money.
Tackling Practical Performance Issues in Fluid and Sampling Systems
Learn practical tips on how to improve the performance and accuracy of your fluid and sampling systems from Swagelok.
Boost Quality by Selecting the Right Grab Sampling System
Learn how to select the right grab sampling system and other grab sampling basics and best practices to ensure end product quality from Swagelok.
Do’s and Don’ts for Sampling System Accuracy
Follow these do’s and don’ts to obtain more accurate, representative samples from your industrial sampling system.
How to Fix Common Grab Sampling Deficiencies
There are several common fluid systems that successful plant operation depends on and outsourcing their fabrication can be highly beneficial if you are short on resources.
How Fluid System Fabrication Can Alleviate Resource Constraints
There are several common fluid systems that successful plant operations depend on, and choosing the right fabrication provider can be highly beneficial if you’re short on resources.
Sample Probe, Calibration & Switching Modules + More to Simplify Sampling
Learn how standard pre-engineered subsystems can bring efficiency and consistency to your operations by reducing the manual installation and assembly of multiple parts.
How to Select the Right Sample Preconditioning Module
When selecting a sample preconditioning module for your sampling system, there are several factors to keep in mind to ensure sample accuracy & plant safety. Swagelok Product Manager Randy Rieken gives tips on how to choose a proper module.
How to Position Nozzles in Your Liquid & Natural Gas Sampling System
The details can make all the difference in sampling system efficiency. Avoid analysis delays, sample contamination, & inaccurate results in your liquid or gas sampling system by adhering to these nozzle placement best practices from Swagelok analytical instrumentation expert Karim Mahraz.
Back-Pressure Regulator Set-Up: Tips for Sampling System Engineers
Back-pressure regulators can effectively control upstream pressure within a sampling system process line—when set up correctly. Learn how to accurately design and build a process line with a back-pressure regulator.
Using a Phase Diagram for Vapor Pressure Curves
In this article, Swagelok’s Karim Mahraz gives detailed instructions covering how to use a phase diagram for vaporization management. Plant managers and design engineers can use phase diagrams to determine & refine inputs during gas sample analysis.
Why Haven’t Sampling Systems Improved — Three Main Reasons
Over the past 50 years, process analyzers have vastly improved— but sampling systems have not. Luckily, most issues are due to human error & can be corrected with proper training. Learn three reasons why sampling systems fail & solutions for your plant.
Avoiding Classic Liquid and Gas Sampling System Mistakes
Whether you’re working with a gas or a liquid sample, common sampling system mistakes often occur during initial design. Learn how to avoid classic sampling mistakes and get better gas and liquid samples every time with design tips from Swagelok.
Grab Sampling 101: Reducing Plant Costs
Grab sample systems allow for safe, efficient sample captures—validating your product’s chemical composition. Learn how to improve your closed loop system’s reliability while reducing plant costs with basics from the experts at Swagelok.
How to Use a Regulator to Reduce Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Time delay is often underestimated or misunderstood in analytical systems. One way to mitigate this delay is with a pressure-controlled regulator. Learn how manage your analytical system’s time delay with tips from the experts at Swagelok.
Common Challenges with Process Sampling Systems
Sampling system experts and industry veterans, Tony Waters and Phil Harris, share some common challenges they have encountered with process analyzer sampling systems over the years. Learn how to resolve recurring issues within your sampling system.
How to Manage Vaporization in Sampling Systems
It’s not easy to vaporize a sample, nor is it always possible. Learn how to better understand the vaporization process in an analytical system and how to manipulate variables— ensuring proper vaporization for an accurate sample.
4 Areas to Inspect When Measuring Time Delay in Sampling Systems
In a process analyzer sampling system, there is always a time delay before you obtain a reading. However, underestimating this time delay can lead to inferior process control. Learn which four areas you should closely inspect to diminish time delays.
Tips to Maintaining a Representative Sample in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Maintaining a representative sample within an analytical instrumentation system can be difficult. Learn how to identify major issues and avoid complications associated with a compromised representative sample from the experts at Swagelok.
Calculating the ROI of Process Analyzer Technology
Process analyzers are a costly, but necessary, sampling system expenditure. When justifying this expense, it’s important that you accurately calculate the analyzer’s ROI. Learn how to determine ROI and save your plant money with tips from Swagelok.
Understanding and Measuring Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Process measurements are instantaneous, but analyzer responses are not. Time delay in sampling systems is the most common cause of inaccurate results from process analyzers. Learn how to understand and reduce time delay in your analytical systems.
Sampling Systems: 8 Common Process Analyzer Accuracy Challenges
Sampling systems expert and veteran industry instructor Tony Waters offers plant managers and design engineers tested ways to identify and resolve 8 common challenges for process analyzer accuracy.
10 Tips to Improve Sampling Systems
Managing an analytical instrumentation operation is no small feat. Receiving consistent results can be a struggle for even the most seasoned engineers. Luckily, there are several simple tips your team can use to improve your sampling system.
Semiconductor
Improve Semiconductor Yield with Optimized Alloys
Discover how semiconductor fabricators can improve end-to-end production yields and improve long-term profitability by selecting the right metals for critical fluid system components.
Q&A: Semiconductor Manufacturing Past, Present, and Future
Find out how collaboration between semiconductor tool OEMs, microchip manufacturers, and fluid system solutions providers has enabled the semiconductor market to keep up with the demands of Moore’s Law for decades, and where we go from here.
Solving Semiconductor Fabrication Challenges with Insulated Hoses
The right insulated hose solution can help solve some common challenges associated with the highly precise semiconductor fabrication process.
One New Valve. Three Reasons It Could Change Semiconductor Manufacturing
Find out how the latest innovation in atomic layer deposition (ALD) valve technology is changing the game for high-tech semiconductor manufacturers.
Innovation for the Next Generation of Semiconductor Manufacturing
The next generation of advanced semiconductor manufacturing presents a host of unique considerations. Read how manufacturing innovation can be achieved through greater capacity utilization, component reliability, and process control.
Reviewing Flexible Hose End Connection Types & Use Cases
Learn the types of tubing or flexible hose end connections most used across industries, from pharmaceutical to semiconductor, and how to assess and select products best suited for your specific application.
Training
Five Reasons to Take Advantage of Virtual Training
With travel and visitor restrictions in place, a leading Australian gas supplier turned to Swagelok to provide essential tube fitting and installation training in a virtual format. Find out the top five benefits the company has reported so far.
Improving Output Quality and Production Efficiency
Since the 1980s, Rosendahl Nextrom has depended on Swagelok to move its business forward. Learn more about the solutions that allowed the company to outpace its competitors and remain an industry leader.
When to Bend Tubing—And How to Do It Right
Discover the applications where bent tubing is advantageous over pipe and fitting connections, as well as what skills and equipment are required to bend tubing for your fluid systems.
How to Select the Right Hose Reinforcement
Industrial hoses typically contain critical reinforcement layers that contribute to longevity and performance. Learn about different reinforcement layers types and which is best suited for different fluid system applications.
Improve Semiconductor Yield with Optimized Alloys
Discover how semiconductor fabricators can improve end-to-end production yields and improve long-term profitability by selecting the right metals for critical fluid system components.
How to Select Valves for Industrial Fluid Systems
Learn how to apply the practical STAMPED method to select the valves most suited to your industrial fluid or sampling system design applications.
How Shenyang Blower Works Group Improved Safety and Reliability
Learn how Swagelok Shanghai has helped Shenyang Blower Works Group Corporation achieve consistency, reliability, and cost savings for its customers while improving its own safety and production efficiency.
Critical Components for Forward-Thinking Fuel Systems
Swagelok and bus manufacturer New Flyer have worked together for years to develop reliable alternative fuel systems for forward thinking transit applications.
SPA Vympel Ensures Quality and Reliability with Swagelok
Learn how Swagelok has helped SPA Vympel, one of the world’s most innovative oil and gas analytic instrumentation manufacturers, achieve reliability and success.
4 Answers on Material Selection for Sour Oil and Gas Fields
As oil and gas production expands into sour environments high in hydrogen sulfide, material reliability becomes critical. Learn how proper material selection and adherence to NACE standards can keep your system running efficiently.
Why Materials Science Training Matters to Oil and Gas Instrumentation Engineers
Fluid system training is critical in oil and gas applications around the world. Learn more about how technical trainings can make a difference for your facility.
Field Engineering Spotlight: Alice Chin
South East Asia Field Engineering Supervisor Alice Chin helps customers solve tough fluid system challenges. Learn more about Alice in this Field Engineering Spotlight.
Fluid System Training: Is Your Trainer Trained?
Fluid system training is critical in oil and gas applications around the world. Learn more about how to evaluate the right training opportunities from Swagelok.
Four Ways Training and Advisory Services Can Help You Bridge the Skills Gap
Learn how fluid system training and advisory services can help operators bridge a growing skills gap across several industries.
In Case You Missed It: Our Five Most Popular Blog Posts of 2019
Which topics drew the most attention this year on the Swagelok Reference Point blog? Find out here, and catch up on any popular posts you missed.
The Three T’s to Achieve an Intricate System of Tubing
Learn how the three T’s to using a hand tube bender can help you achieve an intricate system of tubing with fewer leak points and efficient flow.
How to Avoid System Leaks: The Importance of Proper Tube Preparation
A successful tube fitting depends on many criteria, but one of the most important is proper tube preparation before installation. Learn to avoid costly or dangerous leaks by avoiding damaged, burred, or improperly cut tubes.
Find the Right Tool for the Job: Considerations for Plant Equipment
Which tools and equipment must plant operators and technicians keep on hand at all times? From advanced orbital welding systems to basic tube deburring tools, there are essential tools for every connection, and it pays to be prepared.
Eagle Scout Recipients Benefit from Swagelok’s Engineer for a Day Program
For over a decade, scouts interested in the field of engineering have benefitted from mentoring that includes Swagelok’s immersive Engineer for a Day program. Learn more about how the program helps mold future engineers.
How to Select the Right Sample Preconditioning Module
When selecting a sample preconditioning module for your sampling system, there are several factors to keep in mind to ensure sample accuracy & plant safety. Swagelok Product Manager Randy Rieken gives tips on how to choose a proper module.
How to Improve Fluid System Performance
When fluid systems fail to perform safely and efficiently, plant productivity suffers. Swagelok can relieve the pressure of maintaining good system performance by providing expert guidance and helping to create a culture of continuous improvement.
Swagelok Field Engineer Services: Improving Analytical Instrumentation
Worldwide, industrial facilities are feeling the pressure to increase profits despite the widening manufacturing skills gap. Swagelok field engineers can help remedy your fluid system challenges with training and expert evaluation services.
An Introduction to Fittings: Identifying Thread Size and Pitch
Even the most seasoned professionals can experience difficulty identifying threads. Swagelok product manager Andy Hitchcock explains how to identify thread size and pitch on your fittings using a caliper, pitch gauge and thread identification guide.
Process Measurement – Impulse Line Best Practices
It can be difficult to identify issues within your process instrumentation application if you focus solely on the transmitter. Learn how to solve problems within your process instrumentation line with tips and best practices from Swagelok.
Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion: Identifying the Differences
Stainless steel corrosion in tubing systems is a leading cause of profit loss for oil and gas companies every year. Learn how to identify & combat two main types of corrosion, pitting corrosion and crevice corrosion, with tips from Swagelok experts.
Using a Phase Diagram for Vapor Pressure Curves
In this article, Swagelok’s Karim Mahraz gives detailed instructions covering how to use a phase diagram for vaporization management. Plant managers and design engineers can use phase diagrams to determine & refine inputs during gas sample analysis.
Avoiding Classic Liquid and Gas Sampling System Mistakes
Whether you’re working with a gas or a liquid sample, common sampling system mistakes often occur during initial design. Learn how to avoid classic sampling mistakes and get better gas and liquid samples every time with design tips from Swagelok.
Material Matters: Selecting the Right Material for Corrosion Resistance
An offshore platform can have nearly 50,000 feet of tubing, more than 20,000 fluid system components, no fewer than 10,000 fittings, and as many as 8,000 mechanical connections. No wonder choosing corrosion-resistant material isn’t easy. Learn how to make choices right for your application.
How to Manage Vaporization in Sampling Systems
It’s not easy to vaporize a sample, nor is it always possible. Learn how to better understand the vaporization process in an analytical system and how to manipulate variables— ensuring proper vaporization for an accurate sample.
Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce
The escalating welder shortage affects tomorrow’s global manufacturing. Automatic orbital welding can help combat the problem, but not without proper training. Learn what to look for in an orbital welding program to prepare your emerging workforce.
Steam Heat Exchangers and Tracing Systems: Best Practices for Design Engineers
When selecting heat exchanger and tracing components for steam systems, it’s necessary design engineers understand the system’s operational characteristics and requirements. Review Swagelok’s best practices to enhance your facility’s steam system.
Swagelok Enables STEM Project-Based Learning
Through the sponsorship of BLOODHOUND SSC, Swagelok is enabling STEM learning opportunities for Hudson City School District. Discover how Swagelok is helping inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists with project-based learning.
How an Industrial Hose Maintenance Plan Could Save Your Plant Thousands
Knowing the proper time to replace your industrial hoses can save your plant thousands in maintenance costs. Learn how to evaluate your systems and develop a preventive maintenance plan to manage the health of your hoses.
3 Steps to Hose Safety & Lower Plant Costs
Industrial hose safety is often deprioritized during regular plant maintenance. It is important hoses receive the attention they deserve—leaks and wear can put your facility at risk. Learn tips to avoid dangerous situations while lowering plant costs.
Maximizing the Life of Industrial Fluid System Components
The cost of replacing an industrial fluid system component goes beyond the price of the part. Learn how to lower system costs while maximizing the life of your components with preventive maintenance tips from the professionals at Swagelok.
5 Common Process Analyzer System Revelations over 50 Years of Training
Sampling systems can be one of the most challenging systems within your plant to both design and operate. Industry veteran and industrial training instructor, Tony Waters, shares his trainees’ top revelations over the past 50 years.
Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap
With an aging industrial workforce nearing retirement, manufacturers are turning to younger generations to replace expert knowledge. Learn how to build an effective fluid system training program with expert advice from Swagelok.
Transportation
The Anatomy of a Hydrogen Fitting
Learn why fittings designed specifically for hydrogen applications can help fuel cell vehicle OEMs and infrastructure developers achieve safer and more reliable fuel systems.
Sourcing High Quality CNG Fuel System Components
Find out what to consider when selecting and sourcing critical fuel system components for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, equipment, and infrastructure.
Optimizing Hose Selection for Tire Curing Presses
Find out how Swagelok can help tire manufacturers optimize hose selection for curing presses, driving greater productivity and safety while eliminating downtime.
Combating Common Fluid System Leaks in Tire Facilities
Tire manufacturers can grow accustomed to leaking process pipes, but system leaks can pose significant safety hazards and drain profitability. Learn how to identify common leak sources throughout a plant and how to fix them.
Critical Components for Forward-Thinking Fuel Systems
Swagelok and bus manufacturer New Flyer have worked together for years to develop reliable alternative fuel systems for forward thinking transit applications.
Optimizing Component Selection for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Hydrogen transportation depends on reliable component specification and selection. Learn more from Swagelok.
Case Study: Swagelok Helps Green Alternative Systems Control Labor Costs with Tube Bending Solutions
With Swagelok’s help testing ways to control labor costs, Green Alternative Systems (GAS) experienced a 75% reduction in production time – which translated into $224,000 in annual labor savings. Read more about how the collaboration paid off.
Luxfer Hydrogen Fuel Cell Case Study
Swagelok’s spirit of collaboration and willingness to invest in an EC-79 certification enabled Luxfer to create fuel delivery systems to power 144 hydrogen fuel cell buses. Learn how Swagelok Manchester’s level of commitment drove innovation for Luxfer.
Meeting the Needs of Hydrogen Vehicles and Zero-Emissions Technology at ACT Expo
Clean transportation is important, and hydrogen vehicles require reliable infrastructure to become more viable and widespread.
Lightfoot Defence Case Study
Lightfoot Defence, a leader in military refrigeration technology, worked with Swagelok to develop innovative solutions for the Eurofighter unified jet. Learn how Swagelok fluid system components were used to create high-tech refrigerant equipment for Lightfoot.
Swagelok Enables STEM Project-Based Learning
Through the sponsorship of BLOODHOUND SSC, Swagelok is enabling STEM learning opportunities for Hudson City School District. Discover how Swagelok is helping inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists with project-based learning.