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What is a Block Valve and How Does It Isolate Fluid Systems?
How to Isolate a Fluid System with a Block Valve What is the Function of a Block Valve? A block valve isolates a specific section of a fluid system to prevent flow and pressure from reaching downstream components. This is important because a single line’s pressure or flow inside represents a hazard ...
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Hose Connector Types & Use Cases
Tips for Choosing the Right Hose Connection Doug Nordstrom, Senior Product Manager Industrial hoses play critical roles in facilities across the globe—but they often come with little guidance on useful best practices from the manufacturer. Hose selection , installation, inspection, and maintenanc...
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How to Select Valves for Industrial Fluid Systems
What to Consider During Valve Selection: An Industrial Valve Selection Guide Valve selection is an important part of proper design and maintenance practices for industrial, piping, and instrumentation systems. Without the right valve design for a specific application, operators could face improper ...
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North Sea Gas Field Operations Success
Total System Expertise: How Swagelok Delivered Assurance to a North Sea Gas Field The Challenge: Developing a High-Stakes North Sea Gas Asset When a large European oil and gas operator based in the UK made the decision to develop a gas condensate field in the North Sea, expectations were high. Sit...
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Ontario CRN
Fittings Tube Fittings and Tube Adapters 810 and 1210 Tube Fittings to 8STH end (special) Alloy 2507 Tube Fittings Alloy 400 Tube Fittings Alloy 600 Tube Fittings Alloy 625 Tube Fittings Alloy 825 Tube Fittings Alloy C-276 Tube Fittings Brass Tube Fittings Carbon Steel Tube Fittings Stain...
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Medium and High Pressure Fittings FK and IPT, Tubing Valves and Accessories
Swagelok® offers medium- and high-pressure fittings, tubing, valves, and related accessories with temperatures up 1000°F (537°C), pressure ratings up to 60 000 psig (4134 bar) in sizes ranging from 1/4 to to 1 in. for medium-pressure products and 1/4 to 9/16 in. for high-pressure products. NACE® MR0...
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Swagelok Medium and High Pressure Fittings FK and IPT and Adapters Special Alloy Materials
FK and IPT Series Products Cone and thread or medium-pressure tube fitting connections Excellent corrosion resistance in chloride-containing environmentsManufactured to meet NORSOK and NACE® MR0175/ISO15156
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Vapor Pressure Curves: Phase Diagrams for Vaporization
Phase Diagrams for Vapor Pressure Curves While phase diagrams are primarily used by chemists in laboratory environments, these tools are astonishingly useful for mechanical engineers and plant managers tasked with sample analysis. In some analytical systems, a liquid sample must be converted to gas...