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Analyzing Your Sampling Needs
Grab Sampling vs. Online Analyzers: Which is Right for You? Sampling is a necessity for all kinds of industrial facilities—and there are two main options of how operators can effectively do it. The traditional method of grab sampling —also called spot sampling, field sampling, or just sampling—has...
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How to Flatten a Regulator Flow Curve to Reduce Droop
How to Flatten a Regulator Flow Curve to Reduce Droop Jon Kestner Consistent pressure control is essential to the safe operation of industrial fluid systems. Maintaining a reliable downstream pressure with a regulator can help minimize flow rate changes, especially in a high-flow system. However, ...
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IOGP Specification Update for Small-Bore Fittings
How the Latest IOGP Small-Bore Tubing and Fittings Specification Enhances Safety for Oil and Gas Producers Safety is the top priority for many oil and gas producers around the world—so when the industry makes a significant move toward safer fluid system operation, everyone should take notice. In M...
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Optimizing Hose Selection for Tire Curing Presses
Enhancing Tire Curing Press Performance with Strategic Hose Selection Jason Duncan, key accounts manager, Swagelok Alabama, and Doug Nordstrom, senior product manager, Hose Products for Swagelok Consistent, repeatable performance throughout the manufacturing process is a must for tiremakers everyw...
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Identifying Cost Savings in Utility Gas Systems
Petrochemical Producer Finds Significant Cost Savings in Utility Gas Systems Mark Tipton, Field Services Champion, Swagelok Texas Mid-Coast After the completion of a major acquisition, one of the world’s largest petrochemical producers sought to identify opportunities to reduce production costs at...
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How Shenyang Blower Works Group Improved Safety and Reliability
How Shenyang Blower Works Group Improved Safety and Reliability Blowers, compressors, pumps, and ventilators manufactured by Shenyang Blower Works Group Corporation (SBW Group) play an important role in the safety and reliable operations of some of the world’s most demanding applications, including...
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Tips to Maintaining a Representative Sample in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Tips to Maintaining a Representative Sample in an Analytical Instrumentation System The objective of an analytical instrumentation (AI) system is to provide a timely analytical result that is representative of the fluid in the process line at the time the sample was taken. If the sample is altered ...
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How to Calibrate an Analyzer in Process Analyzer Systems
How to Calibrate an Analyzer in an Analytical Instrumentation System Tony Waters, Sampling Systems Expert and Instructor In many analytical instrumentation systems, the process analyzer does not provide an absolute measurement. Rather, it provides a relative response based on settings established ...
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What Industrial Trends are Affecting Fluid System Operators?
How to Adjust to Global Trends Affecting the Clean Energy, Semiconductor, Oil and Gas, and Chemicals Industries Every day, global megatrends affect our businesses—whether we realize it or not. Staying aware of those trends and their potential impacts can help us make smarter decisions, regardless o...
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Can Hydrogen Fuel Work for Long Distances?
Have Hydrogen Vehicle Range Anxiety? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t. Chuck Hayes, Global Technical Lead, Swagelok As alternative fuels and transportation technologies continue to increase in popularity and availability, it’s natural to wonder if they can deliver comparable ranges to typical diesel- or...