-
What is an Industrial Hose: Everything You Need to Know
Everything You Need to Know About Industrial Hoses How well do you know your industrial hoses? Knowing how to choose a hose that best suits the needs of your application can lead to safer, more efficient system operation. Your ability to distinguish between material types, cores, end connections,...
-
Solving ALD Semiconductor Processing Challenges
How to Solve Top ALD and ALE Semiconductor Processing Challenges In the highly precise world of semiconductor fabrication , some essential fluid system component qualities are the cost of entry. In atomic layer deposition (ALD) and atomic layer etching (ALE) processes, for example, extreme cleanlin...
-
Improve Safety and Efficiency in Liquid Grab Sampling
Achieve Safe, Efficient Liquid Grab Sampling with the Right System Design Matt Dixon, Application Commercialization Manager, Swagelok In chemical plants, refineries, and oil and gas facilities, grab sampling plays a crucial role in industrial fluid sampling operations. Also known as field sampl...
-
API 682: Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems
API 682 and You: Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems Sean Hunsicker, Market Manager, Chemical & Refining Market Mechanical seals became the dominant sealing technology in refineries and chemical plants in the 1980s, causing the American Petroleum Institute (API) to establish a committe...
-
What Are the Different Types of Tube Fittings?
Your Guide to Choosing the Right Small-Bore Tube Fittings for Your Application Reliable small-bore fluid systems should be designed and constructed with high-quality components—and one of the most important is the small-bore fitting . Used at critical connection points, fittings should provide leak...
-
Back-Pressure Regulators: How They Work & Tips for Engineers
Back-Pressure Regulator Set Up for Sampling Systems: Engineer Guidance David Rodriguez, Product Manager Back-pressure regulators play an important role in maintaining inlet pressure (upstream pressure) and protecting sensitive equipment in sampling systems used in many industrial facilities. To ma...
-
Tube Cutting Tools and Other Essential Fluid System Tools
Proper Tube Cutting and Welding Tools Support Reliable Fluid System Assembly and Maintenance Roger Bott, Technical Service Engineer and Certified Welding Inspector, Swagelok Fluid systems range from simple to complex in plants worldwide, and many factors go into their safe, profitable operation. F...
-
Specifying High Performance CNG/LNG Fittings
What to Look for When Specifying CNG/LNG Tube Fittings Chuck Hayes, Lead New Product Development Engineer Vehicle manufacturers around the world are increasingly pursuing compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified natural gas (LNG) as viable clean fuel options to comply with strict emissions requi...
-
Eagle Scout Recipients Benefit from Swagelok’s Engineer for a Day Program
Eagle Scouts Participate in Swagelok’s Immersive Engineer for a Day Program Chuck Hayes Earning the Eagle Scout rank is counted among a scout’s most treasured achievements. It is the highest advancement in scouting, and a significant milestone for youth that only 4% of scouts obtain after a length...
-
How Fluid System Fabrication Can Alleviate Resource Constraints
How Fluid System Fabrication Can Alleviate Resource Constraints Fluid system operators today are tasked with generating as much value from their systems as possible. At numerous points throughout a fluid system, some common inefficiencies can make this challenging. In today’s industrial environmen...