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Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce
Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce Finding skilled welders is becoming difficult and will only become more difficult in the near future. According to the American Welding Society (AWS) , more than half of the existing welder workforce is nearing retirement; the avera...
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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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Calculating the ROI of Process Analyzer Technology
Calculating the ROI of a Process Analyzer It’s no secret that process analyzers are more expensive than other measuring devices within your sampling system. Some organizations and procurement managers require justification for such expensive equipment in the form of a return-on-investment (ROI) ana...
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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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Understanding and Measuring Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Understanding and Measuring Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System Time delay in sample systems is the most common cause of inappropriate results from process analyzers. Process measurements are instantaneous, but analyzer responses are not. There is always a time delay from the tap to ...
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Steam Heat Exchangers and Tracing Systems: Best Practices for Design Engineers
Steam Heat Exchangers and Tracing Systems: Best Practices for Design Engineers Alex Chu, Industrial Steam System SME, Swagelok Field Engineering Designing a proper steam heat exchanger or steam heat tracing system first requires a full understanding of the operational characteristics where the sys...
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Swagelok Enables STEM Project-Based Learning
Swagelok Enables STEM Project-Based Learning Swagelok’s sponsorship of BLOODHOUND SSC—a team based in Bristol, England pursuing the world land speed record—has enhanced one Northeast Ohio school district’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education program through real-world learni...
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7 Tips for Industrial Fluid System Handling
7 Tips for Building Safer Industrial Fluid Systems Ken Backus, Field Engineer, N. America In an industrial plant or refinery, potential safety risks lurk around every corner. As a plant manager, one of your primary responsibilities is to reduce those risks to not only ensure safety, but also maint...
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8 Common Process Analyzer Accuracy Challenges
Sampling Systems: 8 Common Process Analyzer Accuracy Challenges Tony Waters, Sampling Systems Expert and Instructor Sampling systems are among the most complex systems in a plant. They feature numerous components and processes that must work together to produce an analytical reading of process str...
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How an Industrial Hose Maintenance Plan Could Save Your Plant Thousands
How an Industrial Hose Maintenance Plan Could Save Your Plant Thousands of Dollars Alice Chin A common concern among many plant managers and engineers is knowing the proper time to replace industrial hoses . This concern comes with good reason. Waiting too long to replace a hose that needs attenti...