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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...

How to Improve Your Maintenance Program with Valve and Hose Tags Imagine you are a technician performing maintenance on an industrial fluid system. You receive a new work order—several hoses require attention in a certain application in the system. You take a look at the relevant application, and ...

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...

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...

Semiconductor Manufacturing Past, Present, and Future: A Q&A with Industry Consultant Carl White Moore’s Law , a concept first put forth by Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore in 1965, predicted that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit (or microchip) will need to double every two years ...

Field Engineering Spotlight: Mike Strobel, Field Engineer, Swagelok Penn In a new series, Swagelok Reference Point is highlighting Field Engineering Services—our global, boots-on-the-ground team of engineering experts who are tasked with solving our customers’ toughest challenges. Today, we sit dow...

How Can You Tell A Gauge Is Broken or May Fail? Dave Ross, Senior Technical Service Engineer Pressure gauges seem small but are a critical part of systems across industries. The visual indication of system pressure they provide lets you know whether everything is operating within the desired range...

What’s Really Going on In Your Analyzer Shelter? 5 Critical Considerations Stacey Phillips, Field Engineering Manager, Americas; and Tristian McCallion, Custom Solutions Manager, Edmonton Valve and Fitting Online analytical sampling is a critical function for process driven facilities everywhere, ...

Innovation for the Next Generation of Semiconductor Manufacturing Masroor Malik The rapid progression of smart technologies has accelerated the transition of semiconductors from microelectronics to atomic-scale dimensions. As highlighted at this year’s SEMICON West Expo in California , the industr...

Why Safe Industrial Pressure Regulator Performance Requires Rigorous Testing Back-pressure regulators and pressure-reducing regulators are used in a wide variety of industrial environments around the world. They must often provide uncompromising performance in harsh conditions, from high temperatur...