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Grab Sampling Systems
Customizing Swagelok grab sampling systems allows for safe, efficient sample capture while meeting your specific plant application needs. The sampling panels are available in a variety of configurations and advanced features. Configurable, Reliable Grab Sampling Panels Swagelok offers fully config...
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Michael Calaway
Michael Calaway Vice President, Marketing Download a Short Bio After graduating from Texas Tech with a degree in electrical engineering, I could have landed a position in a high-tech industry. Instead, I decided to work as an instrumentation engineer for ExxonMobil. That choice set me on a uniq...
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Field Engineering Spotlight: Q&A with Andrew Wright
Field Engineering Spotlight: A Q&A with Swagelok Central Ontario’s Andrew Wright Andrew Wright traveled the world as a metallurgical engineer before returning to Canada to join our team. Now, his extensive oil and gas industry experience is helping Swagelok Central Ontario deliver custom solution...
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What is a Valve: Types & Functions
Valves 101: Basic Functions and Types of Industrial Valves Industrial fluid systems should be designed and built with the right components to reliably function as intended. Valves play an important role here, allowing operators to effectively control system fluid flow to best suit the application’s...
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Safe, Efficient, and Accurate Ammonia Sampling
How to Achieve Safer, More Accurate, and More Efficient Ammonia Sampling Anhydrous ammonia is commonly used by chemical plants and refineries in the production of fertilizers, plastics, textiles, petroleum, and more. In these applications, ammonia must typically have a water content between 0.2% a...
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High-Purity Face Seal Fittings Explained
Why Vacuum Face Seal Fittings are Ideal for High Purity Semiconductor Applications Masroor Malik, Semiconductor Market Manager, Swagelok Given the semiconductor industry’s never-ending pursuit of the smaller and smaller process nodes necessary to produce more powerful chips, maintaining pr...
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How to Select the Right Sample Preconditioning Module
How to Select the Right Sample Preconditioning Module Randy Rieken When performing sample analysis in an analytical sampling system , an operator may need to precondition the sample first, before it reaches the sample conditioning system near the analyzer. When this step is necessary for sample...
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Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap: Develop a Well-Trained Team
Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap: Develop a Well-Trained Team Andy Hitchcock, Product Manager, Global Services Manufacturing plants all over the world are facing a growing challenge—highly-tenured employees nearing retirement, creating a manufacturing skills gap. For plant managers, this me...
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How to Bend Tubing and When Bent Tubing is Advantageous
When to Bend Tubing—And How to Do It Right Mike Gagel, Strategic Services Specialist, Swagelok Pittsburgh and Trainer, Advanced Tube Bending, Swagelok Company Many decisions must be made during the design and assembly of a new fluid system or when replacing components in an existing one. One of ...
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Common Water Pressure Regulator Problems and Troubleshooting
How to Troubleshoot Common Regulator Problems Industrial fluid system processes rely on precise fluid temperature, flow, and pressure settings to operate as intended. Many key components, including pressure regulators (or pressure-reducing valves), are critical in maintaining your necessary proce...