Search Results for "documentation"

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 aver...

Exploring Effective Strategies to Decarbonize and Cut Fugitive Emissions Mike Aughenbaugh, Associate Target Market Manager, Swagelok A confluence of factors is driving change throughout the oil and gas industries. Widespread decarbonization efforts and consent decrees from the U.S. Environmen...

Best Practices for Sampling Gases and Volatile Liquids Matt Dixon, Senior Principal Design Engineer, Swagelok Optimizing your chemical processing costs and maintaining high-quality product outputs require regular capture of representative process fluids for laboratory analysis. Grab sampli...

Gas Distribution Systems The principal aim of this document is to explore and highlight factors that mostdirectly impact the design, operation, and maintenance of industrial grade gasdistribution systems. We examine how and why GDSs often represent a rich opportunity for operationalimprovement...

4 Strategies to Maximize Industrial Fluid System Efficiencies Cory Cottrill You have a lot of responsibilities—running your plant safely and efficiently, maximizing throughput, reducing costs, and avoiding downtime. Like most plant managers and engineers, you may not have all the resources you n...

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 cost...

Optimize Hydrogen Electrolyzer Production with High-Performance Fluid Systems Hydrogen continues to gain traction as a low-carbon energy source with major potential. Here’s one point of evidence: The European Commission aims to produce 10 million tons and import 10 million tons of renewable hyd...

Tube Cutting Tools and More: Five Essential Fluid System Tools Every Professional Needs 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...

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 mai...

Q&A: How to Reduce Costs and Improve Safety with More-Efficient Gas Distribution Gas distribution systems are critical to the efficient operation of refineries, research facilities, laboratories, and other industrial sites. If you operate one of these facilities, however, gas distribution and deliv...