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A Guide to Corrosion Resistant Materials, Compatibility and Inspection An offshore platform can have nearly 50,000 feet of tubing, more than 20,000 fluid system components, no fewer than 10,000 fittings, and as many as 8,000 mechanical connections. That’s why when selecting materials, it is importa...

Best Practices for Fluid System Valve Servicing and Maintenance Valves are some of the most important components of industrial fluid systems, responsible for controlling and maintaining optimal levels of flow. Their reliable functionality is critically important to operational efficiency, profitabi...

A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Methods 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 sampling —also called spo...

How to Position Nozzles in Your Liquid & Natural Gas Sampling System In a liquid or gas sampling system, a nozzle is used at the tap location to supply the sample to the analyzer. Proper placement, position and orientation of this nozzle is crucial to ensure timely, accurate analytical measurements...

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. Environmental...

Small Changes to Hose Installation Practices Can Mean Big Semiconductor Manufacturing Savings Maintaining precise temperature control in semiconductor manufacturing processes is crucial. The chemical reactions that take place during atomic layer deposition (ALD), atomic layer etch (ALE), and other ...

How to Reduce Your Maintenance Spend by Improving Gas Distribution Mark Welch, Regional Field Engineer, Swagelok London For a maintenance technician, servicing a gas pressure control panel can often be like solving a puzzle. Confusing or unintuitive tube  or pipe layouts may block easy access to ...

How Can You Reduce Fugitive Emissions During Sampling? Consider Closed-Loop Systems Matt Dixon , Global Technical Lead, Swagelok Company Unintentional release of emissions into the atmosphere can occur at various locations throughout refineries or chemical plants. And due to increasingly stringe...

How to Recognize and Prevent Pitting Corrosion and Crevice Corrosion Buddy Damm , Senior Scientist, Swagelok Corrosion—the deterioration of engineered materials by chemical interaction with their environment—is an extraordinarily costly problem. The global cost of corrosion is estimated at approxi...

Optimize Hydrogen Electrolyzer Efficiency 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 hydrog...