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Case Study: Swagelok Helps Green Alternative Systems Control Labor Costs with Tube Bending Solutions
Swagelok Helps Green Alternative Systems (GAS) Control Labor Costs with Tube Bending Solutions, Save $1.3M in Production Costs Tim Shine, Director of Services, Swagelok Indiana | Cincinnati What began as a standard inventory purchase in 2012 transformed into an ongoing collaboration between Swag...
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Lightfoot Defence Case Study
Case Study: Swagelok Drives Fluid System Innovation for Lightfoot Defence Simon Cooke, Distributor & Managing Director, Swagelok Bristol About the Customer With over 130 years in the refrigeration and air conditioning fields, Lightfoot Defence is the brand of choice for reliable, quality pr...
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Why You Should Not Intermix Tube Fittings
Why You Should Not Intermix Tube Fittings From Different Manufacturers Fluid and analytical instrumentation systems rely on dozens of quality components working harmoniously to keep operations running efficiently. Any performance lapses can result in leaks, potential safety concerns, and system dow...
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Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion
Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion: Identifying the Differences Corrosion—the deterioration of engineered materials by chemical interaction with their environment—is an extraordinarily costly problem. Unchecked stainless steel corrosion in tubing systems is a leading cause of profit loss for o...
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How to Detect and Prevent Fluid System Leaks
Common Causes and Costs of Fluid System Leaks Fluid system leaks are a common occurrence in most plants. Because you’re charged with maintaining your plant’s safety and profitability, even the smallest leak can present an issue. That’s why it’s helpful to understand how and why leaks occur, how to ...
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Fitting Training: How to Install Tube Fittings
Tube Fitting Installation: Everything You Need to Know Reliable industrial fluid systems are essential for safety, efficiency, and profitability in your plant—and their ability to operate dependably relies on many factors. Some of the most important include proper tube and tube fitting installation...
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Medium-Pressure Ball Valves for Hydraulic Power Units
For-Purpose Design: Ocean Edge Services Employs Decades of Field Experience to Develop HPUs for Offshore Applications It all started with a vision. Santiago “Chili” Gomez spent decades working on large subsea offshore oil and gas drilling projects, learning the nuances of the complex processes. ...
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Why Relief Valves Are Essential for Chemical Plant Safety
How to Enhance Chemical Plant Safety With Relief Valves Shaji Arumpanayil, Product Manager, Swagelok Modern fluid systems in chemical plants and refineries can be vast, with countless feet of small-bore tubing branching in various directions to accomplish several important functions. With t...
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Is Hydrogen Fuel Expensive?
Why Hydrogen Is a Cost-Effective Fuel Chuck Hayes, Global Technical Lead, Swagelok Cost is one of the most important factors affecting whether a new technology is adopted at scale. It is certainly an important consideration for people evaluating alternative fuel sources. Regardless of end use,...
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7 Tips for Fluid System Safety
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...