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Snubber Fittings (Gauge Protectors)

Swagelok® Snubber Fittings

Snubber fittings protect gauges and instruments from the potential damage that system pressure and shocks can cause and allow the instruments to smoothly come to line pressure.

Snubber Fittings Catalogs

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The Swagelok® Tube Fitting Advantage

Swagelok tube fittings are designed to meet your highest expectations for safety and dependability, featuring proven design, precise manufacturing, and superior raw materials.

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Threaded Swagelok tube fittings
An Introduction to Fittings: Identifying Thread Size and Pitch

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Optimizing Medium-Pressure Oil and Gas Applications with Compression Fittings

For medium-pressure applications in oil and gas topside assets, learn how compression fittings can offer installation speed and performance benefits over traditional cone and thread connections.

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How Shenyang Blower Works Group Improved Safety and Reliability

Learn how Swagelok Shanghai has helped Shenyang Blower Works Group Corporation achieve consistency, reliability, and cost savings for its customers while improving its own safety and production efficiency.

Using a gap inspection gauge to confirm proper installation of a Swagelok tube fitting
Swagelok Tube Fitting Installation

This video demonstrates the integral steps for installing Swagelok tube fittings, which have earned a global reputation for consistency, quality, and reliability.

Snubber fitting

Snubber Fittings (Gauge Protectors)

The response rate of an instrument to system changes is reduced when a Swagelok snubber fitting is installed upstream from a pressure-sensitive instrument, protecting it from potential damage. Pressure damping (snubbing) is accomplished through the use of a porous sintered 316 stainless steel element. The response rate then generally varies with the initial pressure drop across the element, allowing the instrument to smoothly come to line pressure.

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