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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 ...

How to Use a Regulator to Reduce Time Delay in an Analytical System Mike Strobel, Field Engineering Supervisor Process measurements are instantaneous, but analyzer responses never are. From the tap to the analyzer, there is always a time delay. Unfortunately, this delay is often underestimated or ...

Exploring New Frontiers: How Empa is Driving Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Development The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) conducts advanced research every day, much of it devoted to the decarbonization of the Swiss economy. Empa’s “move” mobility demonstrator is...

An Introduction to Fittings: Identifying Thread Size and Pitch The health of your industrial fluid systems relies on every component working together to transport your process fluid to its destination. Your facility’s safety and productivity depend on leak-free connections between your components—a...

Why Proper Gas Distribution Is Essential for Optimized Laboratory Operations Wouter Pronk, senior field engineer, Swagelok Imagine yourself as a laboratory technician. As you perform your intended testing or analysis, you approach a point of use for a particular gas. You activate a mechanism to ob...

How to Manage Supply Pressure Effect (SPE) in Pressure-Reducing Regulators Used in Industrial Gas Systems Wouter Pronk, Senior Field Engineer, Swagelok Fluid system operators running a process line from a gas cylinder source may occasionally observe the phenomenon of outlet pressure increasing in ...

Swagelok Enables STEM Project-Based Learning Swagelok’s sponsorship of BLOODHOUND SSC—a team based in Bristol, England pursuing the world land speed record—has enhanced one Northeast Ohio school district’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education program through real-world learni...

Swagelok Field Engineer Services: Improving Analytical Instrumentation Mike Frost, Field Engineer Worldwide, plants and facilities across every industry are facing the same pressures—decreasing manpower, increasing safety regulations, and an overall loss of fluid system knowledge. The ever-widenin...

10 Tips to Improve Chemical Sampling Systems Managing an analytical instrumentation operation is no small feat. Whether you design, construct, operate, or maintain a chemical sampling system, receiving consistent, reliable results can be a struggle for even the most seasoned engineers and technicia...

Year in Review: Our Top Posts of 2019 Swagelok Blog Team We started the Swagelok Reference Point blog in 2018 with the mission of further assisting industrial professionals across the globe in adopting the right processes, products, and materials to make their fluid and analytical systems the best...