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What is an Industrial Hose: Everything You Need to Know
Everything You Need to Know About Industrial Hoses How well do you know your industrial hoses? Knowing how to choose a hose that best suits the needs of your application can lead to safer, more efficient system operation. Your ability to distinguish between material types, cores, end connections,...
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Solving ALD Semiconductor Processing Challenges
How to Solve Top ALD and ALE Semiconductor Processing Challenges In the highly precise world of semiconductor fabrication , some essential fluid system component qualities are the cost of entry. In atomic layer deposition (ALD) and atomic layer etching (ALE) processes, for example, extreme cleanlin...
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Your Checklist for Oil and Gas Safety
Your Industrial Fluid System Safety Checklist Mike Frost, Regional Area Manager, Field Engineering (Asia-Pacific) Industrial fluid systems are responsible for transporting high-pressure, high-temperature liquids and gases throughout plants in numerous industries. Optimizing the performance of thes...
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3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System
3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System Mark Garvey, Field Engineer, Swagelok Scotland “Is that really the state of my rig?” If you are the operator of an offshore hydrocarbon platform, this is a phrase you do not want to find yourself saying. But in my work as a field engineer for Swagelo...
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How to Avoid Fluid System Leaks
Why System Performance Depends on Proper Tube Preparation Quality tubing and highly engineered fittings form some of the most critical connections in any refinery. A number of variables must be considered when ensuring each of these connections is optimal—material type, tube size, wall thickness, ...
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How to Reduce Costs and Improve Safety with a Better Gas Distribution System Design
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...
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Why a Hydrogen Compressors Manufacturer Depends on High-Quality Fittings
Q&A: PDC Machines Discusses How It Delivers Mission-Critical Hydrogen The market for hydrogen mobility continues to grow, and that means original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) must continue innovating to meet escalating customer demands. To compete effectively in this market, dependable quality, ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Pressure Regulators
Everything You Need to Know About Pressure Regulators Pressure regulators are important parts of industrial fluid and analytical instrumentation systems. These critical components help to maintain desired system pressure and flow in response to operational system changes. For any fluid system techn...
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Best Practices for Safe Gas Sampling
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 sampling —also...
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How to Calibrate an Analyzer in Process Analyzer Systems
How to Calibrate an Analyzer in an Analytical Instrumentation System Tony Waters, Sampling Systems Expert and Instructor In many analytical instrumentation systems, the process analyzer does not provide an absolute measurement. Rather, it provides a relative response based on settings established ...