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Reducing Fluid System Leaks in Your Facility
Reducing Costly Fluid System Leaks and Emissions Sean Hunsicker, Business Development Manager - Global Sales It’s easy to become accustomed to certain sounds, sights, and other ambient environmental conditions of a chemical processing, oil and gas, or other industrial process facility. Walking acr...
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Analyzing Your Sampling Needs
Grab Sampling vs. Online Analyzers: Which is Right for You? Sampling is a necessity for all kinds of industrial facilities—and there are two main options of how operators can effectively do it. The traditional method of grab sampling —also called spot sampling, field sampling, or just sampling—has...
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Semiconductor Manufacturing: Why Fast Support Matters
How Local Support Can Reduce Costs for Semiconductor Fabricators Consider a potentially grim scenario for any semiconductor fabricator: a pneumatic valve failure. While it might sound mundane to an outsider, this valve helps enable the supply of critical chemistry to an important tool that is expec...
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How to Flatten a Regulator Flow Curve to Reduce Droop
How to Flatten a Regulator Flow Curve to Reduce Droop Jon Kestner Consistent pressure control is essential to the safe operation of industrial fluid systems. Maintaining a reliable downstream pressure with a regulator can help minimize flow rate changes, especially in a high-flow system. However, ...
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IOGP Specification Update for Small-Bore Fittings
How the Latest IOGP Small-Bore Tubing and Fittings Specification Enhances Safety for Oil and Gas Producers Safety is the top priority for many oil and gas producers around the world—so when the industry makes a significant move toward safer fluid system operation, everyone should take notice. In M...
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Introduction to Gas Distribution
Gas Distribution Systems The principal aim of this document is to explore and highlight factors that mostdirectly impact the design, operation, and maintenance of industrial grade gasdistribution systems. We examine how and why GDSs often represent a rich opportunity for operationalimprovement. Fo...
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Improving Lab Safety and Productivity
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...
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Managing Supply Pressure Effect in Regulators
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 ...
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Safe Grab Sampling for Refrigerant Production
How Consistent Grab Sampling Enables Ongoing Innovation for a Leading Refrigerant Producer In the highly competitive refrigerant manufacturing space, two qualities can help a manufacturer stay ahead: uncompromising product quality and speed to market. Robust and efficient chemical sampling practic...
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Building Reliable Compressed Natural Gas Stations
Three Ways Smart Fluid System Choices Can Lead to Better CNG Refueling Stations Chuck Hayes, Lead New Product Development Engineer, Swagelok, and Paul LeStrange, Technical Representative, Alternative Fuels, Swagelok San Diego Heavy-duty trucks, municipal buses, and other large vehicles have histor...