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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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How to Test a Regulator to Verify Performance
Why Safe Industrial Pressure Regulator Performance Requires Rigorous Testing Back-pressure regulators and pressure-reducing regulators are used in a wide variety of industrial environments around the world. They must often provide uncompromising performance in harsh conditions, from high temperatur...
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Back-Pressure Regulators: How They Work & Tips for Engineers
Back-Pressure Regulator Set-Up: Tips for Sampling System Engineers Jon Kestner, Product Manager Back-pressure regulators play an important role in maintaining upstream pressure and protecting sensitive equipment in sampling systems used in many industrial facilities. To make proper use of a back-p...
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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. Whe...
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How to Use a Regulator to Reduce Time Delay in an Analytical Instrumentation System
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 ...
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7 Tips for Industrial Fluid System Handling
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 maint...
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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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Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce
Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce Finding skilled welders is becoming difficult and will only become more difficult in the near future. According to the American Welding Society (AWS) , more than half of the existing welder workforce is nearing retirement; the avera...
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Lightfoot Defence Case Study
Case Study: Swagelok Drives Fluid System Innovation for Lightfoot Defence About the Customer With over 130 years in the refrigeration and air conditioning fields, Lightfoot Defence is the brand of choice for reliable, quality products and services in the military and commercial sectors. Lightfoot ...
