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How Mechanical Grip Fittings Can Optimize Oil and Gas Assets
Swagelok ® FK Series Fittings Versus Cone and Thread Fittings: Understanding the Differences and Benefits Doug Nordstrom Cone and thread fittings have been a reliable choice for a variety of oil and gas applications for years. When used with special antivibration glands and installed by knowledgea...
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Ensuring Hydrogen Purity for Fuel Cells
Why Sampling at the Nozzle Matters for Reliable, Standards-Compliant Hydrogen Systems As the global energy landscape shifts toward cleaner and more sustainable solutions, hydrogen has become a pivotal fuel for decarbonizing transportation, industry, and power generation. Among its most promising a...
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Critical Components for Forward-Thinking Fuel Systems
How New Flyer Develops Forward-Thinking Fuel Systems with Swagelok New Flyer is the largest bus maker in North America, employing more than 2,300 people at its manufacturing hub in Anniston, Alabama. Citizens around the world depend on its buses for reliable transportation, meaning New Flyer doesn’...
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Choosing a Regulator in Five Steps
Choosing a Regulator Pressure regulators play a crucial role in many industrial fluid and instrumentation systems, helping to maintain or control desired pressure andflow in response to system changes. For these reasons, it is important to select and install pressure regulators that can meet the sp...
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Hose Connector Types & Use Cases
Tips for Choosing the Right Hose Connection Doug Nordstrom, Senior Product Manager Industrial hoses play critical roles in facilities across the globe—but they often come with little guidance on useful best practices from the manufacturer. Hose selection , installation, inspection, and maintenanc...
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How to Choose a Pressure Regulator
What is a Pressure Regulator and How to Choose One Pressure regulators play a crucial role in many industrial fluid and instrumentation systems, helping to maintain or control desired pressure and flow in response to system changes. It is important to select the right regulator to keep the system o...
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Closed Loop Sampling Systems: How to Reduce Emissions
How Can You Reduce Fugitive Emissions During Sampling? Consider Closed-Loop Systems Matt Dixon , Global Technical Lead, Swagelok Company Unintentional release of emissions into the atmosphere can occur at various locations throughout refineries or chemical plants. And due to increasingly stringe...
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The Right Fittings for Green Hydrogen Production Success
How a Green Hydrogen Production OEM Elevated Electrolyzer Reliability with Swagelok In recent years, great strides have been made in the development of hydrogen as an energy carrier. The major remaining challenges relate to safe, efficient green hydrogen production, processing, and distribution. At...
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A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Systems and Methods
A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Methods 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 called spo...
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How to Position Nozzles in Your Liquid & Natural Gas Sampling System
How to Position Nozzles in Your Liquid & Natural Gas Sampling System In a liquid or gas sampling system, a nozzle is used at the tap location to supply the sample to the analyzer. Proper placement, position and orientation of this nozzle is crucial to ensure timely, accurate analytical measurements...