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How to Select Valves for Industrial Fluid Systems
What to Consider During Valve Selection: An Industrial Valve Selection Guide Valve selection is an important part of proper design and maintenance practices for industrial, piping, and instrumentation systems. Without the right valve design for a specific application, operators could face improper ...
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Fluid System Leak Detection and Inspection
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 ...
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Valve Servicing and Maintenance Guide
Best Practices for Fluid System Valve Servicing and Maintenance Valves are some of the most important components of industrial fluid systems, responsible for controlling and maintaining optimal levels of flow. Their reliable functionality is critically important to operational efficiency, profitabi...
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What Are the Different Types of Tube Fittings?
Your Guide to Choosing the Right Small-Bore Tube Fittings for Your Application Reliable small-bore fluid systems should be designed and constructed with high-quality components—and one of the most important is the small-bore fitting . Used at critical connection points, fittings should provide leak...
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What Are Fugitive Emissions & How to Avoid Leaks
Exploring Effective Strategies to Decarbonize and Cut Fugitive Emissions Mike Aughenbaugh, Associate Target Market Manager, Swagelok A confluence of factors is driving change throughout the oil and gas industries. Widespread decarbonization efforts and consent decrees from the U.S. Environmental...
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How Proper Hose Installation Can Reduce Semiconductor Fab Costs
Small Changes to Hose Installation Practices Can Mean Big Semiconductor Manufacturing Savings Maintaining precise temperature control in semiconductor manufacturing processes is crucial. The chemical reactions that take place during atomic layer deposition (ALD), atomic layer etch (ALE), and other ...
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Hydrogen, Sampling, and Corrosion Insights
The Questions We Answered in Year One of "Ask Swagelok." This past year, we were excited to introduce a new video series called “Ask Swagelok,” where Swagelok experts answer key questions and offer insights into all things fluid systems design. To date, we have published five different conversation...
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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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How to Avoid FPSO Vessel Fluid System Construction Issues
Tackling the Complexities of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Construction Tommy Jamail, Senior Regional Construction Manager, Asia Pacific Barry Rowe-Platts, Technical Lead, Engineering Services As members of the oil and gas industry have sought to maintain profitable upstream op...
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Top 5 Hydrogen Infrastructure Best Practices
The Top 5 Best Practices for Designing Hydrogen Fluid Systems Hydrogen is one of the world’s most promising sources of clean and sustainable energy and power . From transportation and material handling to stationary, portable, and emergency backup power, it’s useful in a range of applications—and i...