Common Causes and Costs of Fluid System Leaks Nick Iverson, Field Engineer, North America 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 wh

4 Strategies to Maximize Industrial Fluid System Efficiencies Cory Cottrill You have a lot of responsibilities—running your plant safely and efficiently, maximizing throughput, reducing costs, and avoiding downtime. Like most plant managers and engineers, you may not have all the resources you

Closing the Manufacturing Skills Gap: Develop a Well-Trained Team Andy Hitchcock, Product Manager, Global Services Manufacturing plants all over the world are facing a growing challenge—highly-tenured employees nearing retirement, creating a manufacturing skills gap. For plant managers, this

Maximizing the Life of Industrial Fluid System Components  Cory Cottrill The cost of replacing a single fluid system component in a plant goes beyond the price of the part. A single replacement also encompasses the internal costs for procurement, installation, and maintenance, as well as costs

3 Steps to Improve Hose Safety & Lower Plant Costs Doug Nordstrom, Senior Product Manager, Hose Product Group Industrial hoses often do not get the attention they deserve. Most manufacturing facilities have specifications and policies concerning tubing, fittings, and valves on pressure-containin

How an Industrial Hose Maintenance Plan Could Save Your Plant Thousands of Dollars Alice Chin A common concern among many plant managers and engineers is knowing the proper time to replace industrial hoses. This concern comes with good reason. Waiting too long to replace a hose that needs attention

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 maintai

Steam Heat Exchangers and Tracing Systems: Best Practices for Design Engineers Alex Chu, Industrial Steam System SME, Swagelok Field Engineering Designing a proper steam heat exchanger or steam heat tracing system first requires a full understanding of the operational characteristics where the syste

Field Engineering Q&A: How a Global Engineering Team is Making an Impact to Deliver Better Fluid and Sampling System Performance In a new series, Swagelok Reference Point is highlighting field engineering services—our global, boots-on-the-ground team of engineering experts who are tasked

How to Improve Fluid System Performance Cory Cottrill, Product Manager, Field Services In busy plants and factories, fluid system performance can sometimes take a back seat to other priorities. However, without proper care, problems can develop quickly. The key to protecting operations and maintaini

Year in Review: Our Top Posts of 2019 Swagelok Blog Team We started the Swagelok Reference Point blog in 2018 with the mission of further assisting industrial professionals across the globe in adopting the right processes, products, and materials to make their fluid and analytical systems the best t

Four Ways Training and Advisory Services Can Help You Bridge the Skills Gap Brian Van Valkenburg, Training & Services Marketing Manager Imagine your organization is commissioning a new critical fluid or sampling system. This undertaking requires a significant investment no matter the industry an

Swagelok Field Engineer Services: Improving Analytical Instrumentation Mike Frost, Field Engineer Worldwide, plants and facilities across every industry are facing the same pressures—decreasing manpower, increasing safety regulations, and an overall loss of fluid system knowledge. The ever-wid

Fluid System Training: Is Your Trainer Trained? Brian Van Valkenburg, Training & Services Marketing Manager There are many variables that go into safe and successful industrial fluid system operation. It takes the right knowledge to install components correctly throughout the system, the right

Field Engineering Spotlight: Alice Chin, Field Engineering Supervisor, Southeast Asia In a new series, Swagelok Reference Point is highlighting field engineering services—our global, boots-on-the-ground team of engineering experts who are tasked with solving our customers’ toughest chal

Boost Quality by Selecting the Right Grab Sampling System Stacey Phillips, Regional Area Manager, Field Engineering, (Americas) Whether determined by customer specification, governmental regulation, or other criteria, end-use products from many oil and gas or chemical refining operations typically

Tackling Practical Performance Issues in Fluid and Sampling Systems Phil Mathews, Director of Technical Services, Swagelok Los Angeles In industrial fluid systems and sampling systems there are six primary goals, three analytical and three operational. The analytical goals are a sample that’

Field Engineering Spotlight: Mike Strobel, Field Engineer, Swagelok Penn In a new series, Swagelok Reference Point is highlighting Field Engineering Services—our global, boots-on-the-ground team of engineering experts who are tasked with solving our customers’ toughest challenges. Today

Field Engineering Spotlight: A Q&A with Swagelok Central Ontario’s Andrew Wright Andrew Wright traveled the world as a metallurgical engineer before returning to Canada to join our team. Now, his extensive oil and gas industry experience is helping Swagelok Central Ontario deliver custom

Field Engineering Spotlight: Alex Chu, Engineering Manager, Swagelok Bristol Swagelok Reference Point is highlighting its field engineering services—our global, boots-on-the-ground team of engineering experts who are tasked with solving our customers’ toughest challenges. Today, we sit