How to Choose the Right Hose End 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 maintena

How the Right Valve Can Improve Accuracy and Consistency in Your ALD Process Masroor Malik, Market Manager for Semiconductor, Swagelok The challenge of maximizing throughput combined with the increasingly complex and precise processes needed to manufacture the latest microchip is driving semiconduct

How to Isolate Industrial Fluid Systems with Block Valves Joe Bush, Swagelok Product Manager, Valves When performing industrial fluid system maintenance, safety is paramount. A single line’s pressure or flow inside represents a hazard to technicians changing a gauge or measurement device. This

How to Position Nozzles in Your Liquid & Natural Gas Sampling System Karim Mahraz 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 analyti

Industrial Hose Replacement: Core Tube Material Considerations Doug Nordstrom, Senior Product Manager, Hose Product Group The right industrial hose keeps your fluid systems performing safely and effectively. The wrong hose, however, can undermine your processes, put your personnel at risk, and comp

Process Measurement – Impulse Line Best Practices Chuck Erml, Product Manager When measuring pressure, flow or level within your process, safety and accuracy are always the focus. From the tap to the transmitter, process measurement accuracy depends on the proper function of each component wit

Sample Probe Modules & More Ways to Simplify Sampling with Standard Subsystems Karim Mahraz, Swagelok product manager, analytical instrumentation Standard pre-engineered subsystems can bring efficiency to an operation by simplifying the design of fluid sampling and control systems. Using standa

SPA Vympel Ensures Quality and Reliability with Swagelok In the furthest reaches of civilization, gas production, transportation, and distribution equipment must be able to operate reliably under the toughest climate conditions on earth. Russia’s SPA Vympel—an innovative manufacturer of

Solving Semiconductor Fabrication Challenges with Insulated Hoses Doug Nordstrom, Senior Product Manager, Hose Products and Yoon Jiang , Regional Market Manager, Semiconductor In the world of semiconductor chip production, precision and cleanliness are intersecting priorities. Temperatures inside

Semiconductor Manufacturing Past, Present, and Future: A Q&A with Industry Consultant Carl White Moore’s Law, a concept first put forth by Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore in 1965, predicted that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit (or microchip) will need to double every tw

How Shenyang Blower Works Group Improved Safety and Reliability Blowers, compressors, pumps, and ventilators manufactured by Shenyang Blower Works Group Corporation (SBW Group) play an important role in the safety and reliable operations of some of the world’s most demanding applications, inc

Reliable Fluid System Solutions for the Scientific Frontier Helsinki, Finland’s Bluefors specializes in creating some of the coldest temperatures found in the physical world. Its dilution refrigerators, which are used to generate optimal operating environments for quantum computers and experim

Hose Reinforcement 101: How to Make a Strong Choice for Your Application Doug Nordstrom, senior product manager, Hose Products, Swagelok Selecting the right industrial hoses for your fluid systems requires careful consideration of a variety of factors, including media pressure, temperature of med

Fiber Optics Equipment Manufacturer Increases Efficiency with Customized Solutions Rosendahl Nextrom is a leading supplier of production equipment technologies for optical fibers and fiber optical cables for the telecommunications industry. Its core competencies include providing solutions used in t

How to Improve Your Maintenance Program with Valve and Hose Tags Imagine you are a technician performing maintenance on an industrial fluid system. You receive a new work order—several hoses require attention in a certain application in the system. You take a look at the relevant application,

How Swagelok Field Engineers Leveraged Gas Distribution Knowledge for Ventilator Production Alex Chu, engineering manager, Swagelok Bristol Industrial gas distribution can be an intricate and complex process. Efficient delivery of potentially hazardous gases to points of use, at the correct pressu

An Introduction to Fittings: Identifying Thread Size and Pitch Ziad Bedran, Product Manager, Training The health of your industrial fluid systems relies on every component working together to transport your process fluid to its destination. Your facility’s safety and productivity depend on le

Valves 101: Basic Functions and Types of Industrial Valves Ziad Bedran, Product Manager, Training Industrial fluid systems should be designed and built with the right components to reliably function as intended. Valves play an important role here, allowing operators to effectively control system flu

How to Choose a Regulator to Meet Your Fluid System Needs Wouter Pronk, Senior Field Engineer, Swagelok 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 import

When to Bend Tubing—And How to Do It Right Mike Gagel, Strategic Services Specialist, Swagelok Pittsburgh and Trainer, Advanced Tube Bending, Swagelok Company Many decisions must be made during the design and assembly of a new fluid system or when replacing components in an existing one. One o