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www.swagelok.comSmall Bore Tubing SolutionsSimpler, Safer, Faster - tubing installations up to 2 inch
Swagelok process support solutionsHow can a Swagelok small bore tubing solution offer performance benefits along with a lower total installed cost?Your authorized Swagelok sales and service representative has the answer—along with the training, tools, andsupport needed to make your next small-bore tubing project simpler, safer, faster—and more reliable—than any youhave completed before.Reduce installation and operating costs.Consider the requirements for a typical piping project: If it is threaded pipe, there are the pipe stands, dies, cuttingoils, sealants, and tapes. Then there is assembly, testing, disassembly, rework, and reassembly.For a welding job, there is the need to obtain a qualified welder, welding equipment, and consumables. Thendepending on the job, there can be the need for weld permits, air tests, firebox, tacking, weld quenching, finishwelding, purging, passivation, and inspections.Either way, planning and managing a fluid system project to be on time and on budget is complicated and timeconsuming. If you are an engineer, manager, pipe fitter, or contractor who is feeling the squeeze of tight budgets,short staff and increasing workloads. Swagelok has three words for you.SimplerIn minutes, anybody in your plant can learn to assemble, and install Swagelok tube fittingscorrectly the first time. Swagelok small-bore solutions eliminate the oils, sealants, dies,complicated equipment, fire boxes, air tests, and threaded fitting alignment issues. Properlyinstalled Swagelok tube fittings can eliminate leakage. This means rework and clean up areminimized.SaferSwagelok tube fittings will provide vibration-tolerant, leak-tight seals to the working pressureof the tubing. Because small-bore tubing systems use no heat or weld gases and are sosimple and fast to install, they are well suited for installation in hazardous areas and confinedspaces.FasterUsing Swagelok small-bore solutions can dramatically improve productivity. Tube fittingsare fast to install. Bending tubing reduces the number of connections in the system.Remakeable Swagelok fittings reduce the time to maintain or modify systems. This meansthat you can install more system in less time.2
Tubevs.PipeTubing can be more cost effective thanpiping for connecting fluid systemscomponents. The advantages of usingtubing for such connections are.Ease of InstallationLeak TightOnly simple tools are needed to install Swagelok tube fittings. Nothreading, flaring, soldering, or welding is required.Sharp bends and discontinuities of piping systems are not presentin the gradual bends and smooth inside diameter of a tubed system.At high pressures, pipe connections often leak! Tubing systemsconnected with Swagelok tube fittings are leak-tight without usingsealing compounds. Compressed air, steam, hydrogen, helium,or hydraulic oil are very expensive services in a plant or refinery. Acheap fitting that leaks can cost more money than a Swagelok tubefitting that provides positive performance.Fewer Connections NeededEasy MaintenanceBending reduces the number of necessary connections andpotential leak points. Tubing is very adaptable and can be bentaround many obstructions.Every Swagelok tube fitting acts as a union. When disassembly isnecessary, it is simple. This, coupled with leak tightness, meanseasy maintenance. There is no need to disconnect a series of pipelengths and fittings to remove a particular component from thesystem.Lower Pressure DropBetter Strength to Weight Ratio (see below)Full wall thickness of tubing is used in containing pressure since nothreading is necessary. Threading reduces effective wall thicknessin piping. The lighter weight of the tubing provides many benefits.Tubing is less expensive to transport, is easier to assemble, requiresless support, and occupies less space.1. Wallthicknessneededto containpressure3. Extra pipewall thicknessrequired forthreading2. Wallthicknessof pipe thatmust be used4. Full wall thickness of tubingis used to contain pressure3
Fluidsystem componentsTube FittingsPatented Case Hardening Process: xcellent gas-tight sealing and tube-grippingEProcess Valvesand ManifoldsTypes: Ball, Needle, Single Block, SingleRegulatorsTypes: Diaphragm Sensing, Piston Sensing,Pressure Reducing, Back Pressure,Vaporizing, Ultrahigh-Purity, Modularaction, easily achieved proper installation,consistent remakes, excellent vibrationfatigue resistance.Block and Bleed, Double Block and Bleed,ManifoldFlange AdaptersMeasurement DevicesTubing, Tools, AccessoriesBenefits: Flange adapter products offera one piece transition from flanged pipingconnection to tubing. We offer a variety offlange connections. We keep stock of ANSI/ASME raised flange adapters, and can maketo order a variety of flange connectionsincluding ring type joints and 4 bolt SAEflanges.Gauge Types: Clean, Dry Air, ECE R110-Types: Tubing, Tube Cutting Preparation,Manual and Electric Tube Benders, HydraulicSwaging Units, Tubing Support SystemsApproved, Industrial, Process, Panel-Builder,Positionable, Ultrahigh-PurityTransducer Types: Industrial, ExplosionProof, Intrinsically Safe, Ultrahigh-PurityHose and Flexible TubingTypes: Metal, PTFE, PFA, Vinyl, Nylon, Polyethylene, andRubber Core Materials; General-Purpose, High-Purity, andVacuum Hose and Flexible Tubing4
A small-boresolution from Swagelok can provide:Simple three-step installation—1Preswage the Swagelok nut andferrules onto the tube using themultihead hydraulic swaging unit;2align and insert the tube into theSwagelok fitting;3turn the nut hand-tight, thentighten one half turn with awrench.For complete installation instructions see, Gaugeable Tube Fittings and Adapter Fittings catalog. MS-01-140Swagelok tube benders make routingeasier. They bend tubing to any angleup to 180 degrees. 45 and 90 degreefittings are replaced by tubing bentexactly as you need it. Routing can bemore precise. Offsets and odd anglesare no longer a problem. The flowimproves and space is conserved.Compared to a piping system ofcomparable strength, tubing systemsare substantially lighter. This meansthat tube systems are easier to installand to support.5
Headquartered in Solon, Ohio, U.S.A., Swagelok Company is a major developer andprovider of fluid system solutions, including products, assemblies, and services for theresearch, instrumentation, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, petrochemical, alternativefuels, and semiconductor industries. Its manufacturing, research, technical support, anddistribution facilities support a global network of more than 200 authorized sales andservice centers in 57 countries. For more information about Swagelok, visit the company’sWeb site at www.swagelok.com.Swagelok—TM Swagelok Company, 2012 Swagelok CompanyPrinted in U.S.A., AGS, May 2012, R3, MS-04-145
For complete installation instructions see, Gaugeable Tube Fittings and Adapter Fittings catalog. MS-01-140 3 Compared to a piping system of comparable strength, tubing systems are substantially lighter. This means that tube systems are easier to install and to support. 5 Swagelok tube benders make routing easier. They bend tubing to any angle
