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Valve Selection and Installation Best Practices Resource Collection
The true cost of a valve is not its purchase price. The true cost is the purchase price plus the cost of owning and maintaining or replacing that valve over time.— Michael Adkins, Matching Valve Type to Function, valve-world.net
Contents
This collection includes:
- The STAMPED Method of Valve Selection Technical Briefing Video
- Swagelok Ball Valve Actuation Options
- An Installer's Pocket Guide for Swagelok Valves
- Swagelok Valves with Low Emission Certification
- Links to local articles, more technical briefings, and more
About the recorded technical briefing
Industrial valves guru Joe Bush shares a thorough, organized approach to valve selection. One part of the briefing focuses on desired valve function, which depends on your application, Bush says. For example, is the valve for shut-off, flow control, addressing overpressure, or something else? How will it be actuated? Customer specifications or government regulations may influence the answer. Remember too that many factors (seats, temps, frequency, cleanliness of fluid, throttling) determine cycle life. Bush also reviews how media plays an important role, and touches on the kind of detail you can find in Swagelok’s Material Selection Guide.
About Swagelok Edmonton
We have provided Swagelok fluid system products and services to regional businesses for more than 50 years. We are a locally owned and operated company with a team of 60+ certified fluid system advisors, certified assembly technicians, certified trainers, and highly trained sales & service associates. We offer product selection advice, quick quotes, and daily shipping. To save you time and money, we also offer consulting, fully built fluid system assemblies, and training services. If we can help you in any way, please call 780-437-0640. (For 24x7 On-Call Tech Support call 780-237-7109.)