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Sampling system evaluation

Local evaluations and advice on repairing and optimizing sampling systems.

Expert analysis from process tap to analyzer

It has long been speculated that sampling systems account for 80 percent of all analytical instrumentation problems. Swagelok field engineers can help you improve sampling system reliability with expert, in-depth analysis of every component and subsystem, from tap to analyzer.

Local, connected sampling system specialists

Swagelok is both global and local, and as a customer of Swagelok Netherlands you directly benefit from advanced expertise in and outside our region. Swagelok Netherland’s local field engineers can handpick a team to serve you, drawing on Swagelok’s global network of connected field engineers and analytical instrumentation experts. This network has included the likes of Tony Waters, acknowledged by many as the leading expert in the design of sampling systems and author of the authoritative book "Industrial Sampling Systems". Videos below highlight some of the value we offer.

Reducing time delay

A poor estimate or wrong assumption about time delay in a sampling system can result in inadequate process control. Swagelok field engineers can help your team determine the causes of your system’s time delay and adjust your sampling system design.

Sampling System Evaluation

Improving analyzer compatibility

The right process analyzer can make a world of difference in the effectiveness of your sampling system. We’ll help you find the right analyzer technology for your sampling system to ensure your system consistently delivers a positive return-on-investment (ROI).

Obtaining more representative samples

Design flaws can lead to your sample not accurately representing its process or even distorting the chemical composition of your sample in an unintended way. Swagelok field engineers can help you obtain a more representative sample to ensure the measurement meets control objectives.

We offer comprehensive local grab sampling support, including configuring, testing, and delivering Swagelok grab sample panels.

What to expect

Often things progress as follows:

1. Consulting

Starting with a meeting or phone conversation, we gather information to understand the problem or goal.We want to learn about our customer's application, operations, and current challenge. Then we recommend next steps and provide a quote, if applicable.

2. Inspection

Swagelok-certified field engineers conduct an inspection of your facility to pinpoint issues. Our thermal imaging and ultrasonic equipment finds leaks as small as 1 x 10-3 cm3/s. We also note potential safety hazards, misapplication of components, and excessive wear or damage.

3. Analysis

Working with data and observations made onsite, we quantify each issue's impact on your operation. Advice reflects a range of considerations, such as issue location, severity, estimated cost; and effect on safety, emissions, system reliability/production capacity, and product quality.

4. Delivery

We deliver and discuss recommendations. Reports summarize what was evaluated and our top recommendations then show detail on each issue in an appendix. Customers have as much as time as they need to discuss the findings with our field engineer(s).

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What customers receive

Our Field Engineering team is prepared to assist at every step. We work closely with each customer to ensure we understand the problem and develop the optimal solution. So whether you have specific services in mind or need a hand identifying the best course of action, you receive:

  • Service from local certified Swagelok experts
  • Collaborative planning
  • Meticulous inspection (in person or virtual)
  • Detailed documentation, often including photos
  • Detail on each issue including root cause
  • Estimated impact of each issue
  • Specific advice on mitigating each issue
  • Discussion of findings and recommendations

Swagelok sampling system training

If you design, construct, operate or maintain sampling systems, you know how important quality data is. Inaccuracy usually results from problems within the sampling system, not the analyzer. With our hands-on training, we teach you to tell the difference.

Our training empowers customers to diagnose and eliminate common sampling system design flaws that result in erroneous data, using a proven method rather than guesswork. Swagelok training teaches you in days what it could take years to learn on your own.

Cost-effectively improve grab sampling

We understand what it takes to build safety, ease of use, and reliable performance into grab sampling systems.

 Swagelok grab sampling systems satisfy gas and liquid non-slurry sampling service in a consistent, reliable package. The overall approach is to combine expert analysis with rapid configuration of a standard panel design to exact specs. The result is a configurable, local, reliable solution.

To learn more please watch the video 

Increase Safety With Swagelok Grab Sampling Solutions
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