When one of our customers has an unnecessarily complex design for an assembly, they are likely to buy more components than necessary, put more work into assembly, have to install a bigger assembly, and deal with more connection points for years to come.
Swagelok engineers have a proven method for designing streamlined fluid systems.
Compared to entirely DIY fluid system design, collaborating with Swagelok Netherlands has benefits:
Collaborating means no costly design errors. Our engineers know industry best practices, follow a documented quality process, and have thousands of projects under their belt.
We have a full time Assembly Services team ready to help. We can advise on using a standardized design as a platform, and can check the warehouse for specified parts.
A more complex design likely means buying more parts. Our designs minimize parts, which saves money — especially when our customer needs to output more than one assembly.
A more complex design means assembling more parts and checking more connection points in the years to come. Our customers are under pressure to minimize operating costs.
We can design to meet specific dimensional requirements. We look to add production capacity at the same time, and make sure operators and technicians will still have access.
We can visit, conduct virtual inspections, collaborate by video and phone, exchange CAD files, and more.
Collaboration to produce a streamlined fluid system design generally progresses like this
Share a scribble on the back of a napkin or CADs with detailed design. We can start from scratch or at any stage. Short deadline? Tight space? Budget pressure? We make sure we fully understand your needs before starting the process to streamline a design.
Swagelok may have a standardized design we can configure to exactly meet needs. This can save our customer quite a bit of time and money. Either way, we can work in your files or provide new sales drawings or CAD drawings (2D and/or 3D) with detailed technical quotations. Then we can iterate.
The final step is to request a quote so you can understand the cost and expected delivery time. When assembled from our workshop, we will select the components from our warehouse. It is then built and tested. You will receive a fully assembled, leak-proof solution. Usually this is a panel, ready for installation and provided with the appropriate documents.
