This button on the Interactive Guide takes you to specific customer personas and topics.
What is the "Z" button
100
Swagelok's original two-ferrule tube fitting was designed in this year...
What is 1947
100
All Swagelok manufacturing processes adhere to and have been approved by this widely recognized international standard...
What is ISO 9001:2000
100
Swagelok leverages a special stainless steel recipe that has elevated levels of these metals for added corrosion resistance and ductility...
What are chromium and nickel
100
Swagelok currently offers over 9,000 product configurations. It began its offering with this many configurations in the original 1947 brochure...
What is 6.
200
This version of the Interactive PDF has purple bubbles that provide additional information to address customer concerns
What is the internal or associate version
200
This low-temperature carburization process holds multiple patents, has received several prestigious awards, and is renowned for its tool-steel like hardness.
What is SAT12
200
Swagelok has this number of plants in the Solon area that all adhere to the strict manufacturing quality systems defined by nearly a dozen governing bodies or standards...
What is 20
200
Swagelok buys this percentage of a barstock batch to ensure the highest quality and reliability in their stainless steel. We are the only tube fitting company that does this.
What is 100%.
300
These three pillars of the Swagelok TFA make up the technical contents of the interactive PDF.
What are Better by Design, Excellence in MFG, and Material Difference
300
Swagelok currently holds this number of active tube fitting patents worldwide...
What is "200" or "around 200"
300
From forging, to machining, electro-polishing, welding, even assembly, and testing...Swagelok owns this percentage of manufacturing control for it's tube fittings...
What is 100%
300
Swagelok offers a wide range of exotic alloys to meet unique customers demands. They have this number of standard alloy raw material options ready for production...
What is 10
400
These two tabs of the interactive PDF focus on value-added content that differentiates Swagelok. They are non-technical.
What are "Services" and "Supply Chain"
400
Swagelok's unique hinging and colleting action provides unmatched performance in these three areas...
What are:
1) Tube or mechanical grip
2) Gas Seal
3) Vibration Resitance
400
Every Swagelok fitting is marked with these three identifiers to trace their journey throughout the manufacturing process...
What are:
1) The Swagelok name
2) Material Type
3) Trace Identifier (batch or heat number)
400
This ultra-sonic testing is used to verify 100% of the raw materials that enter Swagelok manufacturing centers to verify chemical composition and test for abnormalities...
What is Positive Material Identification or PMI
500
This is the last featured tab of the TFA Interactive Guide. Bob Wilson noted it as being the most critical part of the Swagelok Tube Fitting Advantage.
What is What is "Unmatched Associates", "People", or "Associates"
500
Swagelok suggests to never intermix or interchange tube fitting components. What is the primary reason for this piece of advice?
There is no industry standard for tube fitting machining or manufacturing
500
This manufacturing excellence program ensures that all Swagelok machinery is evaluated on an annual basis for optimal efficiency and precision output...
What is Reliability Excellence
500
Swagelok was the only fitting amongst its top 8 competitors that successfully withstood this severe testing that simulates the high pressure and corrosiveness of deep sea applications.
What is Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (CSCC)
500
These to competitors received cease and desist orders for infringing upon Swagelok's advanced geometry design in 2016