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 composed of elevated levels of chromium and nickel to ensure these two customer benefits...
What are corrosion resistance and ductility
100
This is the 6th word of the Mr. Smith Demo that we all know and love...
What is "Awfully"
200
This button takes you back to the main design, manufacturing, and material talking points.
What is the S button
200
The SAT12 process holds multiple patents, has received several prestigious awards, and is renowned for its tool-steel like hardness due to this feature...
What is low temperature carburization
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 100% of this to ensure the highest quality and reliability in their stainless steel. We are the only tube fitting company that does this.
What is barstock batch or melt
200
Swagelok has extended their reach into outer-space by providing components for these two NASA projects...
What are the Apollo space suits and Viking 1 Mars Rover
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
300
The original Swagelok logo is canted. What is the degree of the angle and what does it represent?
What is 5 degrees and the slope seal between the front ferrule and the fitting body
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
400
Swagelok was founded by Mr. Lennon and Mr. Crawford in 1947. These were their FIRST names...
What are Fred and Cullen
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 Swagelok program manufacturing 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 the Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking evaluation that simulates this severe application...
Deep Sea or Off-Shore Oil & Gas
500
The Swagelok TFA branding and marketing model is founded around these three communications tag lines...