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Ratings
Ratings
Installation
Installation
Testing
Testing
Cost of leakage
Cost of leakage
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Threads
Threads
Severe service
Severe service
Special-purpose
Special-purpose
Tubing
Tubing
Valves
Valves
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Formulated from extensive field research and lab studies, and decades of customer feedback

This Swagelok manual is the result of extensive field research and laboratory studies conducted by Swagelok's research and development engineers, plus customer feedback spanning decades. The first edition was written in 1967 by Joe Callahan, Swagelok's president and holder of 32 patents. A best seller for decades, the fifth edition of the Swagelok Tube Fitter's Manual is now available free to you.

“Swagelok is basically an industry standard. It's rated by our customers as the best solution that we can provide."
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Marcos Porto
Specialty Gases Manager, Praxair

Swagelok knows tube fittings

Our founder invented the two-ferrule compression type fitting in 1947. Swagelok holds 200+ patents today and is a $2.4B global leader in fluid system technologies. Extreme testing shows our fittings perform under pressure.

Stronger Tube Grip
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Stronger Tube Grip

The hinging collecting action in a Swagelok tube fitting puts more of the back ferrule's surface in contact with the tubing. That means more material for direct axial support and colleting squeeze. You don't get that with a bowing ferrule or with the bite type of ferrule.

Stronger Gas Seal
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Stronger Gas Seal

A Swagelok tube fitting forms a gas seal by means of the burnishing that occurs in two places: between the front ferrule and the tube fitting body, and between the front ferrule and the tubing. With Swagelok, you get a stronger seal under maximum working pressure.

Stronger Vibration Protection
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Stronger Vibration Protection

Any place where the fitting comes into contact with the tubing can become a point of concentrated stress. Swagelok's patented colleting action puts more of the back ferrule in contact with the tubing. The protected stress riser reduces the damaging effect of system vibration.

About Swagelok Northern California

Swagelok Northern California provides Swagelok fluid system products, assemblies, and services to California and Nevada companies. Our fluid system engineers, trainers, support specialists, and technicians are devoted to helping busy customers run safe, efficient operations. We have tens of thousands of Swagelok tube fittings, valves, hoses, regulators, tubing, and other types of parts in stock in our local warehouses. Give us a call at 510-933-6200.