Swagelok® Pre-Insulated Tubing Bundles Offer Significant Advantages Versus Field Traced And Insulated Tubing Systems

SOLON, Ohio (January 13, 2005)- Swagelok® electric and steam traced pre-insulated bundled tubing provides process fluid freeze protection and temperature maintenance in a variety of analytical and process instrumentation applications including impulse, process, and sampling lines.

Choose from a variety of configurations with multiple process tubes and either electric or steam tracers. The Swagelok tubing bundle is insulated with non-wicking, fibrous glass insulation and covered with a tough PVC or urethane jacket. This pre-engineered bundle can be installed more quickly and can provide more consistent thermal performance than field traced and insulated systems.

• Swagelok electric traced bundled tubing features a self-regulating electric tracer that lowers heat output as the bundle warms. It is typically used to maintain process temperatures up to 250°F (121°C), without the need for dedicated temperature controllers.

• Swagelok light steam traced bundled tubing provides freeze protection and maintains process temperatures between 50 and 200°F (10 to 93°C). The process tubes are separated from the tracer tubes by a layer of insulation that lowers the heat transfer rate and provides a more constant temperature over longer lengths of tubing.

• In Swagelok heavy steam traced bundled tubing, the process tube is in direct contact with the tracer to provide process temperature maintenance from 200 to 400°F (93 to 204°C).

Headquartered in Solon, Ohio, U.S.A., Swagelok Company is a major developer and manufacturer of fluid system component technologies for the research, analytical instrumentation, process instrumentation, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, petrochemical, and semiconductor industries. Swagelok products are delivered through one of the world's largest manufacturing and industrial distribution networks. More than 25 Swagelok manufacturing, research, technical support, and distribution facilities support a global network of more than 200 authorized sales and service centers on 6 continents. For more information about Swagelok, visit the company's Web site at www.swagelok.com.