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Industrial Water Equipment - Water Softener Products

We are able to offer a complete range of Commercial Water Softeners designed specifically for your water system from the worlds leading brands, such as Fleck, Siata, Clack and Autotrol. Our range consists of both Simplex and Duplex units along with a full range of water softener service parts and water softener spares, all available to by online. Our range of Domestic Water Softeners offers functional design, coupled with ease of operation and are available in a wide variety of cabinet sizes to suit your needs. Should you require any further assistance regarding our Water Softeners please don't hesitate to contact us.

What is a Water Softener.

Water hardness is caused by high levels of calcium or magnesium being present in the water. If a water softener is not installed high levels of magnesium and calcium will cause two main problems. Hard water will cause "scale" to form on the inside of pipes, boilers and heating systems. The calcium and magnesium precipitate out of the water and adhere to anything metallic.

The scale does not conduct heat very well causing efficiency of the equipment or system to be reduced and it also reduces the flow through any pipework. The solution to hard water is to remove the scale building magnesium and calcium, This can be done by one of two methods,1 reverse osmosis filtration. 2 Installation of a water softener.

A water softener works by replacing the calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions by passing it through a water softener resin bed. Because the sodium does not precipitate out in pipes or hot water systems the problem of hard water is eliminated. For a softener to undertake ion replacement, the water runs through a bed of small plastic beads or through a chemical matrix called water softener ion exchange media or resin. The softener resin beads are coated with sodium ions. As water flows past the sodium ions, they exchange with the calcium and magnesium ions. Eventually the water softener ion exchange resin contains only calcium and magnesium and no sodium, this point is known as the saturation point and the ion exchange process will cease.

At saturation point the water softener will go into a regeneration cycle. The regeneration cycle of a softener will take up to 2 hours . If the water softener is required to soften water 24 hours a day it is necessary to install a duplex water softener. A duplex water softener consists of two ion exchange vessels and whilst one vessel regenerates the other goes online giving soft water to service constantly. If soft water is not required 24 hours a day a simplex water softener can be installed. A simplex water softener will be set to regenerate at night when water demand is low. A simplex water softener has an automatic bypass which will pass raw water only whilst in a regeneration cycle.

A Regeneration cycle involves soaking the softener ion exchange resin a stream of sodium ions. Salt (sodium chloride), is used to make up a very strong brine solution which is then flushed through the softener. The strong salt solution or brine displaces all of the calcium and magnesium that has built up in the water softeners ion exchange resin and replaces it again with sodium. The remaining brine complete with all of the calcium and magnesium is washed out of the softener vessel through a drain pipe. The water softener will then pass raw water through the ion exchange resins to remove all of the excess sodium, calcium and magnesium to the drain.

Industrial Water Equipment’s Technical team will support you and give you an informed unbiassed opinion on what water softener best suits your requirements, which water softener would be the most cost effective and efficient for your application and will integrate the soft water equipment in to your site specific water system.

Other Water Softener services / products
Water hardness can be monitored with our Testomat water hardness monitors available to buy on this website.

All Industrial Water Equipments water softener prices are covered by our price guarantee ensuring our customers get the best deal every time. We also offer water softener installation services and a full service - maintenance packages.

Our Water softener spares division will help you with all your requirements for spares for Fleck valve systems, Siata valve systems, Clack valve systems or Autotrol valve systems and any other softener water system that you may require parts for.

Water softener salt and water softener resin is also available from Industrial Water Equipment’s online shop.

Industrial Water Equipment Ltd
4 Causeway Lane, Matlock
Derbyshire, DE4 3AR
TEL: +44 (0)1629 55839
FAX: +44 (0)1629 501055

2nd Floor, 13 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
TEL: + 00 353 14428670

info@industrialwaterequipment.co.uk

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