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Water Softeners Industrial water equipment limited manufacture, install and service all major types of water softener, Our standard water softener range including simplex water softeners and duplex water softeners can be viewed or purchased online. Our water softener range includes : Simplex Water Softeners Simplex Industrial Water Softeners Duplex Industrial Water Softeners Triplex industrial Water Softeners Bespoke Industrial Water Softeners High Effiency Water Softeners Industrial water equipment UK Ltd also offer a bespoke water softener range to compliment any of our customers requirements. These water softeners include simplex water softeners, duplex water softeners and triplex water softeners. All our bespoke water softeners are factory tested and CE certified. We can skid mount any of our water softening units on stainless steel, epoxy coated, galvaised mild steel or polypropylene skids. If you would like to technical information on our water softeners please see the technical library or if you have any specific questions feel free to contact our sales department. Simplex Water Softeners Range Fleck Simplex Water Softeners Siata Simplex Water Softeners Duplex Water Softeners Range Fleck Duplex Water Softeners Siata Duplex Water Softeners Bespoke Water Softeners Bespoke engineered water softener systems High Efficiency Water Softeners Range High Efficiency Water Softeners   Eco Water - Water Hardness Testing Monitor Eco Water - Water Hardness Testing Monitor

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Water Softeners Explained.

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 metalic.

The scale does not conduct heat very well causing effiency 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 upto 2 hours.If the water softener is required to soften water 24 hours a day it is neccarcery 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 Ltd
124 / 126, North Parade, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, DE4 3NS
TEL: +44 (0) 1629 580468
FAX: +44 (0)1629 501055

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TEL: + 00 353 15262557
FAX: + 00 353 16865541

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