Applications
Where it's used
- Boiler feed water
- Cooling towers and chillers
- Laundries, hotels and hospitals
- Textile processing
- Pre-treatment ahead of RO plants
Water softening
Water softeners that stop scale before it starts
Hard water leaves scale in boilers, heat exchangers and pipes, wasting fuel and shortening the life of equipment. A softener removes the hardness before it gets there.
Overview
What it is
A softener passes water through a bed of ion-exchange resin, which swaps the calcium and magnesium that cause hardness for sodium. The water that comes out doesn't form scale.
When the resin is exhausted it's regenerated with brine and goes back into service. We size the softener and its regeneration cycle for your hardness and daily use, with manual, semi-automatic or automatic controls.
The treatment train
How a softener works
Filtration
Where needed, a filter ahead of the softener removes solids that would foul the resin.
Ion exchange
Resin in the softener vessel exchanges hardness for sodium.
Regeneration
Brine washes the resin to restore it, on a timer or after a set volume.
Monitoring
Hardness checks confirm the softened water is on target.
Scope
What's included
- Hardness analysis and sizing
- Pressure vessel, resin and brine tank
- Manual, semi-automatic or automatic valves
- Installation and commissioning
- Resin replacement and service
- AMC options
Questions
What buyers ask us
How often does a softener need regenerating?
It depends on how hard your water is and how much you use. We set the cycle when we size the softener, and automatic units regenerate on their own.
Is softened water safe to drink?
Softening adds a little sodium. For drinking water, RO is usually the better choice; softeners are mainly for protecting equipment.
Need a water softener?
Send us your water analysis and how much water you need each day, and we'll size a plant for you.
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