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WATER SOFTENER – Few important details of water softener

Overview

WATER SOFTENER:

A water softener is a process of removing hardness from water, i.e., removing the calcium, iron, and magnesium ions. In other words, water may contain excess calcium, iron and magnesium form scaling on the water due to industrial pollution, the environment of some areas. That scaling water is nothing but hard water. By using this water softener process, hard water is converted into soft water, i.e., nothing but non-scaling form water. 

Components details of a Water softener:

The following are the components used in a water softener:

  • Pressure Tank or Resin Tank
  • Top Diffuser & Bottom Diffuser
  • Outlet manifold
  • Resin 
  • Control head 
  • Pre-filters
  • Timer
  • Valves
  • Brine tank

Brine tank:

The following are the components of the brine tank:

  • Salt grid plate
  • Brine float filter screen
  • Brine wall
  • Injector
  • Brine wall float control

Applications of a water softener:

The following are the applications of water softeners:

  • Water softeners are used in the food and beverages industry, pharmaceutical industry, industrial water plants, mineral water plants, hotels, restaurants, laundries shop, air conditioning plants, boiler feed, cooling towers etc.

Water softener advantages:

The following are the advantages of a water softener:

Prevents scale formation:

A water softener eliminates hardness from water and protects your daily use appliances and industrial machinery from scale formation.

Prevents hard water effect on the human body:

The water softener stops the effects of hard water on the human body like hair fall, dry and itchy skin, rough and dry hairs etc.

Protects residential appliances from clogging due to scale formation:

Soft water protects your daily use appliances and bathroom fittings like pipes, shower heads, geysers, toilet seats, washing machines, dishwashers etc from clogging or choking due to hard water.

Simple to install:

Water softeners are very easy to install. You just need guidance during installation but not training.

Easy to operate:

Water softeners are easy to operate. It does not require any special training.

Affordable price:

Water softeners are available according to your needs or requirements at affordable prices.

Types of material availability for a water softener:

The following are the wide range of materials available for a water softener:

  • FRP
  • LDPE
  • MS
  • MS Rubber Lined
  • Stainless steel

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