Water Softeners

Feedwater has over 30 years experience in manufacturing and supplying water softeners to the industrial and commercial sector. We have a comprehensive range of water softeners which can provide a cost effective way to overcome problems caused by hard water. All our water softeners combine design simplicity and rugged construction to ensure many years of reliable service.

Water softener installation and after sales service, throughout the UK, is carried out by our own team of skilled maintenance technicians.

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Feedwater's Water Softeners are used in...

• Hospitals and Healthcare
• Office Blocks and Building Services
• Hotels and Kitchens
• Laundries
• Bakeries
• Chemical Manufacturers
• Food Processing
• Boiler Treatment
• Cooling Treatment
• Humidification

What are the benefits of a Water Softener?

• Reduced maintenance and extended equipment life
• Reduced energy consumption
• Better and easier cleaning
• No more soap scum
• No scale formation

What is "Hard" Water?

Hardness in water is caused by naturally occurring salts of calcium and magnesium which are found to varying degrees in all water sources. The higher the concentration of these salts, the "harder" the water is. Hard water gets its name from the fact that these calcium and magnesium salts react with soap and detergent forming an insoluble scum and making it "hard" to make a lather.

Hard water not only makes washing with soap and detergent more difficult and costly - it also forms scale / limescale when the water is heated. Heating hard water causes the previously soluble calcium and magnesium salts to become insoluble and forms a rock-like deposit on the heat transfer surface.

What problems does scale / limescale cause?

• Increased Energy Costs - the scale acts asinsulation, dramatically reducing heating or cooling efficiency and adding to your energy costs.
• Increased Pumping Costs and Wear - scale reduces the internal bore of pipework, which causes impaired flow and increased pumping costs as the pumps must work harder to deliver the required water volume.
• Overheating and Hot-Spots - because scale is an insulator it can cause hot spots to form on heat transfer surfaces as heat is not conducted away fast enough. In a steam boiler this over-heating can cause potentially disastrous failure.

What does a Water Softener do? / How does a Water Softener work?

A water softener contains an ion exchange resin which replaces the "hard" salts of calcium and magnesium for "soft" salts of sodium which do not form scale or soap scum. This is a long-established and reliable chemical process. As the ion exchange resin softens the water, it gradually becomes exhausted and is regenerated using a brine solution made from inexpensive granular or tablet salt. This automatic regeneration involves backwash, brine-draw and rinsing cycles, during which the accumulated hardness is washed from the resin to drain.

The regeneration is normally automatically initiated by a built-in time clock or volumetric water meter. Where the continuous soft water supply is required then this can be achieved by a duty/standby duplex arrangement.

 

 

 

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