Fulaik's 20 ton fully automatic water softening equipment for hotels and guesthouses is a laundry room linen specific fully automatic water softener. The fully automatic water softener applies the principle of ion exchange to remove scaling ions such as calcium and magnesium from the water, softening the water quality. The control system adopts multi way valve control systems from American brands such as Fleck, Autotrol, and Kinetico hydraulic control valves, and uses time or flow to initiate regeneration. The basic components include FLECK or Autotrol multi way control valves, resin tanks (containing 001 * 7 resin), salt tanks, and piping systems.
Features of Fulaik fully automatic water softener:
1. Automation of water softening process: The equipment achieves automation of ion exchange and resin regeneration process through program control device.
2. High efficiency: The design of the water softener is reasonable, allowing the resin to fully utilize its effective working exchange capacity;
3. Labor saving: No need for dedicated personnel to operate, easy to install.
4. Energy saving: Due to the use of siphon principle, regeneration does not require a salt pump.
5. Easy to adjust: The regeneration cycle and time can be adjusted as needed.
6. Tank anti-corrosion: The tank is made of stainless steel, fiberglass, and steel lined plastic materials to avoid resin contamination.
The negative effects of washing hard water (i.e. calcium and magnesium ions) without using a fully automatic water softener are as follows:
1. Form insoluble salts (also known as calcium soap or magnesium soap) with anionic surfactants such as fatty acid salts (soap) and sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate. This not only wastes surfactants, but also reduces the efficiency of their use. For example, in 100mg/kg hardness water, using a 0.2% sodium palmitate solution (soap solution) can turn 1/4 of the soap into insoluble soap. Meanwhile, these calcium and magnesium soaps are also prone to deposit on fabrics and washing machines, reducing their cleaning power while also causing sedimentation.
2. Calcium and magnesium ions are prone to form insoluble salts with silicates, carbonates, and phosphates in detergents. These insoluble salts, especially phosphates, are not easily dispersed by sodium tripolyphosphate and anti redeposition agents, but are easy to deposit.
3. Calcium ions (divalent positive charge) can bridge between dirt (monovalent negative charge) and fabric (monovalent negative charge), promoting the binding of dirt and fabric by forming bridge bonds.
4. Calcium and magnesium ions are multivalent cations that adsorb onto fabrics and dirt, neutralizing their negative surface charges and weakening the electrostatic repulsion between fabrics and dirt, which is not conducive to cleaning and anti redeposition. As can be seen from the above, insoluble substances such as calcium and magnesium, as well as insoluble salts, will deposit on fabrics, causing white fabrics to turn gray, resulting in a decrease in whiteness and texture. For colored fabrics, the color will darken, lose its vividness, and the texture will become rough. Moreover, the fabric that has turned gray is difficult to renew due to its strong binding force with sediment. Sediments can form scale on washing machines, damaging the electric heating coils and other components, thereby affecting the thermal and mechanical efficiency of the washing machine.
The benefits of washing with soft water:
Due to the absence of heavy metal ions such as calcium and magnesium in soft water, it will not react with detergents and will not generate insoluble attachments. Therefore, it can save a lot of detergents, softeners, and bleaching agents, eliminate stains attached to clothing, and avoid yellowing and hardening of clothing.