Hard water can clog pipes, damage boilers, and ruin heat exchangers, along with many other critical components. Water softening helps prevent these negative effects. Hard water can also cause limescale deposits in industrial, commercial, and domestic water systems. Calcium and magnesium are often referred to as hardness minerals, and water softeners mainly remove calcium and magnesium ions.

Various types of hardness removal softeners with different control and automation options are available from Corodex. Materials of construction for softener vessels include rubber-lined or special epoxy-coated steel, stainless steel, and polyethylene-lined fiberglass.

Single, twin, duplex, and multiplex softener configurations are available, running in intermittent or continuous mode of operation. Timer- and meter-initiated regeneration processes are available using standard softener heads, stagers, or PLC-based control systems.

In special cases where raw water hardness varies, an online hardness monitoring system may be provided to initiate regeneration mode.