LAGUR is not an ion exchange system

LAGUR 's way of giving Danes a daily life without limescale problems stands in sharp contrast to chemical ion exchange plants, also called water softening plants .

water softening plants ?

It happens that LAGUR are confused with the so-called ion exchange plants, which are also called water softening plants by the producers because the plants reduce the water's content of limescale and thereby lowers the water hardness.

LAGUR 's way of giving Danes a daily life without limescale problems However, it differs significantly from ion exchange plants.

WITH OR WITHOUT CHEMISTRY

Basically, there are only two ways to treat water if you want to minimize limescale problems at home or in the business.

One method changes the water chemistry and uses salt (ion exchange plants) in the process, while the other ( LAGUR ) neither changes the water chemistry nor uses chemicals, salts or anything else in the process.

Chemical water treatment reduces the water content of, among other things, limescale , while non-chemical water treatment changes the shape of the lime so that it adheres to surfaces and installations to a significantly lesser extent.

ION EXCHANGE INCREASES SODIUM CONTENT

Softening or ion exchange systems remove limescale through ion exchange in a process where the water runs down over an ion exchange mass, which attracts and binds calcium.

However, this chemical process increases the water's sodium (salt) content, which we already consume too much of according to health recommendations.

The more you lower the water hardness with your ion exchange system, the higher the sodium content becomes, and the more you extract other good minerals from the water.

If you lower the lime content too much, it weakens the water quality, while the water's corrosion of the pipes in the plumbing installation is greatly increased due to the increased salt content.

STILL limescale problems

Therefore, an ion exchange system does not usually reduce the hardness completely, but only moderately. For example, it can be from 30 to 13 degrees of hardness. However, this reduction does not eliminate the daily problems of limescale, but only reduces them.

In Denmark, the water hardness is generally lower in the west than in the east. Therefore, it is not inconceivable that a household without water treatment plant in Jutland can have completely natural water with less than 6 degrees of hardness, a natural sodium content and few daily limescale problems , while a household with water treatment plant in the Copenhagen area can have 13 degrees of hardness, increased sodium content – and continued limescale problems in everyday life.

FROM CRYSTALS TO GRANULES

LAGUR is the chemical-free alternative to chemical ion exchange systems. LAGUR does not remove lime or other minerals from the water, but simply changes the structure of limescale from calcite to aragonite.

During this process, the lime changes shape from sharp crystals that easily adhere to surfaces and in installations, to round granules that turn into powder when they dry and are easy to wipe away with a cloth.

This is done, among other things, through a unique use of electromagnetism, so that the system not only changes the shape of the lime, but does so in a way that this change is maintained long enough to LAGUR becomes a practical gain in the form of fewer limescale problems in everyday life.