In addition to adequate carburation and good maintenance, a boiler requires high-quality boiler water and an efficient chemical treatment program in order to have a long and productive useful life.

The importance of high-quality boiler water cannot be overstated as it can mean the difference between an efficient, long-lasting boiler and a boiler that costs you more in repairs and lost production capacity than the initial capital investment itself.

In order to avoid scaling, corrosion, and scum – all of which can cause major damage to the boiler – it is extremely important to implement a suitable water treatment program and to follow appropriate blowdown procedures. A company specializing in boiler water treatment should be contracted to do a thorough review of the water characteristics and to define the water treatment and blowdown procedures required for each boiler.

Not having a water treatment program and not following blowdown procedures are both considered poor operating practices and lacking either or both would invalidate the guarantee for any resulting damage.

In the Mexican Republic, the Powermaster Boiler Group has a subsidiary company called "Calderas y Tratamientos de Aguas Industriales S.A. de C.V." (CALYTRA), which is dedicated to the development of engineering, chemical products, and equipment for controlling feedwater and internal chemical treatment for boilers, cooling towers, and chilled water systems.

CALYTRA implements optimal chemical dosing, the required blowdown regime to maintain boiler efficiency, establishes chemical control parameters, and conducts periodic water analysis for proper treatment control, with ongoing training for its personnel.

CALYTRA provides its clients with specialized technical advice to implement complete water treatment systems and procedures tailored to their specific requirements for any type of boiler, whether steam, closed-loop hot water, or closed-loop water-steam.

The Calderas Powermaster Group puts this subsidiary at your disposal to offer technical advice, analysis, chemical specialties, dosing systems, chemical cleaning, boil-outs, test kits, pH meters, conductivity meters, grain salt for softener regeneration, ion exchange resins, manual softeners, and automatic softeners.