Water Service

Water Service industry components have several successful applications that are improved by functional coatings. Since the 1950’s, valves, poppets, safety components, O-ring guides, and rotary and sliding valve mechanisms have used a low friction coating to allow smooth cycling of water conditioners and filtration devices.

Orion has developed specialized internal coating devices to coat the bores of brass and glass-filled plastic housings and valve mechanisms. The low friction PTFE coating or other Teflon™ industrial coating allows freedom of movement of the internal valve mechanism and O-rings, eliminating the friction points that are submerged in water or brine.

The ultimate in function is the coating of both the bore and the valve mechanism. We have highly automated spray lines for the coating of cylindrical valve components. These automatic machines reproduce the coating thickness on the critical radii and outer diameters to ensure extended warranty and customer satisfaction.

High capacity bronze water conditioner valve bodies contained lead in past designs. We worked with major water conditioner companies to eliminate the brass and bronze castings, and the lead contamination, by substituting aluminum castings. We successfully coated all the inner passages and bores of the large castings.

Rubber water conditioner components also benefit from PTFE coatings and other non-stick industrial coatings. Rotary valve mechanisms and O-rings perform smoothly and consistently with the proper bonded PTFE or Teflon™ non-stick coatings.

Contact us today to speak with a technical consultant about your water service coating project.

Teflon™ is a registered trademark of Chemours and is used under license by Orion Industries, Ltd.