By Yuhuan Kang'erda Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. | 16 May 2022 | 0 Comments

How to choose the faucet right cartridge?

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How to choose the faucet right cartridge?

I. Overview of faucet cartridge

II, Faucet cartridge classification

III, How to identify the quality of faucet cartridge

I, Faucet cartridge overview

The heart part of the faucet is cartridge, it is the best way to choose a good faucet first by a good cartridge.  The cartridge is the most key component affecting the quality of the faucet. To improve the quality of the faucet, we first should know the faucet cartridge quality, and the material of the faucet cartridge determines the quality. According to the material, the faucet cartridge can be divided into rubber cartridge (slow opening cartridge), ceramic faucet cartridge (fast opening faucet cartridge) and stainless steel faucet cartridge.

II, Faucet cartridge classification

1, stainless steel faucet cartridge

Stainless steel faucet cartridge is a kind of faucet cartridge with high scientific and technological content at present, but it is easy to rust and pollute the water quality if the stainless steel material is not qualified.

2, Brass faucet cartridge

Brass faucet cartridge is the heaviest and more expensive one. It also has certain requirements for product quality and price.

3, Ceramic faucet cartridge

Ceramic cartridge is one of the main cartridge in the faucet market at present. Its stable quality and good cost performance are favored by consumers. It has the following advantages:

A, Long service life

Relevant research shows that after more than 500000 switching operations, the ceramic cartridge can still operate smoothly and labor-saving, and can be used for a long time. The aging resistance, wear resistance and no maintenance of ceramic cartridge ensure the stability of operation and save maintenance cost and labor intensity. At the same time, aging resistance and wear resistance also make the service life of ceramic cartridge far exceed that of other cartridge.

B. Superior sealing

The excellent sealing performance of ceramic materials is determined by the characteristics of high tensile strength, not easy to deform, high temperature resistance, low temperature resistance, wear resistance and no corrosion. The ceramic cartridge makes the faucet not easy to leak water droplets, and also meets the requirements of environmental protection.

C, More styles. At present, there are many types of ceramic cartridge, flat foot cartridge, high foot cartridge, lower sealing cartridge, upper sealing cartridge, etc., to meet the needs of water dragons with different structures and styles.

III, How to identify the quality of faucet cartridge

1. Switch the faucet handle and feel whether there is a feeling of obstruction during the up and down switch.

2, Open the faucet and stop at the middle position, and then open it to end to feel whether have same smoothness at the different position.

3, The faucet cartridge with good quality is "idling" around, that is, open or closed faucet feels very light.

4, You can use your index finger, middle finger gently hold the faucet handle up and down and move around to see if it is flexible and not loose, whether there is a blocking feel, such as flexible and not loose, no blocking feel and a heavy feel can be basically concluded that the quality is not very good.

5, Look at the faucet cartridge brand.

Domestic some faucet manufacturers use KCG, and Spain Sedal, but the cartridges are produced in China, for sure the quality can be guaranteed. There are other brands, such as Hai Rui, Hante, Ju Teng, Mingdi, Chaoling etc.; foreign well-known brands are Hungary KEROX, Spain Sedal, Germany  FLUHS, thermostatic cartridge for France VERNET.

6, Look at the price. The cost of poor quality cartridge is also relatively cheap, good quality cartridge price is also very expensive. This is also a reference standard to determine the quality of the faucet cartridge.

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