To make informed decisions with a water system, automated analytical instrumentation is the future. The Cla-Tools software suite from Cla-Val eliminates guesswork, allowing any user to analyze their current or future planned water systems. The program allows the user to analyze everything from VFD pump flow and controllability to PRV station or check valve design, providing unique insights into numerous aspects of a water system.
“We designed Cla-Tools to give engineers, operations personnel and managers the ability to design their systems ensuring they are obtaining optimum performance,” says John Link, executive vice president of Cla-Val. “We are providing all our customers with the ability to be self-sufficient if they choose, always having the comfort of knowing they can get expert assistance if required, and have made this process very easy to access online for no cost.”
The constantly evolving software platform lets users analyze everything from control, and modeling of stations to sizing and selection of the right valve, and there are built-in performance tools to ensure valve stations can handle the conditions they are subjected to over time. For example, Cla-CAV helps analyze pilot-operated control valves for the potential of cavitation and cavitation damage at the full range of flows and pressures enabling design engineers to determine if and when to add a cavitation trim. Cla-Station is a pressure-reducing valve station and hydraulic modeling tool showing performance based on flow and pressure parameter inputs.
According to Link, the software uses color-coded graphs, tables and charts for easy analysis. Built-in calculators allow users to input their data and run different scenarios to determine if and what they need to adjust. For example, Cla-Power has a power consumption calculator that allows for all electrical products at a site, or in a vault, to be added with their daily usage and supply voltage, providing the total power and amp-hours of that system.
“With 13 different modules, there are many ways users can optimize existing valve stations and ensure thorough analysis of plans before installation,” says Link. “We are also committed to growing Cla-Tools, by adding more features that our customers want to see, enabling them to have what they want, when they need it, with the ease of accessing online.”
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