What Are the Different Types of Plumbing Fixtures?
Sanitary ware is an important part of the plumbing equipment in the building, and it is the equipment for washing, collecting, and discharging sewage (waste) water produced in life and production. The most commonly used materials for sanitary ware are ceramics, enamel pig iron, enamel steel plates, and terrazzo. With the development of building material technology, new materials such as FRP, artificial marble, artificial agate, stainless steel have been introduced at home and abroad. The T technology of sanitary ware hardware accessories has also been developed from general chrome plating to high-precision processing by various means to obtain high-end products with beautiful appearance, energy saving and noise reduction. [1]
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- Sanitary ware is an important part of the plumbing equipment in the building, and it is the equipment for washing, collecting, and discharging sewage (waste) water produced in life and production.
- Common sanitary wares can be divided into the following categories according to their uses:
- (1) Washing sanitary ware, including wash basins, sewage basins, etc .;
- (2) Sanitary appliances for washing and showering, including
- The inspection methods of sanitary ware mainly include seeing, hearing, touching by hand, measuring by rule, passing the ball and so on.
- (1) Seeing. Through human eyes, observe whether the size, shape, color and other aspects of the sanitary ware meet the requirements, and check that the sanitary ware has no damage, missing parts and cracks.
- (2) Hearing. If the sanitary ware makes a crisp, hard, dense, and pleasant sound when it is beaten with a wooden stick with a relatively hard texture, it indicates that the sanitary ware has a good quality and is not damaged; if the sanitary ware emits a crack, When the sound is empty and stuffy, it indicates that the sanitary ware has poor burning quality or is damaged.
- (3) Touch by hand. Put your hand on the surface of the sanitary ware and slide it gently, you can feel whether the surface of the sanitary ware is flat and smooth, which is one of the easiest methods to evaluate the surface quality.
- (4) Ruler measurement. Measure the geometric dimensions of the sanitary ware with measuring tools such as a square, a steel ruler, and a ruler, and check whether the actual dimensions meet the specified dimensions of the product.
- (5) Pass the ball. Holes in sanitary ware shall be inspected through the ball to check whether the hole size meets the requirements and is unobstructed. The test ball shall be made of hard wood or plastic balls. The diameter of the ball shall be 0.8 times the hole diameter. [3]
- (1) Distinguish the quality of sanitary ware ceramics: Generally, high-quality sanitary wares have a smooth and glazed surface, and there are no phenomena such as ponds, chromatic aberrations, pinholes, and lack of glaze. The sound of striking ceramics with a hard object is crisp. Inferior products generally have more pin-eye spots, bumps, cracks, and lack of glaze on the glazed surface, and the appearance is slightly deformed (the countertop is not flat on the countertop, and the toilet will shake left and right on the ground, etc.). Unclear, dull, no crisp sound when struck.
- (2) Customers should also consider the elderly and children in the family when choosing sanitary tools. The bathtub should be equipped with handrails and anti-skid measures to avoid personal safety accidents while bathing; at the same time, their own affordability should be considered in terms of price. Can find some insiders to help, choose economical, beautiful, durable sanitary ware. [4]