Most chemical-dosing systems are still sized on a spreadsheet and a supplier's word. The Reynolds & Bauhm Intelligent Dosing System Designer & BOM Builder turns the chemical and the duty into a complete, costed system in seconds — real pump selection, material compatibility, hydraulics, tanks, controls, safety and a priced Bill of Materials, all from one engineering database. Here are the twelve advantages that make it worth using.
From chemical and duty to a complete, costed dosing system
Enter the chemical and the duty — process flow, target dose, solution strength and injection pressure — and the tool sizes the whole system: dose rate, neat and dosed product flow, storage and day tanks, the metering pump and skid, injection, controls and the safety package. No spreadsheets, no waiting on a supplier quote to start the design.
What you get: a full concept design and budget price the moment you finish typing the duty.
Pump selection isn't generic — it brackets your design flow and pressure against hundreds of real metering pumps (solenoid, motor and hydraulic diaphragm, peristaltic, progressive-cavity, AODD and sealless mag-drive), then ranks them by duty fit, pump-type suitability and material rating. Want options? One click opens every other suitable pump with its specs.
What you get: a specific make and model that actually fits the duty — not a placeholder.
Every wetted and pipework material is screened against the chemical's compatibility matrix before it reaches the Bill of Materials. For aggressive duties the tool selects the correct wetted material automatically — PTFE, PVDF or the right alloy for an acid, never an incompatible stainless — and shows the materials to avoid.
What you get: acid-correct, chemical-correct materials throughout, with the risky ones flagged.
The dose follows the standard metering formula — neat flow = (dose × flow) ÷ (SG × %active) — with a design margin, and the tool computes available NPSH and total system head from the real density and vapour pressure, so the duty point you select is the one the pump must actually deliver.
What you get: a defensible duty point with NPSH and discharge head, ready to confirm against the pump curve.
Suction, discharge and process lines are sized on the flow and a chemical-aware velocity limit (slower for viscous, abrasive or settling chemicals). Bulk and day tanks are sized from your storage and hold-time inputs and snapped to standard vessel sizes, with the correct tank material, retention, venting, secondary-containment percentage and agitator drawn from the chemical's design data.
What you get: correctly sized lines and tanks, in the right material, with containment to suit.
The output is a complete, line-itemed BOM — dosing pumps & skid, storage/transfer/mixing, pipework, valves, non-return and injection, controls & automation, safety & PPE, and commissioning spares — each item tagged, quantified and priced, and totalled to a budgetary estimate. Export it to CSV or print it.
What you get: a procurement-ready bill of materials and budget number, not just a pump.
Costs are stored in USD and shown in the currency of the country you're visiting from, with USD, GBP, EUR and AUD always available at the touch of a toggle. Budget the system in the units your client signs off in.
What you get: an instantly readable budget — no manual currency conversion.
Choose manual, PLC or full SCADA and the control package scales to match — panel, PLC, HMI, comms, level instruments and cabling. The tool recommends a VFD model with the right cable size and EMC filter, a dosing control strategy with PID tuning, and shows the achievable dosing accuracy and chemical saving versus manual control.
What you get: a control scope and instrument list matched to your automation level and its payback.
The safety package is generated from the chemical itself: specific eye, hand, body and respiratory PPE with GHS pictograms, the correct spill-response kit, emergency shower/eyewash, and — where the chemistry demands it — fixed gas detection and a fume scrubber. Nothing generic, nothing missed.
What you get: a compliant, chemical-specific safety scope built into the design from the start.
Pick duty-only, duty + standby, or duty + assist + standby, and every per-pump line item — pumps, dampeners, valves, non-return valves, stroke controllers and suction lines — re-quantifies automatically, while shared items stay single. The availability and changeover basis comes straight from the redundancy reference data.
What you get: the right pump count and matching quantities for the reliability you need.
Not starting from a blank sheet? Browse the pre-engineered and containerised dosing skids and worked design examples, check which suit your flow and application, and click straight through into the designer pre-loaded with that chemical and duty — then refine.
What you get: a head start from a proven configuration, customised to your plant.
Behind the tool sits a continually expanded engineering database — real manufacturer pump and instrument models, chemical properties, material-compatibility matrices, NPSH and pump curves, standards, control and procurement data. The designer draws on it so the answer is grounded in real products and real engineering, not assumptions.
What you get: selections and prices traceable to real equipment and published engineering data.
The designer is built for early-stage design, comparison and estimating — to get you to a credible system, a real pump and a budget number fast. It is deliberately conservative and transparent about its assumptions. Final selection must still confirm chemical compatibility at the actual concentration and temperature, the required turndown and back-pressure, NPSH against the chosen pump's curve, local electrical and safety codes, and the injection-point hydraulics with our engineers before procurement. Use it to design with confidence — then let us verify and quote.
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Send your influent analysis and our engineers assess your process and recommend a tailored treatment solution — free, confidential and no obligation.
Select the regulatory standard for your country — it sets which parameters we need for a compliance-aware process assessment.
Required parameters for the chosen standard are flagged on the sample form. You can still submit a partial set and we will advise what else to test.
Your sample is stored against your company so we can track the project. Provide a company name or email as a minimum.