FKC Co., Ltd.
FKC stands for Fukoku Kogyo Company, the inventor of the FKC screw press. The company was established in 1959 in Tokyo, Japan and maintains its headquarters in Tokyo today. FKC operates production factories in Ishinomaki, Japan and in Port Angeles, WA, USA. Additional sales offices are located in Fuji and Osaka, Japan.FKC Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fukoku Kogyo, was established in 1988 to service customers in North and South America. A full line of rotary screen thickeners, flocculation tanks, & screw press parts are manufactured by FKC Co. A complete spare parts inventory is also maintained to service customers.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Water and Wastewater
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Year Founded:
- 1988
About Us
“FKC” stands for Fukoku Kogyo Company, the inventor of the FKC screw press. The company was established in 1959 in Tokyo, Japan and maintains its headquarters in Tokyo today. FKC operates production factories in Ishinomaki, Japan and in Port Angeles, WA, USA. Additional sales offices are located in Fuji and Osaka, Japan.
FKC Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fukoku Kogyo, was established in 1988 to service customers in North and South America. A full line of rotary screen thickeners, flocculation tanks, & screw press parts are manufactured by FKC Co. A complete spare parts inventory is also maintained to service customers.
The main factory located in Ishinomaki, Japan is ISO 9001 certified and is also certified by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and other specific country authorities to fabricate pressure vessel screws.
Screw Press Introduction
An FKC screw press can be used in an extremely wide variety of liquid-solid separation, or dewatering applications. An FKC screw press can be used in the same applications where belt presses, centrifuges, and filter presses have traditionally been used, as well as in more traditional screw press applications such as those in the pulp & paper industry. FKC custom designs and manufactures screw presses from 100 mm (4') to 1500 mm (59') in diameter, with wetted lengths up to 9 meters (30').
As shown to the right, the screw press is a very simple, slow moving mechanical devise. Dewatering is continuous and is accomplished by gravity drainage at the inlet end of the screw and then by reducing the volume as the material being dewatered is conveyed from the inlet to the discharge end of the screw press. Proper screw design is critical, as different materials require different screw speeds, screw configurations, and screens in order to dewater to a high outlet consistency while maintaining an excellent capture rate.