Komagata Foods Co., Ltd., manufacturing feed for fish cultivation, used to use a belt filter press, but they had always faced clogging problems because of the oily sludge. They also suffered from spillage over from the side of filter cloth, making operators to keep their eyes on the machine all day.

Otokomae Tofu Inc. develops, manufactures and sells Tofu (Soybean Curd), with impressive product names. They installed the second Volute Dewatering Press in their Kiyosato factory, following the first one installed in their Kyoto factory. We interviewed the responsible person to take care of the whole wastewater treatment plant to ask the reason why they have become our repeater.

A glue manufacturing plant in Malaysia had a belt press, but they had always faced clogging problems because of the sticky characteristics of sludge dewatered. Furthermore, they had been concerned about a great amount of high-pressure washing water, generating loud noises and the misty sludge, which caused serious health problems. At present no longer they have such problems by installing Volute Dewatering Press.

In the year of 2004 in Ukraine, there was no compact sludge dewatering equipment suitable for small-scale wastewater treatment　facilities like septic tanks. Upon the request from our Ukrainian distributor, AMCON succeeded in the development of ES-051 model with its throughput as small as 1kg-DS/h, which led the end-users to the success in reducing their sludge disposal cost by 1/3.

Model of equipment solving the problem：Volute Dewatering Press（single-axis）Model EC

Nippoh Chemicals, one of the leading chemical manufactures in Japan, producing iodeine, cyanogen, and bromide. Company was seeking a better solution for the sludge generated from chemical production. Maintenance work had to take place as frequent as every three hours, with existing equipment. It was management challenge to reduce labor and maintenance cost. AMCON VOLUTE Dewatering Press was the best candidate to make drastic improvement in sludge management.

Model of equipment solving the problem：Volute Dewatering Press（single-axis）Model ES

Volute Dewatering Press which thickens and dewaters simultaneously made "direct dewatering from OD reaction tank" established and standardized. It eliminated the need for equipment which was essential for existing sewage treatment plants such as Thickening Storage Tank and largely contributed to reduction of construction costs of treatment plants.

Model of equipment solving the problem：Volute Dewatering Press（single-axis）Model ES

A major meat-process plant in Canada had been assessed an annual sludge disposal cost of 93.6 million yen. The huge burden with sludge disposal cost had been a primary business challenge of this plant. Volute Dewatering Press which reduces sludge disposal cost by 75% solved its longstanding problem.

Model of equipment solving the problem：Volute Dewatering Press（single-axis）Model EC

Ishikawa Stockbreeding, Inc. had faced problems with labor and maintenance works accompanied with the handling of excess sludge, generated from their piggery wastewater treatment plant. However, the installation of Volute Dewatering Press solved all these problems and　this resulted in a big fall in labor and maintenance works for excess sludge treatment.

Model of equipment solving the problem：Volute Dewatering Press（single-axis）Model EC

It has been 200 years since Yamauchi Company started producing soy bean paste (Miso) and soy sauce which are loved by the masses. Nevertheless, Yamauchi Company, which has a long history and tradition, has always been confronted with challenges, such as labor cost and inefficiency in sludge treatment. The company has been directing all their energies to find a solution to the challenges and they finally found the solution. The installation of the Volute Dewatering Press brought significant changes to the company and it dramatically lowered the labor cost and increased efficiency.