AKW is a German based medium-sized, privately owned company with focus on wet mechanical solutions for an optimum and responsible valorizing of primary and secondary resources.
Since the foundation of AKW Equipment and Process Design in 1963, innovation, new product ideas and technologies have turned the company into a global operating enterprise with its headquarter in Hirschau, offices in Shanghai and Dubai as well as agencies in several countries worldwide.
Our services are applicable to hydrocyclones, silica sand, kaolins, glass sand, high-performance thickeners, and speciality sand. They are also suitable for wet mechanical treatments, free-fall and upstream classifiers, and high-performance attrition cells.
AKW Equipment + Process Design accompanies its customer starting from the problem identification, over process design up to the implementation and startup of the processing plant. Through service assignments, audit visits and supply of spare and wear parts, AKW Equipment + Process Design assists to keep the plant performance on its high level for the whole lifetime.
Technical Laboratory & Trials
AKW A+V has a state-of-the-art technical laboratory to respond to clients’ procedure and process needs. The research and development team works closely with universities and research institutes to ensure a high standard of technical development in the process chain and process engineering; this also allows the company to offer a wide range of test facilities, including sample and materials analysis.
Engineering / Plant Realization
AKW A+V designs uniquely coordinated solutions for each individual project. The company uses its engineering activities to assist clients through all stages of planning, from analysis and test reports to pre-basic, basic and detail engineering as well as the commissioning of the equipment, process units or turnkey plants.
Equipment & Process Units
The applied processes are based on equipment and process units developed by AKW A+V. The company manages the conception and application of its own products, as well as those designed for integration into a client’s purchased products.
Spare Parts & Service
AKW A+V acts as a partner, offering support to its clients beyond the delivery and commissioning.
The after-sales service covers a reliable supply of spare and wear parts, maintenance and repairs, audits, training, equipment inspection as well as rebuilding, upgrades and adjustment to new feed / end product specifications.
AKW A+V services a broad range of industries, including:
- Sand and kaolin
- Ores and minerals
- Environmental
- Flue gas desulphurization (FGD)
- Chemistry and food