“It is my pleasure to announce that SepSol and Bachiller Barcelona have exclusively partnered to bring innovative technologies for specialized drying and mixing to the USA and Canada. We are excited to introduce the Bachiller solutions to our customers in the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food industries!”
~James Lyon
Managing Director, SepSol
Here at SepSol, we pride ourselves on our ability to provide solutions to a variety of application and process obstacles. We are focused on the needs of our customers and consistently adapting to facilitate those needs.
Bachiller’s experience in the design and construction of process equipment and pressure vessels for the chemical, fine chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, and petrochemical industries paired with the creative solutions offered at SepSol, are a perfect manufacturing match.
“We at Bachiller Barcelona are excited to pair our extensive experience in the industry with the knowledgeable team at SepSol as our exclusive distributing partner in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. We anticipate a rich, and mutually beneficial working relationship ahead!”
~Jordi Carrera López
Product Manager Filtering & Drying, Bachiller Barcelona
Much like SepSol Process Solutions, Bachiller is immensely proud of the recognition they receive within the industry as well as the close relationships they have built with their customers.
Founded in 1967, Bachiller Barcelona has since established themselves as specialists in designing and manufacturing processing equipment for a variety of solid products, pastes, and liquids. Through collaboration between their team of skilled engineers and their clients, they have been able to redesign the equipment and components to meet the specific needs of their customer. Their constant demand for larger and better equipment has lead them to be a leading company with more than 40 years serving the chemical, fine chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, and petrochemical industries among others. They have expanded the range of what is considered to be standard equipment, striving to be on the cutting edge of innovation with new designs and enhancements. These improvements have been influenced in part by customer’s suggestions and experiences. This ongoing improvement policy has allowed them to properly respond to new needs from an increasingly demanding market. Bachiller’s goal is to add value to their standard equipment in order to ensure optimum performance levels and operating capacity in addition to offering quality equipment to fit their customer’s needs.
INDUSTRIES
- Chemical
- Fine Chemical
- Pharmaceutical
- Cosmetics
- Food
- Petrochemical
PROVIDING SOLUTIONS FOR
- Batch Filtration
- Mixing and Reaction of Liquids and Pastes
- Mixing
- Reaction and Granulation of Solids
- Vacuum Drying
- Pressure Equipment
A few equipment highlights that you won’t want to miss:
SaniDry Vacuum Paddle Dryer
Vacuum Dryer with Sanitary design, with maximized heated area, used for all kind of wet products such as crystals, amorphous or powders, and even pastes.
Working Principle
Completely heated Shell, Shaft and Blades to maximize the heat exchange ratio. Blades with minimal gap with the warm wall for effective and continuous renewal of the product in contact.
Features
- Capacities from 50 up to 10.000 liters
- Batch Operation
- Full tightness, vacuum level less than 1 Tor
- Atmospheric operating pressure – Optionally up to 3 bar(g)
- Operation temperatures up to 200º C
- Design according toASME VIII div.1 – AD-2000 – EN-13445
- Highest Thermal Efficiency, Shortest drying cycles
- Repetitive operation, reproducible and easy to scale up
- Sanitary design cGMP, FDA validated
- Easy to clean and register
- Big frontal door for inspection and registration
- Internally mirror polished Ra ≤ 0.6 µm (Grit 360)
- ‘CE’ stamping according to Safety for Machinery Directive 2006/42/CE

Typical applications and sectors
- Antibiotics
- Biotechnology
- Catalysts
- Colorants
- Essences and flavors
- Flavors
- Natural extracts
- Pharmaceutical synthesis
- Pigments
- Vitamins
Nutsche Filter Vacuum Dryer
The Nutsche Filter Vacuum Dryer is a high-quality equipment used in processes of separating solids from liquids.
Bachiller’s Nutsche Filter / Filter Dryer is designed to perform extraction, filtration, pressing, washing, dissolution, bleaching, deodorising and vacuum drying, all in the same unit without product transfer.
Our closing system reduces opening/closing times and improves equipment’s cleaning requirements.
Working Principle
The pressure filter has a batch-wise operation, with reversible agitator variable in height for mixing, cake preparation, purification, scraping, distribution, smoothing, removing and unloading. The dryer is heated completely including the agitator and bottom, vacuum drying the cake.
Features
- Filtering surface from 0.07 up to 15 m²
- Operation capacity from 19 up to 15.000 liters
- Batch-wise operation
- Operating pressure of 3 bar(g) – Optionally up to 10 bar(g)
- Operation Temperatures up to 200º C
- Design according to ASME VIII div.1 – AD-2000 – EN-13445
- Easy exchangeable filtering cloth
- Filter in textile, synthetics, metal, multilayer (sintered) or ceramic
- Bottom filter with automatic lifting and lowering
- Bottom sealing system SUPERCLAMP
- Cake washing system
- Unloading of the cake by the lateral valve
Dryer Version – Additional Features
- Design with absolute vacuum – Drying under vacuum and ultra vacuum
- Design according to cGMP and EHEDG recommendations
- Heating/ cooling of the body and/or agitator
- Unload of the dry solid by lateral valve

Spiral Dryer
The Spiral Dryer is a vacuum dryer with sanitary design, maximized heated surface, applicable for all kind of wet products such as crystals, amorphous or even pastes which need to be completely discharged.
Working Principle
Vertical spiral dryer, rotating at moderate speed to obtain an upwards flow of the product and a renovation of the product in contact with the heated walls.

Bachlab
Laboratory mixer and reactor for liquids and creams. Laboratory emulsions, dispersions or homogenization. From 5L to 150L.
BachmixL
Vacuum mixer and reactor for liquids and creams. Homogenizations, dispersions, emulsions, deaeration and agitation for liquids and creams up to 50,000mPa.s. From 150L to 1.000L

Instamix
Fast Mixer for Fluidization – FB
Instamix is a high accuracy ultra fast mixer, suitable for all kinds of mixing products, especially for those with a fragile morphology.

Turbomix
Horizontal turbulent mixer – MHT
High performance mixer for intense and fast mixes, suitable for all kinds of products, including very disperse granulation and densities. All of that thanks to the Turbomix of Bachiller.
Working principle
Plow type blades rotating at high speed, centrifuging the product violently generating turbulence in the mixing chamber.
Features
- Capacities from 50 up to 30.000 liters
- Batch-wise operation
- Mixing accuracy of 1:100.000 in only few minutes
- Short mixing times, maximum 5 minutes
- Repetitive, reproducible and scalable mixing
- Low maintenance required
- Large lateral inspection and maintenance doors
- ‘CE’ marking according to the Safety for Machinery Directive 2006/42/CE

Learn more about Bachiller and their products.