Mason Technology is the exclusive distributor of Buchiglas products in Ireland. Founded in 1946 and based in Switzerland, Buchiglas is a leading manufacturer of reactor systems and pilot plants for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry as well as for research institutions.
Buchiglas products from Mason Technology
Mason Technology can supply, install, and commission any solution from the complete Buchiglas range including their glass reactors and process equipment and their pressure reactors. Our sales and service teams are based locally promising swift response times, specialist product knowledge and exceptional customer support. To keep lead times to a minimum, we stock some products in our warehouse in Dublin.
Glass Reactors and Process Equipment
Buchiglas glass reactors and process equipment guarantee best process performance from laboratory synthesis through scale-up to production in labs, pilot plants, kilo labs and production. They are manufactured with the highest quality borosilicate glass components and other components made of highly corrosion-resistant materials such as glass-lined steel, fluoropolymers and Hastelloy.
Pressure Reactors and Stirred Autoclaves
Buchiglas pressure reactors / stirred autoclaves are used for reactions and various applications under pressure. With the opportunity to customise solutions for your specific process requirements, the pressure reactors / stirred autoclaves are designed for intensive daily use in laboratories, pilot plants, kilo labs and small-scale production facilities.
Buchiglas Services and Solutions from Mason Technology
Our sales specialists can advise you on the product or solution that is best suited to your individual needs.
For customers that require temperature control units, we can recommend the best option from our range of solutions.
For vacuum requirements, we can specify the optimal solution from the range of Edwards pumps including high vacuum, dry scroll and oil pumps.
With science impacting all levels of society, regulatory bodies strive for adequate standards, giving rise to a growing number of regulations in the pharmaceutical, biopharma, nutrition and beverage, and research and academia sectors.
At Mason Technology we have long since recognised the importance of Quality Assurance to our customers and we have held continuous certification to ISO standards since 1994. We are committed to continuous improvement, and this is backed up by our investment in an Integrated Management System (IMS). This meets, at a minimum, the requirements of the International Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 17025 (INAB). View our certifications here
midiPilot – multipurpose glass reactor for small volumes
Glass reactor: 5, 10, 15 litre
Pressure: -1.0 (FV) to +1.0 bar
Temperature: -60 °C (optional -90 °C) to +200 °C
Material: Borosilicate glass 3.3, PTFE, PFA, PEEK
A clean-room setup and other materials are available to meet your specific process requirements.
With the Buchiglas miniPilot® product family (reactor, nutsche filter, scrubber) they offer miniplant pilot reactors for chemical process development, scale-up, process simulation and kilo-scale production.
The reactors’ explosion-proof design (ATEX) and inert materials allow safe processing of solvents and acids in a completely sealed reaction vessel. The compact standard reactor setup can easily be modified, interchangeable reaction vessels of 5, 10 and 15 liter including interchangeable stirrers are available.
The reaction vessel is installed on a lifting / lowering device to simplify opening and cleaning. The distillation glass overhead is built with flexible ball-socket joints for multiple chemical reactions under full vacuum.
Buchglas produces complete solutions for chemical processing: Reactor systems including accessories like sampling devices, pH probes, rectification columns with structured packing, process monitoring and control as well as integration of auxiliary equipment such as temperature control units, nutsche filters/dryers, gas scrubbers or mixing vessels.
Standard miniPilot package
Interchangeable 5, 10 and 15 litre jacketed glass reactor
Baffle with Pt100 temperature sensor
Continuous adjustable agitator speed, 0-600 rpm
Dry running mechanical seal
Compact stainless steel frame, table or floor model, mobile
ATEX Classification: 2G IIB
CE, cGMP, TA-Luft
CIP capable
FDA conform, highly corrosion-resistant materials: Glass, PTFE, PFA, PEEK
Delivery fully assembled
Complete documentation
Standard miniplant pilot reactor options
Reactor lift for easy reactor opening, cleaning, stirrer exchange
Other materials, pressures & temperatures are available.
The Buchiglass tinyclave steel, pressure reactor system is designed for the use of interchangeable pressure vessels in glass, steel, Hastelloy®, Teflon. Safety features guarantee safe reactions under pressure.
The glass pressure reactors in the tinyclave ensure high resistance against acids, while allowing visual process control and monitoring.
A wide range of accessories is available – talk to us to define the right setup for your specific need.
Standard tinyclave steel package
Vessel holder with protective mesh
Glass pressure vessel
Union nut
Cover plate with 2 openings and standard setup
Swagelok fittings with bursting disc, manometer and 1 valve
midiPilot® - Laboratory glass reactor for small volumes
Multipurpose glass reactor for small volumes
Glass reactor: 20 to 30 litre
Pressure: -1.0 (FV) to +0.5 bar
Temperature: -60 °C (optional -90 °C) to +200 °C
Material: Borosilicate glass 3.3, PTFE, PFA, PEEK
A clean-room setup and other materials are available to meet your specific process requirements.
The Buchiglas midiPilot is our sturdy multipurpose glass reactor for small volumes. It is specifically designed for applications in kilo lab, for chemical process development and cGMP-compliant API syntheses.
The reactors’ explosion-proof design (ATEX) and inert materials allow safe processing of solvents and acids in a completely sealed reaction vessel.
The compact reactor system can easily be modified: interchangeable reaction vessels of 20 and 30-litre including interchangeable stirrers are available. The glass reactor is equipped with a lifting / lowering device for easy and efficient opening and cleaning.
We produce complete solutions for chemical processing: Reactor systems including accessories like sampling devices, pH probes, rectification columns with structured packing, process monitoring and control as well as integration of auxiliary equipment such as temperature control units, nutsche filters/dryers, gas scrubbers or mixing vessels.
Other materials, pressures & temperatures are available
The Buchiglas miniclave steel pressure reactor system is designed for the use of interchangeable pressure vessels in glass, steel, Hastelloy®, Teflon. Safety features guarantee safe reactions under pressure.
The glass pressure reactors in the miniclave steel ensure high resistance against acids, while allowing visual process control and monitoring.
A wide range of accessories is available – talk to us to define the right setup for your specific need.
Standard miniclave steel package
Vessel holder with protective mesh
Glass pressure vessel
Union nut
Cover plate with 4 openings and standard setup
Swagelok fittings with bursting disc, manometer, 1 valve and Pt100
A clean-room setup and other materials are available to meet your specific process requirements.
Performance and reliability are key issues in the explosion-proof design of Buchiglass reaction systems. The inert materials allow safe processing in a inert atmosphere of a wide range of solvents and acids in a completely sealed glass reaction system under full vacuum. Multiple chemical reaction steps are performed safely in the same setup.
The chemReactor system consists of:
Reactor with solid jacketed glass-lined steel bottom stands for solid construction, excellent heat transfer, stable process conditions and temperatures and a glass section to easily improve and control chemical reactions by visual observation.
Distillation glass overhead built with buchiflex components (unique flexible ball-socket joints) for multiple, reliable processes under full vacuum.
The CR type chemReactor is a multipurpose pilot reactor system for chemical process development, scale-up, process simulation and kilo-scale cGMP production in batch and semi-batch operation.
We produce complete solutions for chemical processing: Reactor systems including accessories like sampling devices, pH probes, rectification columns with structured packing, process monitoring and control. as well as integration of auxiliary equipment such as temperature control units, nutsche filters/dryers, scrubbers or mixing vessels.
Chemical process equipment consisting of glass-lined reactors or mixing tanks with distillation overhead in borosilicate glass can be operated at full vacuum and low pressure. A large variety of chemicals can be processed in such plants due to the highly corrosion-resistant materials used. The design varies between multipurpose product / process-specific setups.
Feeders and receivers are made of glass for smaller units and of glass-lined steel for larger setups. Shell and tube type heat exchangers are built with inner tubes made of borosilicate glass, glass-lined steel, silicon carbide, tantalum or other metals depending on process parameters and other requirements. Such reactor configurations are used for chemical synthesis, distillation, reflux distillation, solvent recovery, rectification and other processes.
Distillation glass overheads for large glass-lined chemical reactors are always customized according to the process and available space. Our 3-D engineering enables the integration/combination of large glass-lined reactors of different suppliers with our distillation glass overheads into a complete reaction system.
Buchiglass overheads are based on our unique, flexible and safe buchiflex glass joint system of DN15 – DN 600 components. These connections are used for glass piping to connect distillation columns, heat exchangers, feeders, receivers and valves.
Benefit from our long-term experience in the manufacturing of safe and reliable glass process equipment.
Glass-lined steel reactor (G/L)
AE / BE type reactors up to 10’000 litre
Different setups are available
Glass-lined steel feeder/receiver
For larger volumes
Distillation glass overhead
Unique flexible ball-socket joints
Buchiflex DN15 – DN600 components
Feed vessel for addition of liquids in glass / glass-lined steel
Glass distillation column
Rectification columns with reflux divider
Packed glass columns
Column packing such as raschig rings, ceramic saddle packing, structured packing with different separation efficiency in different materials
A clean-room setup and other materials are available to meet your specific process requirements.
Buchiglas nutsche filters can easily be combined with our reactors for solid/liquid separation after the synthesis. The inert materials allow safe processing in an inert atmosphere of a wide range of solvents and acids in a completely sealed (buchiflex) glass system under full vacuum.
The slurry is transferred into the filter. The solid content in the slurry is held back by the filter cloth forming a filter cake, while the filtrate runs away to the outlet valve in the bottom plate. The filtering stage ends when the filtrate is of small quantity, which can be shortened by squeezing the filter cake by turning the height adjustable stirrer.
The cake is removed easily from the top by opening the cover and lowering the glass filter vessel, which is attached to the lifting device. The same lifting device is used to lower the bottom for accessing the filter cloth for cleaning and exchange.
Standard package for the Nutsche filters for reactors and pilot plants
Glass filter vessel
ETFE coated cover plate with ports for slurry feed, nitrogen etc.
PTFE bottom plate with filter cloth
Mobile stainless steel frame with lifting device
Highly corrosion resistant
FDA conform
cGMP
Complete documentation
Standard Nutsche filters 10 – 300 litre options
Manual stirrer in stainless steel, Hastelloy or with inert coating
uniclave – compact, modular glass/metal pressure reactor system
Reactor volume: 0.5 to 1.0 litre
Pressure: -1 (FV) to +60 bar
Temperature: – 20 °C to +250 °C
Material: Borosilicate glass 3.3, stainless steel
This multipurpose pressure reactor system is designed for the use of interchangeable glass and steel pressure vessels. Safety features guarantee safe reactions under pressure.
The polycarbonate door of the Buchiglas uniclave housing also allows glass pressure reactors up to 12 bar to be used safely and with unrestricted visibility. The high-torque magnetic stirrer drive offers you optimal control of mixing tasks with the display of speed and torque.
The glass reactors ensure high resistance against acids, while allowing visual process control and monitoring.
The modular setup of the uniclave system allows changing of the vessel or upgrading of the configuration for new tasks at any time.
A wide range of accessories for feeding of liquids, solids, gas and others like catalyst baskets are available.
The following vessel types are optionally available for the uniclave: Type 1, 1B, 3, 3E
Type 1: jacketed glass reactor: 0.5, 1.0 litre, 12 bar / 200 °C
Type 1B: jacketed glass reactor with bottom valve: 0.5, 1.0 litre, 6 bar / 200 °C
Type 3: jacketed steel reactor with bottom valve: 0.5, 1.0 litre, 60 bar / 250 °C
Type 3E: vessels with electric heating/water cooling, 60 bar / 250 °C
Standard uniclave package
Safety housing with polycarbonate sliding door for safe operation of glass pressure vessels
Pressure vessel in glass, steel with suitable stirrer shaft, stirrer, baffle, Pt-100, bottom valve depending on vessel type
Cover plate with 7 openings and standard setup
Swagelok fittings with bursting disc, manometer and 2 valves
Stirrer drive «cyclone 075 dc» with integrated high torque magnetic coupling, incl. controller «bcc075»
Tools and spare parts
Standard options for uniclave
Electric heating/water cooling
Measure and control systems
Wide range of accessories
Compact, modular glass/metal pressure reactor system applications
Other materials, pressures & temperatures are available.
The polyclave is a multipurpose pressure reactor system designed for the use of interchangeable glass and steel pressure vessels. Safety features guarantee safe reactions under pressure.
The glass reactors ensure high resistance against acids, while allowing visual process control and monitoring. This is also possible under high pressure by using steel pressure vessels with sight glasses. Various low to high torque magnetic drives ensure efficient mixing and stirring low to high viscosity process media as well as excellent heat transfer.
The modular setup of the Buchiglas polyclave system allows changing or upgrading for new tasks at any time.
With fast action closure and reactor lift it becomes very easy to operate also heavy metal pressure vessels. A wide range of accessories for feeding of liquids, solids, gas and others like catalyst baskets etc. are available – talk to us to define the right setup for your specific need.
Standard polyclave package
Safety housing with polycarbonate sliding door for safe operation of glass pressure vessels
Pressure vessel in glass, steel / Hastelloy with suitable stirrer shaft, stirrer, baffle, Pt-100, bottom valve depending on vessel type
Cover plate with 7 openings and standard setup
Swagelok fittings with bursting disc, manometer and 2 valves
Stirrer drive cyclone 300 with integrated high torque magnetic coupling, incl. controller cc 300
Tools and spare parts
Standard options for polyclave
Reactor lifting / lowering device
Safety Fast Action Closure for vessel
ATEX stirrer drive
Metal-free (inert version) with ceramic stirrer drive
Other materials, pressures & temperatures are available
The Buchiglass kiloclave is a multipurpose pressure reactor system designed for the use of large steel pressure vessels. The hydraulic vessel lift with tilt function makes opening and closing as well as cleaning of the vessel very easy. Safety features guarantee safe reactions under pressure.
The stainless steel or Hastelloy® reactors ensure high resistance against acids. Visual process control and monitoring is also possible under high pressure by using steel pressure vessels with sight glasses. Various low to high torque magnetic drives ensure efficient mixing and stirring low to high viscosity process media as well as excellent heat transfer.
The modular setup of the kiloclave system allows changing or upgrading for new tasks at any time.
A wide range of accessories for feeding of liquids, solids, gas, a fast action closure device and others like catalyst baskets etc. are available – talk to us to define the right setup for your specific need.
Standard kiloclave package
Stand with hydraulic vessel lift and tilt mechanism
Vessel (Type 3 / 4) with suitable stirrer shaft, stirrer, baffle, Pt-100 without plug, bottom valve
Cover plate with standard setup:
Swagelok fittings with bursting disc, manometer and 2 valves
Other materials, pressures & temperatures are available.
The Buchiglas picoclave is a multipurpose pressure reactor system designed for the use of interchangeable glass and steel pressure vessels. Safety features guarantee safe reactions under pressure.
The glass reactors ensure high resistance against acids, while allowing visual process control and monitoring. It is also possible to use steel pressure vessels for high-pressure reactions. The magnetic drive ensures efficient mixing and stirring of the process media as well as excellent heat transfer.
The Fast Action Closure makes changing vessels quick and easy without the use of tools.
The modular setup of the picoclave system allows changing or upgrading for new tasks at any time.
A wide range of accessories is available – talk to us to define the right setup for your specific need.
Standard picoclave package
Safety housing with polycarbonate sliding door for safe operation of glass pressure vessels
Pressure vessel in glass, steel / Hastelloy® with suitable stirrer shaft, stirrer, Pt-100
Safety Fast Action Closure
Cover plate with 6 openings and standard setup:
Swagelok fittings with bursting disc, manometer and 2 valves
Stirrer drive «cyclone 075» with integrated high torque magnetic coupling, incl. controller «cc075»
Multipurpose industrial glass reactor for small volumes Glass reactor: 20 to 30 liter
Pressure: -1.0 (FV) to +0.5 bar
Temperature: -60 °C (optional ...
midiPilot ® - Industrial glass reactor for small volumes
Multipurpose industrial glass reactor for small volumes
Glass reactor: 20 to 30 liter
Pressure: -1.0 (FV) to +0.5 bar
Temperature: -60 °C (optional -90 °C) to +200 °C
Material: Borosilicate glass 3.3, PTFE, PFA, PEEK
A clean-room setup and other materials are available to meet your specific process requirements.
The Buchiglas midiPilot is our sturdy multipurpose glass reactor for small volumes. It is designed explicitly for kilo lab applications, chemical process development, and cGMP-compliant API syntheses.
The reactors’ explosion-proof design (ATEX) and inert materials allow the safe processing of solvents and acids in a completely sealed reaction vessel.
The compact reactor system can easily be modified: interchangeable reaction vessels of 20 and 30 litre including interchangeable stirrers are available. The glass reactor has a lifting / lowering device for easy and efficient opening and cleaning.
We produce complete solutions for chemical processing: Reactor systems including accessories like sampling devices, pH probes, rectification columns with structured packing, process monitoring and control as well as integration of auxiliary equipment such as temperature control units, nutsche filters/dryers, gas scrubbers or mixing vessels.
pilotclave - pilot and production pressure reactor
Pressure reactor for kilo labs and small-scale production
Reactor volume: 20 to 500 litre
Pressure: -1 (FV) to +200 bar
Temperature: -20 °C to +300 °C
Material: stainless steel, Hastelloy®
Other materials, pressures & temperatures are available
Buchiglas pilot plants are built for pressure reactions as well as for reactions under full vacuum. Different technologies and materials are used, depending on the requested process and process media.
Pilotclave pressure reactors range from 50 – 500 litres and are all customized. To quote such systems we require detailed specifications. Safety is essential with larger-scale systems, especially when doing hydrogenations and other reactions under higher pressure. The degree of automation and process control varies from simple data collection to complete system automation. In most cases, the reaction vessels are jacketed steel or Hastelloy® reactors.
The pilotclave pressure reactors are used for scale-up and smaller productions in pilot plants and kilo labs.
A URS (User Requirement Specification) and PID are very important for basic and detailed engineering and the success of such projects and plants.
Standard pressure reactor parameters
Pressure range
Temperature range
Volume
Material
Atex rated equipment
Stirrer drive (gassing stirrer, viscosity)
Grade of control/automation
Accessories
Standard pilotclave options
Electric heating/water cooling
Reactor lift/lowering
Typical pilot and production pressure reactor applications
Process equipment for pharmaceutical and chemical production
Buchiglas chemical process equipment consisting of glass-lined reactors or mixing tanks with distillation overhead in borosilicate glass can be operated at full vacuum and low pressure. A large variety of chemicals can be processed in such plants due to the highly corrosion-resistant materials used. The design varies between multipurpose product / process-specific set ups.
Feeders and receivers are made of glass for smaller units and glass-lined steel for larger setups. Shell and tube-type heat exchangers are built with inner tubes made of borosilicate glass, glass-lined steel, silicon carbide, tantalum or other metals depending on process parameters and other requirements. Such reactor configurations are used for chemical synthesis, distillation, reflux distillation, solvent recovery, rectification and other processes.
Distillation glass overheads for large glass-lined chemical reactors are always customized according to the process and available space. Our 3-D engineering enables the integration/combination of large glass-lined reactors of different suppliers with our distillation glass overheads into a complete reaction system.
Buchi glass overheads are based on our unique, flexible and safe buchiflex glass joint system of DN15 – DN 600 components. These connections are used for glass piping to connect distillation columns, heat exchangers, feeders, receivers and valves.
Glass-lined steel reactors (G/L)
AE / BE type reactors up to 10’000 liter
Different setups are available
Glass-lined steel feeders/receivers
For larger volumes
Distillation glass overhead
Unique flexible ball-socket joints
Buchiflex DN15 – DN600 components
Feed vessel for the addition of liquids in glass / glass-lined steel
Glass distillation column
Rectification columns with reflux divider
Packed glass columns
Column packing such as raschig rings, ceramic saddle packing, and structured packing with different separation efficiency in different materials
A clean-room setup and other materials are available to meet your specific process requirements.
Buchi nutsche filters can easily be combined with our reactors for solid / liquid separation after the synthesis. The inert materials allow safe processing in an inert atmosphere of a wide range of solvents and acids in a completely sealed (buchiflex) glass system under full vacuum.
The slurry is transferred into the filter. The solid content in the slurry is held back by the filter cloth forming a filter cake, while the filtrate runs away to the outlet valve in the bottom plate. The filtering stage ends when the filtrate is of small quantity, which can be shortened by squeezing the filter cake by turning the height adjustable stirrer.
The cake is removed easily from the top by opening the cover and lowering the glass filter vessel, which is attached to the lifting device. The same lifting device is used to lower the bottom for accessing the filter cloth for cleaning and exchange.
Standard Nutsche filters package
Glass filter vessel
ETFE coated cover plate with ports for slurry feed, nitrogen etc.
PTFE bottom plate with filter cloth
Mobile stainless steel frame with lifting device
Highly corrosion resistant
FDA conform
cGMP
Complete documentation
Nutsche filters options
Manual stirrer in stainless steel, Hastelloy or with inert coating
