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Process Technology

North American Leader in

Industrial Filtration, Mixing, Drying

About Us

At BHS-Sonthofen Inc. we provide best-in-class European machinery matched with our American Spirit. Our customer service driven mentality and ability to provide innovative solutions allows our customers to reach their production goals.

BHS-Sonthofen Inc. serves as the North American subsidiary for the German based BHS-Sonthofen group. Founded in 1998, we have a long history of providing world-class service and support to local customers. Our state-of-the-art facility located in Charlotte, NC features a 10,000 sqft warehouse stocked with parts and rental equipment, as well as an in-house laboratory designed for filtration process development.

Filtration Technology

Rotary Pressure Filter
Rotary Pressure Filter

Continuous, high-rate pressure filtration with washing and drying. Fully contained and perfectly suited for hazardous processes.

Continuous-Indexing Vacuum Belt Filter
Continuous-Indexing Vacuum Belt Filter

Continuous vacuum filtration with precision washing. Minimal moving parts for minimal maintenance. The process functions are configured to order for complete customization.

Rubber Belt Filter
Rubber Belt Filter

High throughput, continuous vacuum filtration with multi-stage washing. Unique design for minimizing utilities and allowing for simple maintenance.

Candle Filters
Candle Filters

High capacity pressure filtration for low solids suspensions. Dry cake or concentrated slurry discharge.

Pressure Plate Filters
Pressure Plate Filters

Versatile pressure filtration with horizontal filter elements, ideal for processes involving precoating and cake washing.

Turnkey Engineered Packages
Rental Equipment

Providing expert-backed, ready-to-deploy filtration rentals for short-term needs, pilot testing, or production support—without the capital investment.

How Does BHS Meet Your Needs
Collaboration
Collaboration

After providing us with information about your application, a BHS engineer will contact you to discuss your specific needs and challenges. Our goal is to fully understand the complexities of your product, critical quality parameters, and current production issues.

Testing
Testing

BHS offers benchtop and pilot scale testing to identify the ideal equipment for your process needs and also provides critical data for sizing. Upon completion, you will receive a written report summarizing the procedure, results, scale up, and discussion of how BHS will address potential challenges.

Design
Design

BHS will provide a comprehensive quotation and documentation for the recommended equipment, tailored to your exact specifications. We also integrate preferred vendors and models for valves, instrumentation, and controls to meet your existing plant standards.

Support
Support

After equipment delivery, BHS offers domestic engineering and installation support from our team in Charlotte, North Carolina. Whether you need onsite support or just a phone call BHS is able to provide rapid response and helpful support when you need it.

Recent News

BHS Process Drying Rental Units
BHS is expanding our process drying rental units with the AVA horizontal, vertical dryer-mixers as well with our ring-layer mixer. 
Energy Density in focus. Modern technology for High-performance battery masses.
BHS provides a broad range of modern and flexible technologies for producing electrode pastes.
Continuum Approach to Optimizing Upstream Filtration with Downstream Drying
This article reviews the optimization of the selection of the final drying technology in conjunction with the upstream continuous solid-liquid filtration.

About BHS-Sonthofen

We assist you in solving complex technical challenges with our machines and systems.

Global support team

From its headquarters in Southern Germany, the BHS Group maintains eight locations…