Laboratory Mill

Laboratory mills, used primarily for sample prep prior to analysis, use particle size reduction (comminution) to grind or homogenize wet, dry, hard, soft, elastic, brittle, and fibrous materials. Mills and grinders are used in labs in widely varying scientific areas, including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, food analysis, materials testing, and life science. Disk, hammer, mortar, planetary ball, rotor, and cutting mills are available to achieve coarse, mid-range, and fine results, all the way down to the nano range, <0.1 µm. Cryogenic mills, or freezer mills, are a type of unit that freezes a material prior to reducing its particle size.

What to consider when choosing a laboratory mill?

When purchasing a mill, power, speed, and cleanability are useful parameters; however, it is also important to keep in mind the instrument’s throughput, reproducibility, and yield, as well as the option of a cooling system, if necessary.

Compare and request a quote for laboratory mills from various manufacturers:

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ItemMixer Mill MM 500 NanoMixer Mill MM 400Mortar Grinder RM 200Rotor Beater Mill SR 300
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Catalog NumberMM 500 nanoMM 400RM 200SR 300
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DescriptionThe mixer mill MM 500 nano is a compact, versatile bench-top unit which has been developed specially for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding of up to 2 x 45 ml sample material within seconds. With a maximum frequency of 35 Hz, it generates enough energy to produce particles in the nanometer range. The ... Read MoreThe Mixer Mill MM 400 is a true multipurpose mill designed for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding of small volumes up to 2 x 20 ml. It mixes and homogenizes powders and suspensions with a frequency of 30 Hz within seconds – unbeatably fast and easy to operate. It is also very useful for ... Read MoreThe Mortar Grinder RM 200 can mix and homogenize powders, suspension and pastes even with high viscosity. The RM 200 is suitable for the proper and reproducible sample preparation to analytical fineness.

It substitutes cumbersome hand mortars by a high performance drive with electronic control. The
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The Rotor Beater Mill SR 300 is suitable for coarse and fine size reduction, either in batches or continuously. It can process dry, soft, medium-hard, organic and inorganic substances.

Its high speed in comparison to the SR 200 allows a significantly higher throughput and fineness.

The SR 300 is
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PrincipleImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionPressure and FrictionImpact and Shearing
Sample Size≤10 mm≤8 mm< 8 mm< 15 mm
Sample TypeHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Hard, Brittle or PastySoft or Medium-Hard
Applicationsmechanochemistry, mechanical alloying, size reduction, mixing, homogenization, cryogenic grinding; agriculture, biology, chemistry / plastics, construction materials, engineering / electronics, environment / recycling, food, geology / metallurgy, glass / ceramics, medicine / pharmaceuticalsmechanochemistry, mechanical alloying, size reduction, mixing, homogenization, cryogenic grinding; agriculture, biology, chemistry / plastics, construction materials, engineering / electronics, environment / recycling, food, geology / metallurgy, glass / ceramics, medicine / pharmaceuticals, cell disruptionGrinding, Mixing and Triturating - Dry and Wet: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Food, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction and Deagglomeration: Agriculture, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed3 to 35 Hz3 to 30 Hz100 min-18100 or 9700 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsgrinding jar and ballsmortar and pestleRotor Beater, Standard and Distance
Final Fineness~0.1 µm~5 µm< 10 um< 50 um
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