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:

CompanyRETSCHRETSCHRETSCHRETSCH
ItemMixer Mill MM 500 varioCutting Mill SM 50Mortar Grinder RM 200Rotor Beater Mill SR 300
Citations
Catalog NumberMM 500 varioSM 50RM 200SR 300
Price
DescriptionThe Mixer Mill MM 500 vario is a true multipurpose mill designed for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding of small volumes up to 6 x 20 ml. It mixes and homogenizes powders and suspensions with a frequency of 35 Hz within seconds – unbeatably fast and easy to operate. It is also very useful for ... Read MoreThe SM 50 is the world's most powerful benchtop cutting mill with a standard one phase power plug. Its 1.5 kW motor drives a large rotor, delivering impressive high-speed cutting power. The max. speed is 4,000 rpm and can be adjusted to suit various applications. The EasyInspect hopper operates on a... 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
... Read More
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
... Read More
PrincipleImpact and FrictionCutting and ShearingPressure and FrictionImpact and Shearing
Sample Size≤8 mm< 50 mm< 8 mm< 15 mm
Sample TypeHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, 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 / pharmaceuticals, cell disruptionagriculture, chemicals / plastics, construction materials, electronics, environmental / recyling, food / feed, pharma / biotech / medtech, power generation / energyGrinding, 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 Hz500 to 6,000 min-1100 min-18100 or 9700 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsparallel section rotor / 3-disc rotor, 0.25-10 mm sievesmortar and pestleRotor Beater, Standard and Distance
Final Fineness~5 µm< 0.25 mm< 10 um< 50 um
Get Quote

Articles