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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ItemCutting Mill SM 300Cutting Mill SM 50High Energy Ball Mill EmaxMortar Grinder RM 200
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Catalog NumberSM 300SM 50EmaxRM 200
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DescriptionCutting mills are suitable for the grinding of soft, medium-hard, tough, elastic, fibrous, and heterogeneous mixes of products. The new Cutting Mill SM 300 excels especially in the tough jobs where other cutting mills fail.

The high torque of the new 3 kW drive with RES technology (additional
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The 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 High Energy Ball Mill Emax from Retsch achieves fine particles in the nanometer range through high friction and impact, while maintaining a narrow particle size distribution through thorough sample mixture. This mill not only reduces grinding time, but also removes the need to cool down. The ... 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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PrincipleShearing and CuttingCutting and ShearingImpact and FrictionPressure and Friction
Sample SizeUp to 60 x 80 mm< 50 mm< 5 mm< 8 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Medium-Hard, Tough, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, FibrousMedium-hard, hard, brittle, fibrous - dry or wetSoft, Hard, Brittle or Pasty
ApplicationsSize Reduction by Cutting: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticalsagriculture, chemicals / plastics, construction materials, electronics, environmental / recyling, food / feed, pharma / biotech / medtech, power generation / energyNano grinding, size reduction, homogenizing, mechanical alloying, colloidal milling, high energy comminutionGrinding, Mixing and Triturating - Dry and Wet: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Food, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed700 to 3000 min-1500 to 6,000 min-1300 to 2,000 min-1100 min-1
Rotor TypeParallel Section Rotor and 6-Disc Rotorparallel section rotor / 3-disc rotor, 0.25-10 mm sievesInquiremortar and pestle
Final Fineness0.25 to 20 mm< 0.25 mm< 80 nm< 10 um
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