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 300CryoMillCyclone Mill TWISTERKnife Mill Grindomix GM 200
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Catalog NumberSM 300CryoMillTwisterGM 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 CryoMill is a laboratory ball mill specifically designed for this application. It features an integrated cooling system which continually cools the grinding jar with liquid nitrogen before and during the grinding process. Thus, the sample is embrittled and volatile components are preserved.

The
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The cyclone mill TWISTER is specially designed for the processing of foods and feeds for subsequent NIR analysis. The optimized form of rotor and grinding chamber generates an air jet which carries the ground sample through the integrated cyclone into the sample bottle. The air jet prevents the ... Read MoreThe new knife mill GRINDOMIX GM 200 is the ideal instrument for the grinding and homogenization of foodstuffs. It allows to process sample volumes up to 1 liters quickly and reproducibly.

With two sharp, robust blades and a powerful motor which can reach temporary peaks of 1 kW, it is ideal for
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PrincipleShearing and CuttingImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionCutting
Sample SizeUp to 60 x 80 mm≤8 mm<10 mm~ 40 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Medium-Hard, Tough, Elastic or FibrousHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousFibrous or SoftSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or Fibrous
ApplicationsSize Reduction by Cutting: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, 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 Prior to NIR Analysis: Agriculture, Foods / Feeds, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed700 to 3000 min-13 to 30 Hz10,000 to 14,000 min-12,000 to 10,000 min-1
Rotor TypeParallel Section Rotor and 6-Disc Rotorgrinding jar and ballsTWISTER rotorStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKit
Final Fineness0.25 to 20 mm~ 5 um< 500 um< 300 um
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