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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ItemVibratory Disc Mill RS 200Mixer Mill MM 500 varioPlanetary Ball Mill PM 300Ultra Centrifugal Mill ZM 200
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Catalog NumberRS 200MM 500 varioPM 300ZM 200
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DescriptionThe Vibratory Disc Mill RS 200 is suitable for the extremely quick, loss-free and reproducible grinding of medium-hard, brittle and fibrous materials to analytical fineness. The instrument runs steadily and smoothly, even with heavy grinding sets, at maximum speed thanks to the new Stabilized-Plane-... Read MoreThe 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 Planetary Ball Mill PM 300 is a powerful and ergonomic benchtop model with two grinding stations for grinding jar volumes up to 500 ml. This setup allows for processing up to 2 x 220 ml sample material per batch. Thanks to the high maximum speed of 800 rpm, extremely high centrifugal forces ... Read MoreThe Ultra Centrifugal Mill ZM 200 is a high speed rotor mill with unmatched performance. It is used for the rapid size reduction of soft to medium-hard and fibrous materials.

Because of the efficient size reduction technique the ZM 200 ensures the gentle preparation of analytical samples in a very
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PrinciplePressure and FrictionImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionImpact and Shearing
Sample Size<15 mm≤8 mm≤10 mm< 10 mm
Sample TypeMedium-Hard, Hard, Brittle or FibrousHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Brittle or Fibrous
ApplicationsSize Reduction, Mixing and Triturating: Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramicsmechanochemistry, 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 disruptionmechanochemistry, 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, cocrystalscreeningFine Grinding: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, Geology / Metallurgy, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed700 to 1500 min-13 to 35 Hzmax 800 rpm6,000 to 18,000 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding dish with disc (and ring)grinding jar and ballsgrinding jar and balls6, 12 or 24 tooth rotor, 8 tooth mini-rotor
Final Fineness< 40 um~5 µm~0.1 µm< 80 nm
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