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 200Cutting Mill SM 300High Energy Ball Mill EmaxMixer Mill MM 500 vario
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Catalog NumberRS 200SM 300EmaxMM 500 vario
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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 MoreCutting 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 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 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 More
PrinciplePressure and FrictionShearing and CuttingImpact and FrictionImpact and Friction
Sample Size<15 mmUp to 60 x 80 mm< 5 mm≤8 mm
Sample TypeMedium-Hard, Hard, Brittle or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Tough, Elastic or FibrousMedium-hard, hard, brittle, fibrous - dry or wetHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or Fibrous
ApplicationsSize Reduction, Mixing and Triturating: Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / CeramicsSize Reduction by Cutting: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsNano grinding, size reduction, homogenizing, mechanical alloying, colloidal milling, high energy comminutionmechanochemistry, 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 disruption
Speed700 to 1500 min-1700 to 3000 min-1300 to 2,000 min-13 to 35 Hz
Rotor Typegrinding dish with disc (and ring)Parallel Section Rotor and 6-Disc RotorInquiregrinding jar and balls
Final Fineness< 40 um0.25 to 20 mm< 80 nm~5 µm
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