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 200High Energy Ball Mill EmaxKnife Mill GRINDOMIX GM 300Planetary Ball Mill PM 100
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Catalog NumberRS 200EmaxGM 300PM 100
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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 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 new knife mill GRINDOMIX GM 300 is the ideal instrument for the grinding and homogenization of foodstuffs. It allows to process sample volumes up to 4.5 liters quickly and reproducibly.

With four sharp, robust blades and a powerful motor which can reach temporary peaks of 3 kW, it is ideal for
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Planetary Ball Mills are used wherever the highest degree of fineness is required. Apart from the classical mixing and size reduction processes, the mills also meet all the technical requirements for colloidal grinding and have the energy input necessary for mechanical alloying processes. The ... Read More
PrinciplePressure and FrictionImpact and FrictionCuttingImpact and Friction
Sample Size<15 mm< 5 mm~ 130 mm< 10 mm
Sample TypeMedium-Hard, Hard, Brittle or FibrousMedium-hard, hard, brittle, fibrous - dry or wetSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or FibrousSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or Wet
ApplicationsSize Reduction, Mixing and Triturating: Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / CeramicsNano grinding, size reduction, homogenizing, mechanical alloying, colloidal milling, high energy comminutionSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsPulverizing, Mixing, Homogenizing and Colloidal Milling: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed700 to 1500 min-1300 to 2,000 min-1500 to 4000 min-1100 to 650 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding dish with disc (and ring)InquireStainless steel knife, knife with titanium-niob coatinggrinding jar and balls
Final Fineness< 40 um< 80 nm< 300 um< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding
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