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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ItemMixer Mill MM 400Cyclone Mill TWISTERHigh Energy Ball Mill EmaxKnife Mill Grindomix GM 200
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Catalog NumberMM 400TwisterEmaxGM 200
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DescriptionThe mixer mill MM 400 is a compact versatile bench-top unit, which has been developed specially for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding of small amounts of sample.

It can mix and homogenize powders and suspensions in only a few seconds. It is also perfectly suitable for the disruption of biological
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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 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 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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PrincipleImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionCutting
Sample Size< = 8 mm<10 mm< 5 mm~ 40 mm
Sample TypeHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousFibrous or SoftMedium-hard, hard, brittle, fibrous - dry or wetSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or Fibrous
ApplicationsSize Reduction, Mixing, Homogenization, Cell Disruption and Cryogenic Grinding: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsGrinding Prior to NIR Analysis: Agriculture, Foods / Feeds, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsNano grinding, size reduction, homogenizing, mechanical alloying, colloidal milling, high energy comminutionSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed3 to 30 Hz10,000 to 14,000 min-1300 to 2,000 min-12,000 to 10,000 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsTWISTER rotorInquireStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKit
Final Fineness~ 5 um< 500 um< 80 nm< 300 um
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