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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ItemCryoMillKnife Mill Grindomix GM 200Planetary Ball Mill PM 100Rotor Beater Mill SR 300
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Catalog NumberCryoMillGM 200PM 100SR 300
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DescriptionThe 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 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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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 MoreThe Rotor Beater Mill SR 300 is suitable for coarse and fine size reduction, either in batches or continuously. It can process dry, soft, medium-hard, organic and inorganic substances.

Its high speed in comparison to the SR 200 allows a significantly higher throughput and fineness.

The SR 300 is
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PrincipleImpact and FrictionCuttingImpact and FrictionImpact and Shearing
Sample Size≤8 mm~ 40 mm< 10 mm< 15 mm
Sample TypeHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or FibrousSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or WetSoft or Medium-Hard
Applicationsmechanochemistry, 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 disruptionSize 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 / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction and Deagglomeration: Agriculture, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed3 to 30 Hz2,000 to 10,000 min-1100 to 650 min-18100 or 9700 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKitgrinding jar and ballsRotor Beater, Standard and Distance
Final Fineness~ 5 um< 300 um< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding< 50 um
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