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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ItemCryoMillMortar Grinder RM 200Planetary Ball Mill PM 300XRD-Mill McCrone Laboratory Mill
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Catalog NumberCryoMillRM 200PM 300MCCrone
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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.

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The Mortar Grinder RM 200 can mix and homogenize powders, suspension and pastes even with high viscosity. The RM 200 is suitable for the proper and reproducible sample preparation to analytical fineness.

It substitutes cumbersome hand mortars by a high performance drive with electronic control. The
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The 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 XRD-Mill McCrone was specially developed for the preparation of samples for subsequent X-ray diffraction (XRD). The mill is used for applications in geology, chemistry, mineralogy and materials science, quality control as well as R&D. Because of its unique grinding motion, the XRD-Mill McCrone ... Read More
PrincipleImpact and FrictionPressure and FrictionImpact and FrictionFriction
Sample Size≤8 mm< 8 mm≤10 mm<0.5 mm
Sample TypeHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Hard, Brittle or PastyHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, FibrousMedium-hard, Hard, Brittle, Fibrous
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 disruptionGrinding, Mixing and Triturating - Dry and Wet: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Food, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / Pharmaceuticalsmechanochemistry, 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, cocrystalscreeningGrinding, Mixing and Triturating, Dry and Wet
Speed3 to 30 Hz100 min-1max 800 rpm1000 to 1500 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsmortar and pestlegrinding jar and balls<0.5 mm
Final Fineness~ 5 um< 10 um~0.1 µm<1 µm
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