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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ItemPlanetary Ball Mill PM 100Knife Mill Grindomix GM 200Rotor Beater Mill SR 300XRD-Mill McCrone Laboratory Mill
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Catalog NumberPM 100GM 200SR 300MCCrone
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DescriptionPlanetary 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 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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The 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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The 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 FrictionCuttingImpact and ShearingFriction
Sample Size< 10 mm~ 40 mm< 15 mm<0.5 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or WetSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or FibrousSoft or Medium-HardMedium-hard, Hard, Brittle, Fibrous
ApplicationsPulverizing, Mixing, Homogenizing and Colloidal Milling: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction and Deagglomeration: Agriculture, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsGrinding, Mixing and Triturating, Dry and Wet
Speed100 to 650 min-12,000 to 10,000 min-18100 or 9700 min-11000 to 1500 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKitRotor Beater, Standard and Distance<0.5 mm
Final Fineness< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding< 300 um< 50 um<1 µm
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