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 100Cutting Mill SM 300Knife Mill Grindomix GM 200Rotor Beater Mill SR 300
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Catalog NumberPM 100SM 300GM 200SR 300
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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 MoreCutting mills are suitable for the grinding of soft, medium-hard, tough, elastic, fibrous, and heterogeneous mixes of products. The new Cutting Mill SM 300 excels especially in the tough jobs where other cutting mills fail.

The high torque of the new 3 kW drive with RES technology (additional
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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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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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PrincipleImpact and FrictionShearing and CuttingCuttingImpact and Shearing
Sample Size< 10 mmUp to 60 x 80 mm~ 40 mm< 15 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or WetSoft, Medium-Hard, Tough, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or FibrousSoft or Medium-Hard
ApplicationsPulverizing, Mixing, Homogenizing and Colloidal Milling: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction by Cutting: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction and Deagglomeration: Agriculture, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed100 to 650 min-1700 to 3000 min-12,000 to 10,000 min-18100 or 9700 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsParallel Section Rotor and 6-Disc RotorStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKitRotor Beater, Standard and Distance
Final Fineness< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding0.25 to 20 mm< 300 um< 50 um
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