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 300Mixer Mill MM 500 varioUltra Centrifugal Mill ZM 300
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Catalog NumberPM 100SM 300MM 500 varioZM 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 Mixer Mill MM 500 vario is a true multipurpose mill designed for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding of small volumes up to 6 x 20 ml. It mixes and homogenizes powders and suspensions with a frequency of 35 Hz within seconds – unbeatably fast and easy to operate. It is also very useful for ... Read MoreThe Ultra Centrifugal Mill ZM 300 is a high speed rotor mill with unmatched performance. It is used for the rapid size reduction of soft to medium-hard and fibrous materials.

Because of the efficient size reduction technique the ZM 300 ensures the gentle preparation of analytical samples in a very
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PrincipleImpact and FrictionShearing and CuttingImpact and FrictionImpact and Shearing
Sample Size< 10 mmUp to 60 x 80 mm≤8 mm< 10 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or WetSoft, Medium-Hard, Tough, Elastic or FibrousHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Brittle or Fibrous
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 / 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, cell disruptionInquire
Speed100 to 650 min-1700 to 3000 min-13 to 35 Hz6,000 to 23,000 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsParallel Section Rotor and 6-Disc Rotorgrinding jar and balls6, 12 or 24 tooth rotor, titanium for heavy-metal free grinding or tungsten carbide coated for abrasive materials available
Final Fineness< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding0.25 to 20 mm~5 µm< 40 µm
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