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 100CryoMillCutting Mill SM 50Knife Mill GRINDOMIX GM 300
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Catalog NumberPM 100CryoMillSM 50GM 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 MoreThe 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 SM 50 is the world's most powerful benchtop cutting mill with a standard one phase power plug. Its 1.5 kW motor drives a large rotor, delivering impressive high-speed cutting power. The max. speed is 4,000 rpm and can be adjusted to suit various applications. The EasyInspect hopper operates on a... Read MoreThe new knife mill GRINDOMIX GM 300 is the ideal instrument for the grinding and homogenization of foodstuffs. It allows to process sample volumes up to 4.5 liters quickly and reproducibly.

With four sharp, robust blades and a powerful motor which can reach temporary peaks of 3 kW, it is ideal for
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PrincipleImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionCutting and ShearingCutting
Sample Size< 10 mm≤8 mm< 50 mm~ 130 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or WetHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or Fibrous
ApplicationsPulverizing, Mixing, Homogenizing and Colloidal Milling: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, 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, cell disruptionagriculture, chemicals / plastics, construction materials, electronics, environmental / recyling, food / feed, pharma / biotech / medtech, power generation / energySize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed100 to 650 min-13 to 30 Hz500 to 6,000 min-1500 to 4000 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsgrinding jar and ballsparallel section rotor / 3-disc rotor, 0.25-10 mm sievesStainless steel knife, knife with titanium-niob coating
Final Fineness< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding~ 5 um< 0.25 mm< 300 um
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