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 300Knife Mill Grindomix GM 200
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Catalog NumberPM 100CryoMillSM 300GM 200
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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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Cutting 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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PrincipleImpact and FrictionImpact and FrictionShearing and CuttingCutting
Sample Size< 10 mm≤8 mmUp to 60 x 80 mm~ 40 mm
Sample TypeSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or WetHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Tough, Elastic or 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 disruptionSize Reduction by Cutting: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed100 to 650 min-13 to 30 Hz700 to 3000 min-12,000 to 10,000 min-1
Rotor Typegrinding jar and ballsgrinding jar and ballsParallel Section Rotor and 6-Disc RotorStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKit
Final Fineness< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding~ 5 um0.25 to 20 mm< 300 um
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