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.

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ItemXRD-Mill McCrone Laboratory MillCutting Mill SM 50Knife Mill Grindomix GM 200Planetary Ball Mill PM 100
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Catalog NumberMCCroneSM 50GM 200PM 100
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DescriptionThe 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 MoreThe 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 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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Planetary 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 More
PrincipleFrictionCutting and ShearingCuttingImpact and Friction
Sample Size<0.5 mm< 50 mm~ 40 mm< 10 mm
Sample TypeMedium-hard, Hard, Brittle, FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or FibrousSoft, Hard, Brittle or Fibrous - Dry or Wet
ApplicationsGrinding, Mixing and Triturating, Dry and Wetagriculture, chemicals / plastics, construction materials, electronics, environmental / recyling, food / feed, pharma / biotech / medtech, power generation / energySize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, Food, Medicine / PharmaceuticalsPulverizing, Mixing, Homogenizing and Colloidal Milling: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry / Plastics, Construction Materials, Engineering / Electronics, Environment / Recycling, Geology / Metallurgy, Glass / Ceramics, Medicine / Pharmaceuticals
Speed1000 to 1500 min-1500 to 6,000 min-12,000 to 10,000 min-1100 to 650 min-1
Rotor Type<0.5 mmparallel section rotor / 3-disc rotor, 0.25-10 mm sievesStainless steel knife, knife titanium; CryoKitgrinding jar and balls
Final Fineness<1 µm< 0.25 mm< 300 um< 1 um or < 0.1 um for Colloidal Grinding
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