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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ItemXRD-Mill McCrone Laboratory MillKnife Mill GRINDOMIX GM 300Mixer Mill MM 500 controlUltra Centrifugal Mill ZM 300
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Catalog NumberMCCroneGM 300MM 500 controlZM 300
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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 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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The mixer mill MM 500 control is a unique compact, versatile bench-top unit which has been developed to work in a temerature range from -100°C to + 100°C and thus either cool samples or heat them up while grinding. It is used for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding of up to 2 x 45 ml sample material ... 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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PrincipleFrictionCuttingImpact and FrictionImpact and Shearing
Sample Size<0.5 mm~ 130 mm≤10 mm< 10 mm
Sample TypeMedium-hard, Hard, Brittle, FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Elastic, Containing Water/Fat/Oil, Dry or FibrousHard, Medium-Hard, Soft, Brittle, Elastic or FibrousSoft, Medium-Hard, Brittle or Fibrous
ApplicationsGrinding, Mixing and Triturating, Dry and WetSize Reduction, Homogenization and Mixing: Agriculture, Biology, 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 / pharmaceuticalsInquire
Speed1000 to 1500 min-1500 to 4000 min-13 to 30 Hz6,000 to 23,000 min-1
Rotor Type<0.5 mmStainless steel knife, knife with titanium-niob coatinggrinding 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 µm< 300 um~0.1 µm< 40 µm
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