Having a laboratory mill on your premises offers a number of advantages, but you need the right equipment to get the most benefit from your investment.When evaluating lab mills, you should keep in mind the following considerations:
- Speed
- Efficiency
- Batch size
- Material
- Starting particle size
- Target particle size
- Process mode (wet, dry, circulation, batch, continuous)
- Scale-up capability
- Ease of operation
- Repeatability
- Flexibility
- Ease of taking samples
- Ease of making formulation adjustments
- Number of options
- Low maintenance
In many instances, the right choice is an Attritor (sometimes referred to as a stirred ball mill). With an Attritor, the material to be ground is placed in a stationary tank with the grinding media, which are agitated by a shaft with arms rotating at high speed.
Working up to 10 times faster than?conventional laboratory ball mills?(sometimes referred to as jar mills or pebble mills), the lab Attritor has a compact, vertical profile, requiring minimal space, and can be equipped or retrofitted easily and inexpensively with a variety of components and accessories.
Find more details on the Lab Attritor, Choosing the Right Grinding Mill, the DMQ mill?and?small media lab mills,
