Retsch Planetary Ball Mill PM 400
SKU:RET-PM400
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 extremely high centrifugal forces of the Planetary Ball Mills result in very high pulverization energy and therefore short grinding times.
The PM 400 is a robust floor model with 4 grinding stations.
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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 extremely high centrifugal forces of planetary ball Mills result in very high pulverization energy, and therefore, short grinding times.
The PM 400 is a robust floor model with 4 grinding stations.
Application Examples:
Alloys, bentonite, bones, carbon fibres, catalysts, cellulose, cement clinker, ceramics, charcoal, chemical products, clay minerals, coal, coke, compost, concrete, electronic scrap, fibres, glass, gypsum, hair, hydroxyapatite, iron ore, kaolin, limestone, metal oxides, minerals, ores, paints and lacquers, paper, pigments, plant materials, polymers, quartz, seeds…
Product Advantages:
- Powerful and quick grinding down to nano range
- Reproducible results due to energy and speed control
- Suitable for long-term trials
- Two different grinding modes (dry and wet)
- Optional pressure and temperature measuring system PM GrindControl
- Measurement of energy input
- Wide range of materials for contamination free grinding
- Safety Slider for safe operation
- Comfortable parameter setting via display and ergonomic 1-button operation
- Automatic grinding chamber ventilation
- Ten SOPs can be stored
- Programmable starting time
- Power failure backup ensures storage of remaining grinding time
Features
Applications: pulverizing-mixing-homogenizing-colloidal milling-mechanical alloying
Field of application: agriculture-biology-chemistry / plastics-construction materials-engineering / electronics-environment / recycling-geology / metallurgy-glass / ceramics-medicine / pharmaceuticals
Feed material: soft-hard-brittle-fibrous – dry or wet
Size reduction principle: impact-friction
Material feed size: < 10 mm
Final fineness: < 1 µm for colloidal grinding < 0.1 µm
Batch size / feed quantity: max. 4 x 220 ml
max. 8 x 20ml with stacked grinding jars
No. of grinding stations: 4 / 2
Speed ratio: 1:-2 / 1:-2.5 / 1:-3
Sun wheel speed: 30 – 400 min-1
Effective sun wheel diameter: 300 mm
G-force: 26.8 g
Type of grinding jars: “comfort”-optional aeration covers-safety closure devices
Material of grinding tools: hardened steel-stainless steel-tungsten carbide-agate-sintered aluminium oxide-zirconium oxide
Grinding jar sizes: 12 ml / 25 ml / 50 ml / 80 ml / 125 ml / 250 ml / 500 ml
Setting of grinding time: digital 00:00:01 to 99:59:59
Interval operation: yes with direction reversal
Interval time: 00:00:01 to 99:59:59
Pause time: 00:00:01 to 99:59:59
Storable SOPs: 10
Measurement of input energy possible: yes
Interface: RS 232 / RS 485
Drive: 3-phase asynchronous motor with frequency converter
Drive power: 1.5 kW
Electrical supply data: different voltages
Power connection: 1-phase
Protection code: IP 30
Power consumption: ~ 2100 W (VA)
W x H x D closed: 836 x 1220 (1900) x 780 mm
Net weight: ~ 290 kg
Documentation: Operation & Application Video
Standards: CE
Product Applications
Environmental
Forensic
Geological
Pharmaceutical
Product Industries
Industrial
Metallurgical
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