Mixer mill with temperature control MM 500 control

ballhorizontallaboratory

The MM 500 control is a high energy laboratory ball mill that can be used for dry, wet and cryogenic grinding with a frequency of up to 30 Hz. It is the first mixer mill in the market that allows to monitor and control the temperature of a grinding process. The temperature area covers a range from - 100 to 100 °C and is a optional feature that is offered in maximum versatility. The mill can be operated with various thermal fluids, allowing to use a large number of tempering devices for cooling or heating. If liquid nitrogen is chosen for cooling, the mill needs to be extended with the optionally available extension device cryoPad. The innovative cryoPad technology allows to select and control a specific cooling temperature in the range from - 100 to 0 °C for the grinding process. The cooling and heating of the sample material is realized with the patented concept of thermal plates, making sample cooling with, e. g., open liquid nitrogen baths or dry ice obsolete. For tempering, the grinding jars are simply placed on top of the thermal plates. When the grinding jars come in contact with the thermal plates, heat is effectively transferred from or to the jars via the tempering device. The patented hermetically sealed fluid design allows to operate the mill with different thermal fluids, ensuring a flexible and safe temperature regulation and requiring only minimal effort for the user. Depending on the operational setup that is built up, the temperature of the thermal plates can be set in the range from - 100 to + 100 °C.