Lab-scale ball mill for crystalline material grinding
Effortlessly grind and mix crystalline materials into fine powders or granules, essential for ensuring consistency and quality in your product formulations.
The Ball Mill KM from ERWEKA GmbH is a flexible solution for pharmaceutical and chemical laboratories, facilitating the precise grinding and homogeneous mixing of micronized powders and bulk materials. This piece of equipment supports batch manual operations, allowing for customized processing in research and development environments. Its robust design incorporates an airtight drum, available in 5 and 10-liter volumes, and stainless steel balls ranging from 30 to 50 mm, suitable for sterilization in water, ensuring high hygiene standards. Ideal for creating pharmaceutical tablets, cosmetic powders, and supplemented granules, the Ball Mill KM operates seamlessly in manual R&D and laboratory settings. It requires integration with a drive support, optionally available for dual mill usage, optimizing operational efficiency. Designed to meet rigorous quality standards, it is a key tool for product innovation and production scalability in pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries.
Benefits
- Enhances product uniformity through precise grinding and mixing processes.
- Increases productivity with adaptable batch operations in R&D and lab settings.
- Ensures contamination-free results with sterilizable drum and grinding media.
- Offers scalability with dual mill capabilities for higher process flexibility.
- Supports diverse powder and granulate applications, boosting innovation potential.
- Applications
- Supplements,Fine chemicals,Nutraceuticals,Granulates,Powders,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Cosmetic powders,Protein powders,Pharmaceutical tablets,Vitamin supplements,Granulated seasonings,Herbal extracts
- Steps before
- Purification,Drying,Crystallization
- Steps after
- Mixing,Tablet Pressing,Sterilization,Coating,Packing
- Input ingredients
- crystalline materials,dry materials,moist materials
- Output ingredients
- ground crystalline materials,mixed materials
- Drum Size
- 5–10 Litres
- Ball Diameter
- 30–50 mm
- Sealing
- Airtight
- Sterilization Capability
- Yes,in water
- Drive Unit Requirement
- Optional Lengthened Version
- Simultaneous Use
- Two mills of the same size
- Working mechanism
- Tumbling motion
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Material handling
- Dry,Moist Materials
- Capacity
- 5 and 10 litre drum volume
- Sterilization
- Water sterilization
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- GMP Compliance
- Yes
- CE Marking
- Yes
- Drum volume
- 5 and 10 litre
- Ball diameter
- 30 to 50 mm
- Footprint
- Requires drive support and frame
- Sealing
- Airtight with lid
- Drum Volume Options
- 5 and 10 litre
- Ball Diameter Options
- 30 to 50 mm
- Drive Support Length
- Standard / Lengthened for two mills
- Sealing Type
- Airtight with lid
- Market info
- ERWEKA is renowned for manufacturing high-quality pharmaceutical testing equipment, including dissolution testers, tablet hardness testers, and other analytical instruments, known for their precision and reliability in laboratory testing environments.