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CryoMill


The CryoMill is tailored for cryogenic grinding. The grinding jar is continually cooled with liquid nitrogen from the integrated cooling system before and during the grinding process. Thus the sample is embrittled and volatile components are preserved. The liquid nitrogen circulates through the system and is continually replenished from an Autofill system in the exact amount which is required to keep the temperature at -196 °C.
Powerful impact ball milling results in a perfect grinding efficiency. The Autofill system avoids direct contact with LN2 and makes cryogenic grinding very safe. Its versatility (cryogenic, wet and dry grinding at room temperature) makes the CryoMill the ideal grinder for quantities up to 20 ml.

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Application Examples

Animal Feed, Bones, Chemical Products, Food, Hair, Oil Seeds, Paper, Plant Materials, Plastics…

Product Advantages

  • Powerful cryogenic grinding by impact and friction, up to 30 Hz
  • 3 different grinding modes (cryogenic, dry or wet at ambient temperature)
  • Closed LN2-system (autofill) for enhanced safety, avoids any contact of the user with LN2
  • Screw-top grinding jars for convenient, leak-proof operation
  • Wide range of accessories including various LN2 feeding systems, jar and ball sizes, adapter racks, materials
  • Low LN2-consumption
  • Clearly structured user interface, memory for 9 SOPs
  • Programmable cooling and grinding cycles (10 s to 99 min)
  • Ceramic jar available

Function Principle

The grinding jar of the CryoMill performs radial oscillations in a horizontal position. The inertia of the grinding balls causes them to impact with high energy on the sample material at the rounded ends of the grinding jar and pulverize it.

The grinding jar is continually cooled with liquid nitrogen from the integrated cooling system before and during the grinding process.

Applications: size reduction, mixing, homogenization, cell disruption
Field of application: agriculture, biology, chemistry / plastics, construction materials, engineering / electronics, environment / recycling, food, geology / metallurgy, glass / ceramics, medicine / pharmaceuticals
Feed material: hard, medium-hard, soft, brittle, elastic, fibrous
Size reduction principle: impact, friction
Material feed size* <= 8 mm
Final fineness*: ~ 5 µm
Batch size / feed quantity*: max. 20 ml
No. of grinding stations: 1
Setting of vibrational frequency: digital, 5 – 30 Hz (300 – 1800 min-1)
Typical mean grinding time: 10 min / 4 min (cooling / grinding)
Dry grinding: yes
Wet grinding: yes
Cryogenic grinding: yes
Cell disruption with reaction vials: yes
Self-centering clamping device: yes
Type of grinding jars: screw top design
Material of grinding tools: hardened steel, stainless steel, zirconium oxide, PTFE
Grinding jar sizes: 5 ml / 10ml / 25 ml / 35 ml / 50 ml
Autofill: 50 l
Setting of grinding time: digital, 30 s – 99 min
Storable SOPs: 9
Electrical supply data: 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz
Power connection: 1-phase
Protection code: IP 30
Power consumption: 260 W
W x H x D closed: 395 x 373 x 577 mm (D: 710 mm with exhaust tube)
Net weight: ~ 45 kg
Standards: CE