Cone mill for size reduction
Achieve precise particle size reduction and deagglomeration with minimal heat generation, ensuring consistent product quality and optimized flowability for critical processing stages.

Reduces Particle Size and Deagglomerates Powders
The Comil, a conical milling solution from Quadro Engineering, specializes in precise particle size reduction and deagglomeration, integral to pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries. It operates by rotating an impeller vertically, pushing materials across a mill screen to create a consistent cut at a low velocity. This method ensures a controlled particle size distribution, crucial for preparing APIs, oral solid dose tablets, vitamins, and laundry detergents.
Capable of handling various production scales—from lab setups to high-capacity operations—this versatile machine reduces dust and heat, minimizing explosion risk. It can be seamlessly integrated into existing processing lines with its adaptable mounting options, including mobile lifter frames and wall-mounted configurations. The equipment is available in stainless steel, ensuring durability and resistance to corrosion, and complies with GMP and FDA standards, making it suitable for sensitive pharmaceutical applications.
With minimized energy consumption, the Comil employs low RPM and noise design, enhancing workforce safety and production efficiency. Maintenance is straightforward, thanks to its easy-cleaning features, supporting CIP processes. Quadro offers a wide array of customizable impellers and screens, allowing tailored solutions for specific material characteristics and production goals.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by maintaining tight particle size control.
- Reduces operational risks with low dust generation and explosion-prevention design.
- Complies with GMP and FDA standards for assured quality in pharmaceutical applications.
- Minimizes energy consumption through low RPM operation, enhancing cost-effectiveness.
- Supports easy integration into existing systems with customizable mounting options.
- Applications
- Food,Chemicals,Biscuits,Detergents,Nutraceuticals,Tablets,Cannabis,Dried fruits,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Protein powders,Sugar-free biscuits,Gluten-free biscuits,Oral solid dose tablets,Active pharmaceutical ingredients (apis),Vitamin supplements,Dried raisins,Dried cranberries,Thc and cbd powders,Laundry detergent powders
- Steps before
- Wet granulation,Material feeding,Drying
- Steps after
- Tableting,Tablet pressing,Reforming,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- wet granulated particles,dry granules,dry detergent,dried fruits,broken tablets,broken biscuits
- Output ingredients
- powder,granules,particles
- Market info
- Quadro Engineering is known for its expertise in manufacturing pharmaceutical, food, and chemical processing equipment, particularly in milling, sieving, and deagglomeration solutions. The supplier is renowned for innovation, quality, and reliability in efficient particle size reduction technologies.
- Particle size reduction
- As low as 180µm (80 mesh)
- Low RPM
- Yes
- Energy Efficiency
- Low-energy
- Noise Level
- Low-noise
- Feed type
- Gravity feed
- Flowability and uniformity improvement
- Yes
- Throughput
- High
- Particle size distribution (PSD)
- Tight
- Heat generation
- Less heat than alternative methods
- Dust generation
- Less dust
- Fines generation
- Reduced
- Energy efficiency
- Low RPM,low-energy design
- Noise level
- Low-noise design
- Heat generation
- Low-heat production
- Dust control
- Low dust generation
- Feed method
- Gravity-fed
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC
- Particle size distribution control
- Tight PSDs
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Yes
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 180 µm - 1000 µm
- Low dust generation
- Yes
- Dust reduction
- Low dust generation
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Feed method
- Gravity fed
- Discharge method
- Quick discharge
- Cone size
- Varied based on application
- Control panel type
- Dedicated digital/analog panel
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled / HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Lifter frame / Wall-mounted
- Discharge method
- Quick discharge
- Head mounting style
- Overdriven / Underdriven