Mortar grinder for reproducible sample preparation
Achieve precise and consistent material preparation with this mortar grinder, designed to handle a wide range of sample types for analytical fineness while ensuring efficient mixing and homogenizing, making it ideal for research and quality control settings.
Grinds, Mixes, and Homogenizes Materials
The Mortar Grinder RM 200 from Retsch is engineered to effortlessly replace manual hand mortars with its high-performance drive and electronic control. This innovative grinder excels in preparing samples to analytical fineness through its unique pressure and friction mechanism, effectively processing a wide range of materials like pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and foodstuffs. The RM 200 is equipped to handle dry, wet, and cryogenic grinding, ensuring reproducible results with adjustable pestle and scraper pressure. With a capacity of up to 190 ml and a pestle speed of 100 rpm, it efficiently addresses batch processing requirements in research labs and industrial pre-processing. Its design supports contamination-free grinding, with easily exchangeable mortars and pestles available in materials such as hardened steel and zirconium oxide. Compliant with international standards and featuring a closed, dust-tight chamber, the RM 200 is ideal for precise grinding tasks. Integrated cooling and heating options, along with a digital timing control, enhance its versatility, making it a reliable asset for any lab or industrial environment.
Benefits
- Ensures consistent sample quality with reproducible results for reliable analysis.
- Simplifies maintenance through tool-free mortar and pestle exchange, minimizing downtime.
- Supports diverse applications with multi-material grinding sets, preventing contamination.
- Enhances operational versatility with capacity for dry, wet, and cryogenic grinding.
- Increases user safety and cleanliness with a fully enclosed, dust-tight chamber.
- Applications
- Chemical products,Cocoa nibs,Slag,Food,Tiles,Cement clinker,Coal,Spices,Pharmaceutical materials,Soil,Construction materials,Plant materials,Nuts,Oil seeds,Homeopathic materials,Yeast cells,Silicates,Drugs,Ashes,Agriculture,Salts
- End products
- Activated carbon,Chocolate liquor,Yeast supplements,Peanut butter,Blast furnace slag,Chemical catalysts,Concrete mixes,Curry powder,Ceramic tiles,Pharmaceutical tablets,Medicinal capsules,Salt crystals,Fly ash,Portland cement,Bakery ingredients,Herbal extracts,Fertilizers,Potting soil,Silica gel,Homeopathic remedies,Vegetable oils
- Steps before
- Drying,Material Mixing,Coarse Grinding,Sample Collection
- Steps after
- Analysis,Packing,Sterilization,Quality Control
- Input ingredients
- ashes,cement clinker,chemical products,coal,cocoa nibs,coke,drugs,food,homeopathic materials,nuts,oil seeds,pharmaceutical materials,plant materials,salts,silicates,slag,soils,spices,tiles,yeast cells,soft materials,hard materials,brittle materials,pasty materials,< 8 mm size materials
- Output ingredients
- powders,suspension,pastes,analytical fineness,< 10 µm final fineness
- Market info
- Retsch is renowned for manufacturing high-quality laboratory equipment, specializing in milling, sieving, and assisting technologies for sample preparation and characterization, known for precision, reliability, and innovation in the scientific and industrial laboratory markets.
- Grinding method
- Pressure,Friction
- Speed
- 100 min-1
- Batch size / feed quantity
- 10 - 190 ml
- Grinding chamber volume
- 700 ml
- Material feed size
- < 8 mm
- Final fineness
- < 10 µm
- Pestle pressure adjustment
- Vertical and Horizontal
- Scraper pressure adjustment
- By knob + visual control
- Material of grinding tools
- Hardened Steel,Stainless Steel,Tungsten Carbide,Agate,Sintered Aluminum Oxide,Zirconium Oxide,Hard Porcelain
- Setting of grinding time
- 1 - 99 min / continuous
- Drive
- 1-phase motor with auxiliary capacitor
- Power consumption
- 250 W (230 V,50 Hz) / 290 W (120 V,60 Hz)
- Dimensions closed
- 400 x 480 x 370 mm
- Dimensions opened
- 400 x 550 x 510 mm
- Net weight
- ~ 24.2 kg
- Protection code
- IP 53
- Standards compliance
- CE
- Working mechanism
- Pressure and friction
- Integrated steps
- Mixing,grinding,and trituration
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Automation level
- Electronic control
- Cooling and heating capability
- Yes
- Pestle and scraper pressure adjustment
- Adjustable
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- 400 x 480 x 370 mm (closed),400 x 550 x 510 mm (opened)
- Net weight
- ~ 24.2 kg
- Grinding chamber volume
- 700 ml
- Material of grinding tools
- hardened steel,stainless steel,tungsten carbide,agate,sintered aluminum oxide,zirconium oxide,hard porcelain
- Pestle speed
- 100 rpm
- Speed at 50 Hz (60 Hz)
- 100 min-1
- Protection code
- IP 53
- Material of grinding tools
- Hardened steel,stainless steel,tungsten carbide,agate,sintered aluminum oxide,zirconium oxide,hard porcelain
- Adjustable pestle pressure
- Vertical by adjusting knob + scale,horizontal by adjusting knob + visual/acoustic control
- Adjustable scraper pressure
- By adjusting knob + visual control
- Grinding set cooling/heating
- Available
- Pestle speed
- 100 rpm
- Scraper materials
- PU,beech wood,PTFE
- Digital setting of grinding time
- 1 - 99 min / continuous operation