Retsch PM400 Planetary Ball Mill
The PM 400 is a robust floor model with 4 grinding stations and accepts grinding jars with a nominal volume from 12 ml to 500 ml. It processes up to 8 samples simultaneously which results in a high sample throughput.
Applications: pulverizing, mixing, homogenizing, colloidal milling, mechanical alloying, mechanosynthesis, nano grinding, co-crystal screening
Field of application: agriculture, biology, chemistry, construction materials, engineering, electronics, environment, recycling, geology, metallurgy, glass, ceramics, medicine, pharmaceuticals
Technical Data
| Size reduction principle | impact, friction |
| Material feed size | < 10 mm |
| Final fineness | < 1 µm, for colloidal grinding < 0.1 µm |
| Batch size / feed quantity | max. 4 x 220 ml, max. 8 x 20ml with stacked grinding jars |
| No. of grinding stations | 4 |
| Speed ratio | 1:-2 / 1:-2.5 / 1:-3 |
| Sun wheel speed | 30 - 400 min-1 |
| Effective sun wheel diameter | 300 mm |
| G-force | 26.8 g |
| Setting of grinding time | digital, 00:00:01 to 99:59:59 |
| Interval operation | yes, with direction reversal |
| Interval time | 00:00:01 to 99:59:59 |
| Pause time | 00:00:01 to 99:59:59 |
| Storable SOPs | 10 |
| Measurement of input energy possible |
Yes |
| Interface | RS232 / RS485 |
| Drive | 3-phase asynchronous motor with frequency converter |
| Drive power | 1,5 kW |
| Electrical supply data | 200-240 V, 50 Hz |
| Protection code | IP 30 |
| Power consumption | ~ 2100 W (VA) |
| Safety | Safety Slider |
| W x H x D closed | 836 x 1220 (1900) x 780 mm |
| Net weight | ~ 290 kg |
| Standards | CE |