The Glassware Gallery: Ball Milling
Ball mills, also known as centrifugal or planetary mills, are devices used to rapidly grind materials to colloidal fineness (approximately 1 micron and below) by developing high grinding energy via centrifugal and/or planetary action.. An example of a four station planetary mill available through the Gilson Company is shown below. To grind a sample in this device, you should already have ...