Stirred (bead) mill
A laboratory stirred (bead) mill for wet grinding and dispersion down to nano fineness. An agitator drives fine grinding beads through a slurry, breaking down pigments, paints, inks, ceramics and advanced materials — with temperature control for viscous media.
- Wet grinding and dispersion down to nano fineness
- Agitator + fine beads (below 1 mm)
- High-viscosity slurries, temperature control
- Pigments, paints, inks, ceramics, advanced materials
- Lab, light and production versions
- High throughput and process repeatability
A stirred mill is a different league from classic ball mills — it works only wet and targets the finest fractions. Instead of rotating the whole jar, it rotates an agitator immersed in a bead-filled slurry. The huge number of contact points and intense shear take you down to sub-micron and nano fineness that dry grinding cannot reach.
Wet grinding and dispersion
This is the tool wherever fineness and slurry uniformity matter: pigments and paints, printing inks, coatings, ceramic slips, battery materials and pharmaceutical preparations. A temperature-controlled circuit lets you grind viscous and heat-sensitive media too, without overheating them.
Bead selection and where it fits
The grinding media is the key to the result — the finer the beads, the lower the achievable size. When you need general dry-and-wet grinding instead of wet dispersion, reach for the XQM planetary ball mills. Matching the mill, jar and beads to the material is covered in the grinding guide. Write to us.
Datasheet (PDF) — coming soon