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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill

LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill
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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill

Product catalog summary
Introduction
The LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill is designed for maximum flexibility and reproducibility in laboratory settings. It is ideal for scientific research and development tasks, offering results that can be scaled up to production levels.

Key Features
  • Precision and reproducibility in grinding and dispersing tasks.
  • Flexibility to test different grinding systems on a single platform.
  • Clean operation and easy handling with minimal product use.
  • High reproducibility and exact scale-up capabilities.

Design and Operation
The LabStar is a user-friendly, table-top model with a pivoting design for easy operation and maintenance. It features a double-acting cassette-type mechanical seal and an infinitely adjustable agitator drive. The centrifugal separation system allows the use of grinding beads ranging from 0.05 mm to 2.4 mm in diameter.

Handling and Control
  • Equipped with a comprehensive safety system to prevent malfunctions.
  • Enhanced model includes extensive measuring points for process data collection.
  • NETZSCH-ConneCt system for secure data acquisition and remote maintenance.

Grinding Systems
  • Zeta® System: Designed for recirculation grinding with flexible media sizes.
  • Discus System: Used for dispersion tasks in single and multi-pass operations.
  • Neos® System: Horizontal peg grinding system for temperature-sensitive systems.

Equipment Options
The LabStar offers a variety of grinding chamber materials to ensure product compatibility and low-wear operation. Options include Cr-Ni-Steel, NElast, Polyamide, and various NETZSCH-Ceram materials.

Technical Data
  • Speed range: 1,000 - 4,500 min-1.
  • Grinding bead diameter: 0.1 - 2.0 mm.
  • Grinding media volume: 540 ml to 660 ml.
  • Batch size in recirculation mode: 1.2 - 7.0 liters.

Applications
The LabStar is suitable for a wide range of applications, including printing inks, paints, pigments, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nano applications like LCD and MLCC.

Global Presence
NETZSCH is an international technology company with a strong global presence, offering customized solutions in grinding technology.
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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill-1

LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill The standard solution for maximum flexibility and reproducibility CHEMICAL INDUSTRY a Business Field of NETZSCH Grinding & Dispersing

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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill-2

LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill The LabStar facilitates scientific academic work for all research and development tasks. The grinding and dispersing results from the tests on a laboratory scale with finenesses down to the nanometer range are exactly transferrable to production scale. Are you looking for precision and know-how? Do you expect accurate and reproducible results? Do you want to be completely flexible with no restrictions on your scientific curiosity? Are you looking for an all-round solution for a wide variety of tasks? Do you want to test different grinding systems on one platform?...

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With this mill, research and development is fun With this mill, you will develop solutions and achieve results that will still be talked about tomorrow. Designed as a table-top model, the agitator mill can be pivoted and is therefore extremely user-friendly. An operating position and different maintenance positions mean that test preparation and cleaning is child‘s play. The bearing-side of the mill‘s process chamber is sealed via a double-acting cassette-type mechanical seal - as with the large production machines. The drive of the agitator is infinitely adjustable directly via a frequency-controlled...

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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill Very easy Handling without the Loss of Grinding Media The grinding chamber of the LabStar laboratory machine can be swiveled. In the „Prepare“ position, different grinding systems can be coupled with the machine platform quickly and easily. The grinding media are simply filled from above into the process chamber. In the operating position, we guarantee a homogeneous distribution of grinding media in the grinding container. At the right angle of inclination, the service position allows the uncomplicated and residue-free discharge of the agitator bead mill....

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Control Control & Operation The basic version of the LabStar is already equipped as a fully operational laboratory machine. It has a comprehensive safety system that switches the mill off in the event of a malfunction, thus guaranteeing occupational safety and preventing damage to the product and the machine. In an enhanced model, extensive measuring points record all process- relevant data and provide all the information needed for scientific academic work. The acquired process data, in conjunction with the specified grinding chamber geometry, is scale-up-capable and permits precise transfer...

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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill Grinding Systems The LabStar leaves nothing to be desired in terms of application possibilities. All of the familiar grinding systems can be mounted on the LabStar. Zeta® System Discus System Neos® System The Zeta® circulation system, patented in 1991, was specially developed for recirculation grinding. The Zeta® grinding system is available in various materials such as NETZSCH-Ceram Z, NETZSCH-Ceram N or NETZSCHCeram C or NElast. The grinding system is designed such that very flexible grinding media sizes between 0.1 mm and 2.0 mm can be used. The advanced...

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Options Materials In order to meet the requirements of a wide variety of products and to guarantee good product compatibility, we offer a large number of grinding chamber materials. The proper advice of our specialists will ensure low-wear operation of the mill. Grinding chamber Agitator shaft, chamber bottom, flange Cr-Ni-Steel NElast Polyamide NETZSCH-Ceram Z NETZSCH-Ceram Z

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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill-8

LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill LabStar Zeta® Speed [min-1] Grinding bead diameter [mm] Grinding media volume (100%) [ml] Grinding chamber volume [ml] Batch size in recirculation mode [l] Batch size in batch mode [ml] (*) (*) at 85% grinding media volume (**) conversion kit LabStar weight approx. 150 kg Pump weight approx. 45 kg Agitator shaft drive 3.0 kW 400 V / 50 Hz / 3 phase Pump motor 0.37 kW / 400 V / 50 Hz / 3 phase Control box (not shown) for separate installation (1,000 x 1,200 x

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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill-9

3 Pump (hose, gear, diaphragm or progressive cavity pump) 8 Cooling water inlet Ø 13 9 Cooling water outlet Ø 13 10 Compressed air connection Ø 13

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LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill-10

LabStar Laboratory Agitator Bead Mill The variation possibilities of the multifunctional laboratory mill - the LabStar - have been extended by another feature. Now you can not only select from the two scale-up-capable grinding systems Discus and Zeta®, as well as a variety of material options, but also convert to the smaller grinding chamber designs of the 230 ml MiniSeries and 110 ml MicroSeries. A special conversion kit has been developed for this purpose, which requires short assembly times. This new additional feature makes the LabStar the most flexible all-round laboratory mill on the market....

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Limits A Selection of Applications Printing Inks Paints Pigments, Dyes (Textiles, Plastic, Film) Pigment preparations Pigment production (Phthalo blue conversion) Plant protection agents Magnetic coatings High-tech products: color filters, polishing agents for electronic components, ITO, …) Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics (sunscreen) Paper coatings Nano Applications: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) MLCC (multilayer ceramic capacitors)

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The NETZSCH Group is an owner-managed, international technology company with headquarters in Germany. The Business Units Analyzing & Testing, Grinding & Dispersing and Pumps & Systems represent customized solutions at the highest level. More than 3,800 employees in 36 countries and a worldwide sales and service network ensure customer proximity and competent service. Our performance standards are high. We promise our customers Proven Excellence – exceptional performance in everything we do, proven time and again since 1873. NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik | Germany NETZSCH Trockenmahltechnik | Germany...

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