Netzsch releases LabPilot – Food and Drink Technology

Netzsch has taken the well-known LabCompact system and constructed the new LabPilot system for use in the laboratory and for production of smaller sample quantities.

The compact system consists of an operating module with dosing, cyclone, filter, blower and electrical control as well as two positions for fine grinding and classifying, which allow the operation of different machine types. If required, the CFS 5 HD-S high-performance fine classifier can be installed at the second position after the mill to ensure even greater fineness.

In addition to a facelift, which brought not only optical changes, but also further advantages in terms of user-friendliness, cleaning and maintenance, LabPilot has been expanded to include additional grinding technologies. Now, in addition to the jet and classifier mills available so far, the fine impact mill Condux and the dry agitator bead mill SpheRho can also be used. This expands the possibilities for comminution in laboratories to include many more areas of application.

For example, the Condux fine impact mill can be used to process a wide variety of products up to a Mohs hardness of 3 – 3.5. Depending on the product properties and comminution task, the laboratory mill is equipped with different grinding tools (pin discs, blast rotor, wing beater) and stators. It thus flexibly covers a wide range of applications and is the ideal solution for initial feasibility studies and the production of small production quantities.

Due to its operating mode and stress characteristics, the dry agitator bead mill SpheRho achieves very high fineness, combined with high throughput rates at low specific energy consumption.

The main field of application is real comminution of various raw materials with typical product fineness d50 in the range of 2 µm to 70 µm. The continuously operating dry agitator bead mill can be used both in individual passages without classifier and in a grinding/classifying circuit.

Various other mills, such as jet and classifier mills as well as fine and ultra-fine classifiers, can be used with the Netzsch LabPilot with only one installation by means of short adjustments and coordinated with the respective process gas quantity. With appropriate laboratory machines, the  technology can also be used for the development of new products or for the production of small quantities on a laboratory scale.

Netzsch LabPilot offers maximum flexibility through the possible use of different mill types with subsequent classification stage in a closed system, including throughput mode. This avoids product losses, offers considerable facilitation/time savings and enables quick tests with different products.

Easy accessibility and simple cleaning as well as the compact design make Netzsch LabPilot an indispensable system in any particle technology laboratory environment.

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