Hammer mills are used for crushing, pulverizing and deagglomeration of medium-hard, hard, brittle, tough and fibrous samples.
The rugged RETSCH Hammer Mill HM 200 accepts large feed sizes up to 100 mm which can be reduced to less than 0.8 mm, depending on the sample properties.
The mill is ideally suited for processing large volumes batchwise or continuously which ensures high sample throughput. Thanks to features like rugged design, easy handling and quick cleaning, the HM 200 is equally suitable for use in laboratories or pilot plants.
This diagram shows a comparison of the Hammer Mill HM 200 with two rotor mills. The extremely high sample throughput of the HM 200 is clearly visible. The HM 200 shows a good crushing efficiency of 125, which is the value of the maximum feed size divided by the finest achievable grind size. The SR 300 and SK 300 accept a maximum feed size of 25 mm (unlike the HM 200 which accepts sizes up to 100 mm) and crush particles to a size below 0.05 mm or 0.1 mm respectively - resulting in a higher crushing ratio.
Benefits at a glance
Easy cleaning of the rotor and the hammers thanks to
To ensure a long service life of the machine, even when mostly used for tough crushing tasks, the following parts can be exchanged by the user:
A safety switch and the brake motor ensure that the unit comes to an immediate stop, e.g. if the door is openend unintendently.
The achievable final fineness of the sample depends on the material's properties. Hard and brittle materials can be easily crushed in the HM 200 down to particle sizes below 0.8 mm. The range of sieves with aperture sizes from 2 mm to 40 mm allows for perfect adaption to application requirements.
Tough, fibrous, or moist samples like plastic toys, wood or humid coal can be successfully crushed in the hammer mill when choosing a sieve with medium to large aperture size.
The HM 200 is suitable for batchwise as well as continuous grinding and can be equipped with different hoppers and collecting systems.
Long stock hopper
Collecting receptacle
10 l
Collecting receptacle
30 l
Gravity outlet for continuous operation
RETSCH’s powerful hammer mill is ideally suited for preliminary crushing and fine grinding of ores, granite, ceramics, quartz, slag, soil, coal, glass, cement clinker, wood, plastics, feed pellets, dry animal feed, dried herbs etc.
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coal
animal feed
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| Applications | coarse and pre-crushing, desagglomeration |
| Field of application | agriculture, chemistry / plastics, coal, construction materials, engineering / electronics, environment / recycling, food / feed, geology / metallurgy, glass / ceramics |
| Feed material | medium-hard, hard, brittle, tough, fibrous |
| Size reduction principle | impact, shearing |
| Material feed size* | < 100 mm |
| Final fineness* | < 0.8 mm |
| Batch size / feed quantity* | up to 30 l depending on collecting receptacle |
| Speed at 50 Hz (60 Hz) | 3000 min-1 (3500 min-1) |
| Throughput* | 1500 kg/h |
| Rotor peripheral speed | 31.4 m/s |
| Rotor diameter | 200 mm |
| Types of rotors | 10 swing hammer |
| Dry grinding | yes |
| Wet grinding | no |
| Cryogenic grinding | no |
| Material of grinding tools | hardened steel 1.0503 (hammers); steel 1.0330 (sieves) |
| Sieve sizes | 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 15 / 40 mm |
| Dust extraction unit | yes |
| Process line version | yes |
| Collector capacity | 10 l, 30 l, continuous outlet |
| Drive | 3-phase motor |
| Drive power | 1.5 kW |
| Electrical supply data | different voltages |
| Power connection | 3-phase |
| Protection code | IP 54 |
| W x H x D closed | 320 x 960 x 800 mm |
| Net weight | ~ 150 kg |
| Standards | CE |
A hopper leads the sample material into the grinding chamber of the hammer mill.
The HM 200 is equipped with a horizontal rotating shaft on which 10 freely swinging hammers are mounted. Those hammers crush the material at high speed inside the grinding chamber. With the swing hammers in contrast to fixed hammers, the risk of blocking the machine as well as the wear is minimized. The material is crushed by impact when hit by each hammer and while bouncing inside the grinding chamber. As soon as the sample is fine enough to pass through the sieve, it falls through the gravity outlet into a collecting vessel.
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