Plant Sample Grinding and Weighing System

Labman Automation Ltd., based in North Yorkshire, UK, is a designer and manufacturer of custom laboratory automation systems and robots. Founded in 1979, it has a reputation for quality products designed and manufactured by its dedicated team of engineers, tailored to the specific requirements of each customer.Systems manufactured by Labman operate in more than 40 countries in the fields of chemistry, biology, medicine, food, materials science, environmental monitoring, and water quality testing.

Labman has nearly 200 professional engineers working in the mechanical, electrical and software fields. It has 40 years of experience in the experimental automation industry, has mastered a wealth of experience and technology in industrial applications and examples, and applies this knowledge and technology to the design of various automation systems to produce personalized products that customers really want.

LABMAN Laboratory automation workstations are used in many industries, such as water treatment, coatings, personal care, agriculture, life sciences, biotechnology and medical, food and beverage, petrochemical, scientific research, high-throughput manufacturing and more.

The overview 

LABMAN has produced a number of systems that grind biomass for subsequent analysis. The system uses a new room temperature grinding technology. The system oscillates the input bottle containing the grinding ball and the plant sample to pulverize the sample. The input bottle is then pierced, the output tube is placed under the input bottle, the vibration causes the sample to drop from the input bottle into the output tube, and the mass is obtained by a one-thousandth balance.

Technical characteristics:

Grinding (ball milling)

Powder feed (up to 100mg, tolerance ±0.5mg)

Add and remove cap (for output tube operation)

Flux (576 output tubes /24h, depending on plant material)

Multiple input bottles (20mL or 2mL input bottles can be used)

Multiple output types (user can customize the number and order of weighing