Fine grinding.

Precise separation.

Picozirk laboratory classifier mill

When grinding and classification work together perfectly, the result is products with precisely defined properties. The Picozirk classifier mill combines both process steps in a single system and ensures a sharp cut point, gentle grinding and reproducible results. Seamlessly integrated into the Picoline platform, it expands the range of applications to include additional process options.

Your benefits at a glance

  • Mechanical impact mill with integrated classifier for dry fine grinding of soft to medium-hard materials with a steep particle size distribution
  • Plate beater rotor with grinding track
  • Sharp and easily adjustable separation line
  • Cool and gentle grinding
  • Compressed air or inert gas operation
  • Motor bearing mill and classifier gas flushed
  • Continuous operation
  • Designs: Stainless steel and wear-protected (ceramic) variant
  • The design and mode of operation largely correspond to the Zirkoplex ZPS classifier mill from Hosokawa Alpine
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Technical specifications

Separation range

15 µm - 120 µm

Grinding to Mohs hardness

3,5

Classifying wheel diameter

20mm

Grinding disc diameter

40 mm

Classifier speed

max. 60,000 rpm

Total air volume

approx. 20 Nm3/h

  • Grinding is carried out by a rapidly rotating disc with grinding tools. The ground material is dosed into the grinding container and accelerated by the grinding rotor. Comminution is achieved by particle impact on the grinding tools of the rotor and by impact on the grinding track.
  • The grinding air flows from below through the grinding gap between the rotor and the grinding track and then through the classifier wheel located in the head of the mill.
  • Due to the classifying effect of the classifying wheel, fine particles can escape from the grinder with the air and are separated in a filter. Coarser particles fall back onto the rotor and are crushed further until they have reached the desired fineness.
  • The classifier mill is adjusted via the speeds of the grinding rotor and the classifier wheel as well as via the gas volume.

1  Classifier wheel  2  Classifier drive   3 Beater disc 4  Grinding track  5  Process air

Picoline
From concept to market-ready product: a modular platform for fine grinding, classifying or mixing powders. Featuring 11 interchangeable modules for maximum flexibility in laboratory-scale trials.
Picoline laboratory platform by Hosokawa Alpine, view of process and control unit

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Petaling Jaya

Hosokawa Micron (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.


  • No.109C, Jalan SS 21/1A, Damansara Utama, Selangor
  • 47400 Petaling Jaya
  • Malaysia
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Songpa-gu, Seoul

Hosokawa Micron Korea Ltd.


  • A-303, 10, Olympic-ro 35Ga-gil
  • 05510 Songpa-gu, Seoul
  • South Korea
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Summit, New Jersey

Hosokawa Polymer Systems


  • 10 Chatham Road
  • 07901 Summit, New Jersey
  • United States
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Évry

Hosokawa Micron France


  • 8/10, Rue du Bois Sauvage, B.P. 231
  • 91007 Évry
  • France
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Doetinchem

Hosokawa Micron B.V.


  • Gildenstraat 26
  • 7005 BL Doetinchem
  • Netherlands
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Runcorn, Cheshire

Hosokawa Micron Ltd.


  • Rivington Road, Whitehouse Industrial Estate
  • WA7 3DS Runcorn, Cheshire
  • United Kingdom
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Sao Paulo, Nazaré Paulista

Joint Venture between Hosokawa Alpine AG and Dynamic Air Ltda. SAPS Ltda.


  • Av. Mathias Lopes, 5821 A
  • Sao Paulo, Nazaré Paulista
  • Brazil
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Chennai Tamil Nadu

Hosokawa Micron India PVT LTD


  • 2112, 13th Main Road Anna Nagar West
  • 600040 Chennai Tamil Nadu
  • India
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St. Petersburg

Branch office of Hosokawa Alpine and Hosokawa Micron B.V. Hosokawa Micron Sankt-Petersburg


  • 7th line of Vasilievsky Island, 76, lit. A, of. 619
  • 199178 St. Petersburg
  • Russia
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Leingarten

Hosokawa Alpine AG Leingarten


  • Liebigstraße 8/2
  • 74211 Leingarten
  • Germany
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Augsburg

Headquarter in Germany Hosokawa Alpine AG


  • Peter-Dörfler-Straße 13-25
  • 86199 Augsburg
  • Germany
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 Osaka

Corporate headquarters of the Hosokawa Micron Group Hosokawa Micron Corporation


  • 1-9, Shodaitajika, Hirakata-shi
  • 573-1132  Osaka
  • Japan
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Las Condes

Hosokawa Solids Chile SpA


  • Augusto Leguía Nte. 100 Of. 307 
  • Las Condes
  • Chile
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Wien

Hosokawa Alpine Austria GmbH


  • Wagenseilgasse 14
  • 1120 Wien
  • Austria
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Samut Prakan, Bang Bo District

Hosokawa Alpine Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.


  • 246/18 Village No. 4, Soi King Kong Theparak Road, Km 25, Bang Phreang Subdistrict
  • 10560 Samut Prakan, Bang Bo District
  • Thailand
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Summit, New Jersey

Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems


  • 10 Chatham Road
  • 07901 Summit, New Jersey
  • United States
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Mexico City

Hosokawa Micron de Mexico S.A. de C.V.


  • Heriberto Frias No.231 Col. Narvarte
  • 03020 Mexico City
  • Mexico
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Köln

Hosokawa Micron Powders GmbH


  • Welserstr. 9
  • 51149 Köln
  • Germany
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Schwabmünchen

Hosokawa Solids Solutions GmbH


  • Robert-Bosch-Str. 8
  • 86830 Schwabmünchen
  • Germany
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Warsaw

Hosokawa Alpine Poland


  • Rytmiczna 4
  • 02-862 Warsaw
  • Poland
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Altstätten SG

Hosokawa Alpine Switzerland GmbH


  • Bafflesstrasse 15B
  • 9450 Altstätten SG
  • Switzerland
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Querétaro

Hosokawa Solids Mexico SA CV


  • Armando Birlain Shaffler 2001
  • 76090 Querétaro
  • Mexico
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Northborough

Hosokawa Alpine American Inc.


  • 455 Whitney Street
  • 01532 Northborough
  • United States
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Niederkassel

Hosokawa Kolb GmbH


  • Spicher Straße 40-42
  • 53859 Niederkassel
  • Germany
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Shanghai

Hosokawa Micron (Shanghai) Powder Machinery Co., Ltd.


  • Room 2003-2006, Super Ocean Finance Centre, No. 2067, Yan An Road West
  • 200336 Shanghai
  • China
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Zarautz, Gipuzkoa

Hosokawa Solids S.L.U.


  • Ola bidea, 7
  • 20800 Zarautz, Gipuzkoa
  • Spain
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