Dynamic mixer for user-friendly insertion into a mixing apparatus

Method (100) for congruent alignment of a first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of a rotor shaft (3) of a dynamic mixer (4) with a second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of a drive shaft (6) of a motor (7) of a mixing apparatus (8), and optionally insertion of the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft (6) of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) into or onto the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4),

• the method comprising a step selected from:
• a) providing a dynamic mixer (4) the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) being in a first defined rotational position, and
• positioning the dynamic mixer (4) in the mixing apparatus (8), the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft (6) of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) being in the second defined rotational position, or being transferred from a second starting rotation position into a second defined rotational position, or
• b) transferring the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) being positioned in the mixing apparatus (8) from a first starting rotational position in a first defined rotational position, and/or
• c) transferring the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) from a second starting rotational position in a second defined rotational position;
• wherein, after a) positioning the dynamic mixer (4) in the mixing apparatus (8), the first defined rotational position is congruently aligned with the second rotational position, or wherein, after positioning the dynamic mixer (4) in the mixing apparatus (8) and performing one step of the two steps b) or c) or both steps b) and c), the first defined rotational position is congruently aligned with the second rotational position, wherein b) transferring the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) from the first starting rotational position into the first defined rotational position is carried out i) manually or (ii) automatically, wherein i) an orientation template having a third polygonal multi-edge geometry is used when manually transferring the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4), and
• ii) optical markings comprising braille, a reflector and/or a 3D code are arranged at the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) are recognized by an optical sensor of the mixing apparatus (8) to identify a respective rotational position of the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) when automatically transferring the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) from the first starting rotational position in the first defined rotational position,
• wherein congruent alignment of the first defined rotational position of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) with the second defined rotational position of the drive shaft (6) of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) of step b) comprises:
• sliding the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft (6) of the motor of the mixing apparatus (8) into or onto the first polygonal multi-edge geometry of the rotor shaft of the dynamic mixer (110), the second polygonal multi-edge geometry of the drive shaft of the motor of the mixing apparatus (8) being in a defined rotational position, wherein driving the drive shaft of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) into the pre-defined rotational position (101) is carried out by a control function of the mixing apparatus (8), wherein the pre-defined rotational position of the drive shaft (6) of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) has been fixed (103), the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft (6) of the motor (7) in the pre-defined rotational position being substantially congruent to the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) in the defined rotational position, or
• wherein d) the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4) is in a first starting rotational position, wherein means for optical marking are arranged at the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) or at the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4), which being recognized by an optical sensor of the mixing apparatus (8), to identify a respective rotational position of the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4), and transferring the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) from a second starting rotational position in the aforementioned respective rotational position of the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) of the dynamic mixer (4), so that the second polygonal multi-edge geometry (5) of the drive shaft of the motor (7) of the mixing apparatus (8) and the first polygonal multi-edge geometry (2) of the rotor shaft (3) being congruently aligned in the respective rotational position of the multi-edge geometry (2).