Atomizer with a lattice mixer

An atomizer including a first and second controllable main needle valves, the position of the needle valve determinative of whether a coating agent is applied, the atomizer further comprising:

• a first and second lattice mixer, positioned in a first and second coating lines respectively, upstream of the first and second needle valves and configured to mix components of a coating agent with one another in the respective coating lines, with the first lattice mixer positioned adjacent to the first needle valve;
• wherein the first and second mixers each having mixing elements that are arranged intertwined in a lattice-like manner;
• each mixer has a plurality of sections linearly connected one behind the other in a direction of flow and through which the flow successively passes, each of the mixer sections including a plurality of the mixing elements;
• and
• the mixing elements in adjacent sections of the mixer in the direction of flow are aligned differently from one another.