A bench mixer has a combined whisk and scraper attachment. In preferred embodiments, the mixer has a processor configured to access data indicative of a respective power limit to be applied to a motor for each of a plurality of user selectable speed settings and monitors motor speed to compare against a user selected speed setting. The processor increases the power applied to the motor, up to a respective power limit if the current speed is lower than the user selected speed setting.

Food processing devices having a gear assembly configured to mix food ingredients within a mixing bowl are described. The gear assembly includes a drive shaft and a gear assembly housing. The drive shaft is configured to couple with a drive coupler of the mixing bowl and rotate about a central axis within the mixing bowl. The gear assembly housing is configured to rotate about the central axis and includes a central gear, a first gear, and a second gear. The central gear is coupled to the drive shaft. The first gear and the second gear are each arranged to rotate in response to rotation of the central gear. The first gear is coupled to a first accessory attachment interface configured to receive a detachable first accessory attachment and the second gear is coupled to a second accessory attachment interface configured to receive a detachable second accessory attachment.

Food processing devices having a gear assembly configured to mix food ingredients within a mixing bowl are described. The gear assembly includes a drive shaft and a gear assembly housing. The drive shaft is configured to couple with a drive coupler of the mixing bowl and rotate about a central axis within the mixing bowl. The gear assembly housing is configured to rotate about the central axis and includes a central gear, a first gear, and a second gear. The central gear is coupled to the drive shaft. The first gear and the second gear are each arranged to rotate in response to rotation of the central gear. The first gear is coupled to a first accessory attachment interface configured to receive a detachable first accessory attachment and the second gear is coupled to a second accessory attachment interface configured to receive a detachable second accessory attachment.

A batch or continuous mixer for mixing powders, immiscible liquids, or a powder with a liquid includes one or more vibrational energy applicators which propagate vibrational energy into the mixture, causing powders to flow like liquids and breaking up liquid droplets and powder clumps. In embodiments, the vibration frequency and amplitude are selected according to properties of the mixture components. Vibrations can be propagated through container walls, impellers, or other structures within the mixing container. Vibrated structures can be flexibly supported for enhanced propagation of the vibrations. Vibrational energy can be uniform throughout the container, or focused in a desired region. Ultrasonic energy can be simultaneously applied with acoustic energy.

Provided is an ultra-dispersion mixer, for stirring a mixed material for producing a high-quality slurry for an electrode of a secondary battery within a short time by disposing a low-speed blade and a high-speed blade for stirring a mixed material in a chamber so as to easily and effectively disperse elements of the slurry of a secondary battery, supplied to a mixer during a procedure of preparing the slurry of a secondary battery produced by performing mixing procedures multiple times, and disposing blade parts having a plurality of stirring characteristics so as to realize various stirring characteristics in the mixed material on the high-speed blade to increase the dispersion of the mixed material while the mixed material circulates in a high-shear disperser of the chamber and to simultaneously increase the temperature of a supplied solution at the beginning of stirring of the mixed material in the chamber.

Systems and methods that implement a GUI functional block that allows a user to specify a compounding formula for a composition, an ingredient validation functional block configured for receiving a code on a container holding a first ingredient, consulting a database to derive a formulation ingredient to be used in preparing the composition, determining if the first ingredient matches the formulation ingredient, a planetary mixer control functional block configured for consulting the database arrangement at least partly on a basis of the specified compounding formula to determine mixing parameters for a planetary mixer that are associated with the specified compounding formula, causing a motor assembly of the planetary mixer to apply superimposed rotation and revolution movements to a container in accordance with the mixing parameters determined from the consulting, preventing operation of the motor assembly if the determining step fails to match the first ingredient to the formulation ingredient.

Systems and methods that implement a GUI functional block that allows a user to specify a compounding formula for a composition, an ingredient validation functional block configured for receiving a code on a container holding a first ingredient, consulting a database to derive a formulation ingredient to be used in preparing the composition, determining if the first ingredient matches the formulation ingredient, a planetary mixer control functional block configured for consulting the database arrangement at least partly on a basis of the specified compounding formula to determine mixing parameters for a planetary mixer that are associated with the specified compounding formula, causing a motor assembly of the planetary mixer to apply superimposed rotation and revolution movements to a container in accordance with the mixing parameters determined from the consulting, preventing operation of the motor assembly if the determining step fails to match the first ingredient to the formulation ingredient.

The invention relates to a stirring mechanism (90) for a machine for preparing chilled or frozen products comprising one motor, the stirring mechanism (90) comprising one or a plurality of transmission paths between an input shaft (94) rotatable at a speed .sub.in by the motor and an output shaft (98) rotatable at a speed .sub.out, the transmission paths providing different values of the ratio .sub.in/.sub.out and being selectable as a function of the direction of rotation of the input shaft (94). The invention further relates to a machine (100) for preparing chilled or frozen products comprising a stirring mechanism (90) as described, the stirring mechanism (90) entraining in rotation stirring means (9) to prepare the product. Even further, the invention relates to a system comprising such a machine (100) and a container (10) comprising the ingredient or ingredients for preparing the product by the rotation of the stirring means (9).

The invention relates to a stirring mechanism (90) for a machine for preparing chilled or frozen products comprising one motor, the stirring mechanism (90) comprising an input shaft (94) rotatable by the motor and an output shaft (98) providing the output movement of the stirring mechanism (90) such that depending on the direction of rotation of the input shaft (94), the positioning of the output shaft (98) is different with respect to the input shaft (94). Further, the invention relates to a machine (100) for preparing chilled or frozen products comprising a stirring mechanism (90) as described, the stirring mechanism (90) entraining in rotation stirring means (9) to prepare the product. Even further, the invention relates to a system comprising a machine (100) as the one described and a container (10) comprising the ingredient or ingredients for preparing the product by the rotation of the stirring means (9).

A dough mixer includes a main unit with a motor arranged therein and a dough mixing assembly mounted thereon. The dough mixing assembly includes a dough mixing bowl, a top cover, a transmission shaft connected to the motor and is arranged in the dough mixing bowl, a dough mixing unit connected to the transmission shaft and including an upper end, and a scraper unit detachably connected to the upper end of the dough mixing unit. The scraper unit includes a first bowl wall scraper including a first blade fitted to an inner wall of the dough mixing bowl, a second bowl wall scraper including a second blade fitted to the inner wall of the dough mixing bowl, wherein the second bowl wall scraper is arranged opposite to the first bowl wall scraper, and a central scraper including a third blade matched with an outer wall of the transmission shaft.