LIQUID MATERIAL GRANULATING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: granulating equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has housing mounted for rotation and provided with perforated side wall, distributing grid and sleeve immovably fixed in housing. Transverse walls are fixed on sleeve for forming peripheral annular sections inside sleeve. Additional transverse partition walls are mounted on the outside of sleeve, under said partition walls to define in conjunction with them paired walls. Sleeve wall potions between pairs of partition walls are made continuous. Through slots are formed beyond paired partitions. Apparatus may be used for granulating liquid materials by spraying thereof with following cooling or drying drops in cavity of granulating column, for example for producing complex mineral fertilizers. EFFECT: increased efficiency and improved quality of granulated material by providing uniform feeding of granulated material to discharge openings in housing. 2 cl, 2 dwg