HOT VISCOUS RAW MATERIAL LEAVING A COOLER PERFORATED BODY COOLING A CUTTER

摘要

An apparatus (100) for manufacturing particles, wherein the apparatus (100) comprises a supply unit (102) adapted for supplying a viscous raw material, a perforated body (104) having a plurality of perforations (106) and arranged to receive the viscous raw material from the supply unit (102) to flow through the plurality of perforations (106), and a cutter (108) arranged so that the viscous raw material flowing out of the plurality of perforations (106) is cut into the particles by the cutter (108), wherein the apparatus (100) is configured so that, during manufacturing the particles, a temperature of at least a portion of the perforated body (104) is lower than a temperature of the viscous raw material flowing through the plurality of perforations (106), wherein the perforated body (104) and the cutter (108) are arranged relative to one another such that the cutter (108) is cooled by thermal exchange with the perforated body (104) during operation of the apparatus (100).