Particulate smoothing process

摘要

An apparatus including: a grinder adapted to grind toner particles; a classifier in communication with the grinder adapted to separate sized toner particles from unsized toner particles; a conduit in communication with the classifier which conduit is adapted to convey the sized toner particles away from the grinder; a heater adapted to heat and smooth the surface of the sized toner particles received from the conduit; and a particle separator adapted separate the resulting mixture of smooth surface toner particles and debris particles received from the heater.