Patent ID: 8252501
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing coalesced resin particles comprising: a coalescence process of causing an aggregated resin particle slurry, which is prepared by dispersing in a fluid medium aggregated resin particles composed of an aggregate of fine resin particles containing at least a resin, to flow through an inside of a pipe while being heated to a predetermined temperature and pressurized in such a manner that a pressure exerted thereon falls in a range of 1 MPa or more and 2 MPa or less, thereby to obtain a coalesced resin particle slurry; and a cooling and decompression process of allowing the coalesced resin particle slurry flowing through the inside of the pipe in a heat and pressure-applied state to be cooled down to a predetermined temperature and decompressed to a predetermined pressure.