Patent ID: 6800228
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: B01J,B29B,C07C,C08K

Abstract:
A process for manufacturing dried granules that are at least in the form of agglomerates or pellets, said process comprising:mixing an organic processing agent comprising an amount of a friability reduction agent with a powder comprising an additive system comprising at least a first sterically hindered phenol antioxidant under conditions that are effective to form a wet paste; processing said wet paste to form wet granules in the form of wet agglomerates or wet pellets without melting said sterically hindered phenol antioxidant; and, exposing said wet granules to conditions that are effective to remove said organic processing agent from said wet granules but ineffective to melt said sterically hindered phenol antioxidant, thereby producing said dried granules.