Patent ID: 8075811

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a particulate chemical substance, the method comprising: providing a spray granulation apparatus comprising a nozzle plate base comprising a rigid, substantially planar plate having a plurality of nozzle holes therein, each for receiving a nozzle pipe; and a plurality of nozzle pipes extending downwardly from the nozzle holes, the axes of the nozzle pipes being substantially parallel to each other, and each of the nozzle pipes having a length of 2 to 100 mm, measured from the surface of the nozzle plate base to the tip of the nozzle pipe; and dropping from the plurality of nozzle pipes, and under pressure, a molten chemical substance, the chemical substance having a melting point of 50 to 250° C., to be granulated through said nozzle plate, without vibrating the molten chemical substance.