Patent ID: 8268378

Claim:
Method for the continuous production of a powdered product from a product in the liquid state in the form of a solution-, suspension- or emulsion-type mixture in an aqueous medium, in which, during a first step the liquid state product is transformed into a viscous state product wherein there is carried out at least one product-drying step comprising at least a first thermomechanical treatment step with at least one thermomechanical treatment machine into which the viscous state product and a determined amount of powdered product from the same family as the liquid state product are injected simultaneously, and into which a one or more gases are further injected, the treatment machine being configured to mix the viscous state product and the powdered product so as to produce solidified particles of product upon contact with ambient air, and wherein after the first thermomechanical treatment step, there is carried out at least one overrun step.