Patent ID: 7341202

Claim:
A method for producing droplets comprising: a) continuously producing a coherent layer of a liquid or melt of even thickness by means of a centrifugal action along an entire periphery of a rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ), wherein the liquid or melt being supplied to the rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ) around its entire axis of rotation from distribution means ( 12 , 112 ) and leaving the rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ) as individual droplets, wherein the distribution means ( 12 , 112 ) distributing the liquid or melt onto the rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ) has essentially the same speed and direction of rotation as the rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ), the liquid or melt under the influence of the centrifugal action circumferentially undergoes a spreading and change in velocity across the rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ) in contact with the same; and b) producing a plurality of sizes for the droplets as each droplet leaves the periphery of the rotating disk ( 13 , 113 ).