Abstract:
Apparatus for continuously performing chemical processes and reactions which require heat administration from the outside and are conducive to the evolution of volatile by-products, such as the processes leading to the production of spinnable polyesters, comprising a reactor having substantially vertical metal walls, means for introducing the reactant and, if desired, a recycled reacted product at the reactor top, centrifuging means for hurling the material or materials introduced at the top of said walls so that it or they descend in the form of a liquid film therealong, and means for recycling a fraction of the product, which has been collected at the base of the reactor, towards the top thereof.