The invention discloses an
airflow spherification reactor and a method for preparing a
polymer-based spherical
powder material by the same. The reactor comprises a
powder material conveying
system, aheating reactor body, a condensing
system and a
cyclone separator which are connected in sequence, wherein the
powder material conveying
system is used for uniformly dispersing the powder material andenabling the powder material to enter the reactor with temperature higher than the
melting point of the powder material, so that the
solid powder material is molten and changes into spheres under theaction of
surface tension, the spheres then enter the condensing system to be cooled and shaped, gas-
solid separation is realized by the
cyclone separator, and the
polymer-based powder material withhigh
sphericity is prepared finally. The reactor has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, high production efficiency and wide application range. Aftertreatment is not needed with adoption ofair as a dispersion medium, and the method is convenient and quick, can achieve continuous
mass production and can be applied to various
thermoplastic polymers such as nylon, polyetheretherketone,
polystyrene and composite materials of the polymers. The prepared powder material has the advantages of high
sphericity, good fluidity, narrow
particle size distribution and the like.