Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Yasuhiro Utsumi

Satoshi Komatsu

Yoshiyuki Hiraga

Takayuki Tanaka

Satoshi Tokuno

Tomohisa Noda

Teruo Kido

Tomonori Kikuno

Shinichirou Kobayashi

A former unit () as a drying apparatus includes a horizontally oriented main casing (). Space inside the main casing () is divided into four irradiation zones (-). Each of the irradiation zones (-) contains one tray unit (). Each of the tray units () contains four metallic transfer trays () aligned in the vertical direction, with a distance between the transfer trays () set to half a wavelength of a microwave (&#x3bb;/2) or larger. Each of the transfer trays () carries wet PTFE powder. In the irradiation zones (-), the tray units () sequentially move from the first irradiation zone () to the fourth irradiation zone (), and the microwave is laterally applied to the transfer trays ().

Drying apparatus

Method of stabilizing fluorine-containing polymer

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Osaka, Japan

Yasuhiro Utsumi