A method for operating an apparatus for treating a particulate material, said apparatus comprising a container, said container having a base, an upright wall extending from said base from bottom to top, and, in an upper region of said container a deflecting element to deflect said material moved up along said wall in direction of movement of said material in such a way that said material can return to said base, wherein it is possible for at least said wall of said container to be driven into rotation about a vertical axis of rotation, and wherein in said upper region of said container there is at least one container element which can be driven in rotation in the same direction as said upright wall, but with lower rotational speed, about said vertical axis of rotation,
- said method for operating comprising the step of setting said at least one container element in rotation with the rotational speed which is less than a rotational speed of said wall.