Process for the production of polycarbonate agglomerate

A process for the production of polycarbonate agglomerate from polycarbonate solutions by the steam treatment of polycarbonate solutions and subsequent drying, characterised in that a solution (1) of 3 to 30% by weight of polycarbonate in an organic solvent is mixed in a nozzle (5) with steam (4) at 100.degree. to 300.degree. C. and at a pressure of 2 to 100 bar, the mixture is conveyed in a tube or in a tubular heat exchanger (6) with a length/diameter ratio of 100 to 10,000 to a separator (7), the volume of which is from 80 to 200 litres with respect to a throughput of 10 kg polycarbonate per hour, the height of which is 0.5 to 1.5 times its diameter and which is filled to 50 to 75% of its volume with water, and in which the gaseous components of the mixture flowing in are separated at a pressure of 0.9 to 7 bar and at a temperature of 120 to 180.degree. C., the resulting mixture of polycarbonate particles and water is removed via a pressure lock from the separator bottom at intervals of 5 to 30 minutes, is depressurised to ambient pressure and is separated by straining or centrifuging, the polycarbonate is dried and the water removed from the separator (7) is optionally recycled to the process.