Method for obtaining and isolating polychloroprene solids

A process for obtaining polychloroprene solids, the process comprising:

• pre-mixing steam with a coagulating agent;
• passing a stream of an aqueous polychloroprene dispersion through a flow coagulation vessel comprising a plurality of steam inlet apertures, and
• injecting the steam comprising the coagulating agent into the stream of the aqueous polychloroprene dispersion via the apertures of the flow coagulation vessel to coagulate the polychloroprene and form polychloroprene solids in a coagulation suspension,
• wherein the aqueous polychloroprene dispersion is contacted with an amount of steam at a ratio of 80 kg to 1000 kg of steam per metric ton of solid polychloroprene in the polychloroprene dispersion to provide 10 to 40 kg of coagulating agent per metric ton of solid polychloroprene in the polychloroprene dispersion.