18 u2032 18 u2033 can be supplied with polyester pellets at high temperature the polyester pellets are fed without crystallisation and drying only with a low dwell time in the receiving container directly to the preform machines 18 18 u2032 18 u2033 the number of removal places is fixed according to the ratio between partial flow to the preform machines 18 18 u2032 18 u2033 and the main flow 8 to the pellet cooler the drying degassing device 7 according to the invention thereby has a one part configuration i e a cooling device 13 extending vertically downwards is connected directly to the temperature control zone also termed conditioning silo also the drying degassing devices 7 in fig2 to 4 are configured in this way the device according to the invention for the production of moulded articles consists of the following main components which have the same configuration in all of the fig1 to 5 a regulated quantity of polyester melt fc 1 is pressed via a suitable number of nozzles into a chamber through which water flows the quantity of granulation water circulating through the circulation pump 2 is regulated in order that the correct dwell time is set in the cooling stretch 4 in addition to the dwell time in the cooling stretch the water temperature regulated in the cooler 3 with tc 3 has a strong influence on the remaining residual heat in addition to the dwell time and the temperature in the cooling stretch the remaining contact time between water and granulate grain in the agitated centrifuge 5 remains crucial for the residual heat in the granulate.