A method of manufacturing a synthetic bale, including the steps of heating a mixture of a first plurality of fibers with a second plurality of fibers to cause the first plurality of fibers and the second plurality of fibers to thermally bond with one another to create bonded fibers, directing the bonded fibers into a forming chamber, and outputting the bonded fibers into a sheath configured for use as a synthetic ground-based bale.

In a tower integrated by the heating and drying section and the cooling section, both sides of the heating and drying section housing are provided with an air inlet box and an air outlet box; the air inlet box is communicating with a heat exchanger and distribution pipes in the heating and drying section housing, the air outlet box is communicating with distribution pipes in the heating and drying section housing and a dust remover; both sides of the cooling section housing are provided with an air inlet box and an air outlet box; the air inlet box is communicating with a heat exchanger and distribution pipes in the cooling section housing; the air outlet box is communicating with distribution pipes in the cooling section housing and a dust remover. The integral device improves the heat exchange effect and preventing the polypropylene particles from aging.

In one instance a semicrystalline polyketone powder useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a bimodal melt peak determined by an initial differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scan at 20 C./min and a D.sub.90 particle size of at most 300 micrometers and average particle size of 1 micrometer to 150 micrometers equivalent spherical diameter. In another instance, A composition is comprised of a semicrystalline polyketone powder having a melt peak and a recrystallization peak, wherein the melt peak and recrystallization peak fail to overlap.

In one instance a semicrystalline polyketone powder useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a bimodal melt peak determined by an initial differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scan at 20 C./min and a D.sub.90 particle size of at most 300 micrometers and average particle size of 1 micrometer to 150 micrometers equivalent spherical diameter. In another instance, A composition is comprised of a semicrystalline polyketone powder having a melt peak and a recrystallization peak, wherein the melt peak and recrystallization peak fail to overlap.

A method for manufacturing a toner including supplying powder particles containing a binder resin via a plurality of powder-particle supplying units to a treating chamber, the treating chamber having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface, heat treating the powder particles in the treating chamber by supplying hot air into the treating chamber, wherein a temperature of the hot air supplied into the treating chamber is 100.0 C. or higher and 200.0 C. or lower, and adjusting a humidity of the hot air so that a relative humidity of the hot air supplied into the treating chamber is 3.0% or more and 80.0% or less.