: A continuous process for minimizing the agglomeration of freshly manufactured polyolefin pellets comprising the steps of: - feeding an aqueous stream containing polyolefin pellets to a tower, - cooling said polyolefin pellets during their upward flow along said tower by means of a downward flow of a cooling agent having a density higher than said polyolefin, - collecting the cooled pellets from the top of said tower after a residence time in the tower comprised between 2 and 20 minutes.
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