3. APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING SHELLAC IN A FINELY DIVIDED FORM WITH A LOW MOISTURE CONTENT, COMPRISING A CENTRIFUGE BOWL HAVING FINE PERFORATIONS IN ITS SIDE WALLS, IN WHICH SHELLAC IN A PLASTIC STATE IS PLACED, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE BOWL AT A HIGH SPEED, A HOT AIR PIPE UNDER THE BOWL AND HAVING HOLES FOR DIRECTING JETS OF HOT AIR AGAINST THE PERIPHERAL PART OF THE BOWL, A HOT AIR PIPE ABOVE THE BOWL AND HAVING HOLES FOR DIRECTING JETS OF HOT AIR ON TO THE SHELLAC IN THE BOWL, A BLOWER AN AIR HEATER FOR SUPPLYING HOT AIR TO THE HOT AIR PIPES AND A CASING AROUND THE CENTRIFUGE BOWL HAVING PROJECTIONS EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO CATCH THE ENDS OF THE THREADS OF SHELLAC WHICH ARE EXPELLED HORIZONTALLY AS THE BOWL ROTATES AND ASSIST IN BREAKING THEM OFF.