The invention generally relates to a process for the preparation of water-absorbent polymer particles, comprising the process steps of (i) preparing an aqueous monomer solution comprising at least one partially neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing carboxylic acid groups (α1) and at least one crosslinker (α3)； (ii) optionally adding fine particles of a water-absorbent polymer to the aqueous monomer solution； (iii) adding a polymerization initiator or a at least one component of a polymerization initiator system that comprises two or more components to the aqueous monomer solution； (iv) optionally decreasing the oxygen content of the aqueous monomer solution； (v) charging the aqueous monomer solution into a polymerization reactor； (vi) polymerizing the monomers in the aqueous monomer solution in the polymerization reactor, thereby obtaining a polymer gel； (vii) discharging the polymer gel out of the polymerization reactor and comminuting the polymer gel in a first comminuting device thereby obtaining polymer gel particles； (viii) drying the polymer gel particles； (ix) grinding the dried polymer gel particles thereby obtaining water-absorbent polymer particles； (x) sizing the grinded water-absorbent polymer particles； and (xi) optionally treating the surface of the grinded and sized water-absorbent polymer particles； wherein in process step (vii) the first comminuting device comprises a first disc, a second disc, and a third disc.La présente invention concerne, de façon générale, un procédé de préparation de particules polymères absorbant l'eau, comprenant les étapes consistant (i) à préparer une solution aqueuse à base de monomères qui contient au moins un monomère monoéthyléniquement insaturé partiellement neutralisé portant des groupes d'acide carboxylique (α1) et au moins un agent de réticulation (α3)； (ii) éventuellement à ajouter de fines particules d'un polymère absorbant l'eau à ladite solution aqueuse à base de monomères； (iii) à ajouter
