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Device and method for thermally conditioning preforms

US10821649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH · DE

Inventors

Niels Meyer · Schenefeld, DE
Deniz Ulutürk · Hamburg, DE
Frank Lewin · Tangstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2017
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/7158
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a heat box for thermally conditioning preforms (10) that consist of a thermoplastic material and are provided for blow moulding, in which two lateral walls (32) and one base wall (34) delimit a heat tunnel through which the preforms (10) are conveyed, said heat tunnel comprising at least two parallel heat channels, and a heating unit (14) being arranged between two adjacent, particularly parallel heat channels and comprising a plurality of rod-shaped heating elements (16) that extend longitudinally in the conveyor direction of the preforms (10).

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