| 摘要 |
Thin-walled container forming and non-chemical sterilisation apparatus 10 comprises: a pre-sterilisation section (12, fig 1a), and a non-chemical sterilisation section 14 arranged in-line to define a guide path 18 through the apparatus 10. The pre-sterilisation section 12 includes a feeder station 22 for feeding at least one flexible, preferably upper and lower, container film 36, 40 onto the guide path 18 of the apparatus 10, a closure insert station 24 at the said guide path 18 for inserting an closure device 54 into at least one of the upper and lower container films 36, 40, and a sealing station 26 at the said guide path 18 for longitudinally and laterally sealing the upper and lower container films 36, 40 together to form a plurality of flexible hermetically-sealed thin-walled containers 94. The non-chemical sterilisation section 14 includes in-line irradiation means, such as an in-line electron beam emitter 108, directed at the guide path 18 for dry sterilising all internal product-contactable surfaces post-formation of the flexible hermetically-sealed thin-walled containers 94 to in-line form a plurality of flexible aseptic hermetically-sealed thin-walled containers 122. A method of in-line forming flexible aseptic hermetically-sealed thin-walled containers 122 is also provided. |
