APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus comprises a compression-moulding machine (303), suitable for compression-moulding plastics to obtain preforms (Z, Z0, Z1), a blow-moulding machine (306), suitable for blowing said preforms (Z, Z0, Z1) to obtain containers, a thermal conditioning station (8, 29) for said preforms (Z, Z0, Z1), interposed between said compression-moulding machine (303) and said blow-moulding machine(306), moving means (312) for moving said preforms (Z, Z0, Z1) to an intermediate zone (321) between said compression-moulding machine (303) and said thermal conditioning station (8, 29), said preforms (Z, Z0, Z1) being advanced along advance paths of variable length to vary the dwelling time of said preforms (Z, Z0, Z1) in said intermediate zone (321).