FURNACE AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING STERILE VESSELS FROM DECONTAMINATED PREFORMS OF A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL

摘要

The invention relates to a thermal conditioning furnace (10) comprising first infrared (IR1) heating means (32), ultraviolet (UV) sterilisation means (76) and second infrared (IR2) heating means (34) for successively carrying out a decontamination for sterilising at least the outer surface (28) of the body (14) of the perform (12), and to an equipment (56) including such a furnace (10) for producing sterile vessels (68) by a blowing or stretching-blowing technique from decontaminated performs (12) of a thermoplastic material.