Heater, in particular for treatment of cork by boiling, method relating thereto

摘要

A heater (1) comprises a chamber (4) bounded by walls (10) suitable for containing products (2) to be treated, heat exchange means (7) having exchanging surfaces suitable for transferring heat to a mass of liquid for the treatment of said products (2); said exchanging surfaces are disjoined from said walls (10). A method for treating products (2) by a heater (1) comprises: loading said products (2) into a treating chamber (4) bounded by walls (10) suitable for containing said products (2); treating said products (2) by a mass of liquid; unloading said products (2) from said chamber (4); said loading and said unloading take place through a closable opening (9) obtained in a side part (10) of said walls.