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AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsAlexander Feigl, Christian Betz, Johann Zimmerer, Konrad Senn, Christian Compera
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An apparatus for heating plastic preforms with a transport device which includes holding devices for holding the plastic preforms and wherein the transport path has at least one heating portion inside which the plastic preforms are heated, and with a heating device arranged stationarily at least in portions along the transport path and which heats the plastic preforms transported by the transport device during their transport through the heating portion, wherein the heating device has at least one in particular stationary applicator device which is configured for bombarding the plastic preforms with microwaves to heat them. In the heating portion, the transport device is arranged relative to the applicator device such that at least parts of the holding devices are arranged outside the applicator device, wherein the applicator device is configured to receive several plastic preforms simultaneously for at least some of the time.
An apparatus for heating plastic preforms, said apparatus having a transport device which includes a circulating carrier configured to transport the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path, wherein the transport device comprises holding devices which are arranged on the circulating carrier, for holding the plastic preforms, wherein said transport path has at least one heating portion inside which the plastic preforms are heated with a heating device which is arranged stationarily at least in portions along the transport path and which heats the plastic preforms transported by the transport device during their transport through the heating portion, wherein the heating device has at least one stationary applicator device which is configured for bombarding the plastic preforms with microwaves in order to heat the plastic performs,
A method for heating plastic preforms, wherein the plastic preforms are transported along a predefined transport path by a transport device which includes a circulating carrier, wherein the transport device comprises holding devices which are arranged on the circulating carrier for holding the plastic preforms and wherein the transport path has at least one heating portion inside which the plastic preforms are heated with a heating device which is arranged stationarily at least in portions along the transport path and configured to heat the plastic preforms transported by the transport device during their transport through the heating portion, wherein the heating device has a stationary applicator device configured to bombard the plastic preforms with microwaves in order to heat the plastic preforms,
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