Method and an installation for sterilizing containers by electron bombardment
AssigneeSerac Group
InventorsAndré GRAFFIN, Guy Dumargue, Delphine Gueguen
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Abstract
A method of sterilizing containers by means of an electron gun, the method comprising the steps of inserting the gun into an opening of the container and of applying electron bombardment, and also the step of orienting the container so that it has its opening directed downwards prior to inserting the gun therein. The invention also provides an installation for implementing the method.
Claims9
A method of sterilizing containers by means of an electron gun, the method comprising the steps of inserting the gun into an opening of the container and applying electron bombardment, wherein the method further comprises a step of orienting the container so that its opening is directed downwards prior to inserting the gun therein.
A container sterilization installation comprising a container transport platform, the platform having electron guns, container holder members in register with the electron guns, and relative movement means for moving the guns and the containers relative to one another in order to insert free ends of the guns into the openings of the containers, wherein the guns are directed upwards and the holder means are arranged above the electron guns.
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