Apparatus and method for heating plastic preforms with adjustable focusing device
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMichael Eifler, Wolfgang Schoenberger, Simon Moewes
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for heating plastic preforms with a transport device which is suitable and intended for transporting the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, with at least one stationary arrange heating device which heats the plastic preforms transported along the transport path, wherein the heating device has at least one heating element which emits radiation which heats the plastic preforms and at least one focusing device which focuses the radiation emitted by the heating element onto predetermined regions of the plastic preforms to be heated, wherein a position of this focusing device is changeable.
Claims10
An apparatus for heating plastic preforms with a transport device which is suitable and intended for transporting the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, with at least one stationary arranged heating device which heats the plastic preforms transported along the transport path, wherein the heating device has at least one heating element) which emits radiation which heats the plastic preforms, and at least one focusing device which focuses the radiation emitted by the heating element onto predetermined regions of the plastic preforms to be heated, wherein a position of this focusing device is changeable.
A method for heating plastic preforms, wherein a transport device transports the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, and at least one stationary arranged heating device heats the plastic preforms) transported along the transport path, wherein the heating device has at least one heating element which emits radiation which heats the plastic preforms, and at least one focusing device which focuses the radiation emitted by the heating element onto predetermined regions of the plastic preforms to be heated, wherein a position of this focusing device is changed.
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