Apparatus and method of producing plastics material containers

An apparatus for use with plastics material pre-forms and with respect to a dwell period, the apparatus comprising:

• a tempering space for receiving a plurality of plastics material pre-forms,
• a supply device in order to supply the plastics material pre-forms to the tempering space,
• a removal device in order to remove the plastics material pre-forms out of the tempering space, and
• a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms from the supply device to the removal device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a pre-set duration of the dwell period, wherein a temperature of the plastics material pre-forms leaving the removal device is substantially constant irrespective of a duration of the dwell period of the plastics material pre-forms in the tempering space and the conveying device is designed with respect to dimension and conveying speed of the conveying device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a period of time of at least 5 minutes;
• wherein the conveying device comprises a guide rail, along which the pre-forms in direct contact with the rails slide through the tempering space also under the action of gravity;
• and
• wherein a conveying path inside the tempering space is designed in the form of an accumulation path, so that the tempering space or the apparatus act as a buffer.

An apparatus for use with plastics material pre-forms and with respect to a dwell period, the apparatus comprising:

• a tempering space for receiving a plurality of plastics material pre-forms,
• a supply device in order to supply the plastics material pre-forms to the tempering space,
• a removal device in order to remove the plastics material pre-forms out of the tempering space, and
• a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms from the supply device to the removal device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a pre-set duration of the dwell period, wherein a temperature of the plastics material pre-forms leaving the removal device is substantially constant irrespective of a duration of the dwell period of the plastics material pre-forms in the tempering space and the conveying device is designed with respect to dimension and conveying speed of the conveying device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a period of time of at least 5 minutes;
• wherein a tempering path inside the tempering space is formed from a plurality of conveying units, which are arranged one above the other, further characterized in that within each of the conveying units the pre-forms are transported along a path extending in a transport direction of each of the conveying units.