METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONTAINERS
First Claim
1. An installation for producing containers from thermoplastic parisons, which comprises a heating unit for heating the parisons with a view to forming the containers from the parisons thus heated, the installation defining a path but the parisons are intended to follow within the heating unit, characterized in that the heating unit comprises at least one source of coherent electromagnetic radiation directed toward a region situated on the path of the parisons.
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Abstract
A method of producing a container from a thermoplastic blank, including a step in which the blank is heated using at least one beam of coherent electromagnetic radiation, and a step in which the container is formed from the blank thus heated. The invention also relates to an installation which is used to produce containers and which includes a unit for heating the blanks in order to form containers from the blanks thus heated. The inventive installation defines a path along which the blanks travel inside the heating unit. In addition, the heating unit includes at least one coherent electromagnetic radiation source which is directed toward a zone that is located on the aforementioned path.
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- 1. An installation for producing containers from thermoplastic parisons, which comprises a heating unit for heating the parisons with a view to forming the containers from the parisons thus heated, the installation defining a path but the parisons are intended to follow within the heating unit, characterized in that the heating unit comprises at least one source of coherent electromagnetic radiation directed toward a region situated on the path of the parisons.
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