Patent ID: 9682163
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61L,B29C

Claim:
1. A method for sterilization of plastics material pre-forms, wherein the plastics material pre-forms are conveyed by a conveying device along a pre-determined conveying path and are sterilized at least for a time during this conveying by being acted upon with a flowable sterilization agent, wherein the plastics material pre-forms are conveyed at least for a time inside a housing, wherein; at least one portion of the housing is heated at least for a time before and/or during the sterilization procedure by a heating source independent of the sterilization agent; and the sterilization procedure being stressing the plastic material pre-forms with the flowable sterilization agent; and/or at least one sterilization region, in which the plastics material pre-forms are sterilized, is thermally insulated with respect to an environment, the sterilization region being tempered separately with the heating source which directly heats an exterior surface of at least one wall portion of the housing.