Device for continuously thermally processing pharmaceutical glass containers, having a housing (60, 61) in which a continuous conveying gap is formed between an inlet region and an outlet region, a conveying device which is configured so that the glass containers are positioned without any mutual contact on an upper side of a driven conveying means of the conveying device and are continuously conveyed from the inlet region to the outlet region in a conveying direction (x), a heating zone which is configured so that the glass containers when passing through the conveying gap in the heating zone are heated to a maximum temperature, a first cooling zone which, when viewed in the conveying direction (x), directly adjoins the heating zone and is configured so that the glass containers when passing through the conveying gap in the first cooling zone cool at a first cooling rate, and at least one separation plate (20, 25, 30, 43) which is provided above the conveying device or above and below the conveying device in order to separate the glass containers in the heating zone and at least in the first cooling zone from heating devices (22, 27, 42a, 42b, 42c) or combined heating and cooling devices (31, 36, 39) and to prevent the introduction of impurities into the conveying gap from above the conveying device or from above and below the conveying device, characterised in that the at least one separation plate (20, 25, 30, 43) comprises an electrically conductive material in order to be inductively heated by the heating devices (22, 27, 42a, 42b, 42c) or combined heating and cooling devices (31, 36, 39) and to supply heat to the glass containers in the heating zone and at least in the first cooling zone. a housing (60, 61) in which a continuous conveying gap is formed between an inlet region and an outlet region, a conveying device which is configured so that the glass containers are positioned without any mutual contact on an upper side of a driven conveying means of the conveying device and are continuously conveyed from the inlet region to the outlet region in a conveying direction (x), a heating zone which is configured so that the glass containers when passing through the conveying gap in the heating zone are heated to a maximum temperature, a first cooling zone which, when viewed in the conveying direction (x), directly adjoins the heating zone and is configured so that the glass containers when passing through the conveying gap in the first cooling zone cool at a first cooling rate, and at least one separation plate (20, 25, 30, 43) which is provided above the conveying device or above and below the conveying device in order to separate the glass containers in the heating zone and at least in the first cooling zone from heating devices (22, 27, 42a, 42b, 42c) or combined heating and cooling devices (31, 36, 39) and to prevent the introduction of impurities into the conveying gap from above the conveying device or from above and below the conveying device, characterised in that the at least one separation plate (20, 25, 30, 43) comprises an electrically conductive material in order to be inductively heated by the heating devices (22, 27, 42a, 42b, 42c) or combined heating and cooling devices (31, 36, 39) and to supply heat to the glass containers in the heating zone and at least in the first cooling zone.