Abstract: An apparatus (1) for sterilizing container closures comprises a conduit (2) defining a passage for the closure and having a wall (3) surrounding the passage, spraying means (4) for injecting inside the conduit (2) a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized, drying means for introducing hot air in the conduit (2) and means for heating the wall (3) of the conduit (2) operatively coupled thereto. A method for sterilizing container closures transported inside a conduit (2) having a wall (3) defining internally a passage for the closures comprises the steps of injecting inside the conduit (2) a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized, introducing hot air in the conduit (2) for drying the closures and heating the wall (3) of the conduit (2) by transferring heat directly to the conduit wall (3).

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for sterilizing container closures comprises a conduit (2) defining a passage for the closure and having a wall (3) surrounding the passage, spraying means (4) for injecting inside the conduit (2) a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized, drying means for introducing hot air in the conduit (2) and means for capturing the exhaust fluids exiting from the con-duit (2), said means comprising at least a suction hood (15) arranged over a corresponding exhaust opening (14) defined in the conduit (2) at a predetermined distance thereto, to capture the exhaust fluids from said exhaust opening (14) bay way of a draught effect.

Abstract: A sterilisation and disinfection apparatus can include a sterilisation environment for receiving items to be sterilised, a source of hydrogen peroxide and means for feeding to said sterilisation environment a controlled flow of a gaseous dispersion of vaporised hydrogen peroxide, characterised by comprising sensing means the electro-conductivity of which varies in response to a variation of the concentration of vaporised hydrogen peroxide in the gaseous atmosphere to which said sensing means are exposed; said sensing means being exposed to said gaseous dispersion and configured to output a signal which is a function of the concentration of vaporised hydrogen peroxide in said gaseous dispersion.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for processing container closures (2) comprises a sterilization unit (3), having a sterilization module (7) with means for spraying on the closures (2) a hot sterilization fluid, a capping unit (4), having screwing means active on the closures (2) for connecting them on correspondent containers, applying a predetermined torque, a guide member (5) configured in such a way to allow a plurality of closures (2) to be arranged therein and connected to the sterilization unit (3) and to the capping unit (4) to guide the closures (2) from the sterilization unit (3) to the capping unit (4), and means (13) for regulating the temperature of the closures (2) arranged in the guide member (5), to provide that the closures (2) have a predetermined desired temperature in the capping unit (4).

Abstract: There is described a unit for sterilizing container closures comprising: a process chamber having an inlet for receiving a succession of closures to be sterilized and an outlet from which sterilized closures exit; conveying means for advancing the closures through the process chamber along a predetermined path (P); and radiation emitting means acting inside the process chamber, facing the closures moving along the above path (P) and which can be activated for directing sterilizing radiations on said closures to sterilize their surfaces; the conveying means comprise actuator means acting on each closure to produce a rolling movement thereof while it advances along its path (P).

Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing objects, comprising: a sterile conduit (2) having an inlet for introducing non sterile objects and an outlet for extracting sterilized objects; spraying means for introducing a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized inside the conduit (2); sucking means (30; 115) for capturing exhaust fluids exiting from the conduit (2). The apparatus is provided with injecting means (10) for injecting a flow of fluid transversely to the conduit (2) to generate a fluid barrier for isolating said sterile conduit from an exterior non sterile area, said fluid barrier being generated at said inlet of the conduit (2). A method for regulating the distribution of a sterilization fluid inside a sterile conduit for sterilizing objects.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for processing container closures (2) comprises a sterilization unit (3), having a sterilization module (7) with means for spraying on the closures (2) a hot sterilization fluid, a capping unit (4), having screwing means active on the closures (2) for connecting them on correspondent containers, applying a predetermined torque, a guide member (5) configured in such a way to allow a plurality of closures (2) to be arranged therein and connected to the sterilization unit (3) and to the capping unit (4) to guide the closures (2) from the sterilization unit (3) to the capping unit (4), and means (13) for regulating the temperature of the closures (2) arranged in the guide member (5), to provide that the closures (2) have a predetermined desired temperature in the capping unit (4).

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for sterilizing container closures comprises a conduit (2) defining a passage for the closure and having a wall (3) surrounding the passage, spraying means (4) for injecting inside the conduit (2) a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized, drying means for introducing hot air in the conduit (2) and means for capturing the exhaust fluids exiting from the conduit (2), said means comprising at least a suction hood (15) arranged over a corresponding exhaust opening (14) defined in the conduit (2) at a predetermined distance thereto, to capture the exhaust fluids from said exhaust opening (14) bay way of a draught effect.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for sterilizing container closures comprises a conduit (2) defining a passage for the closure and having a wall (3) surrounding the passage, spraying means (4) for injecting inside the conduit (2) a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized, drying means for introducing hot air in the conduit (2) and means for heating the wall (3) of the conduit (2) operatively coupled thereto. A method for sterilizing container closures transported inside a conduit (2) having a wall (3) defining internally a passage for the closures comprises the steps of injecting inside the conduit (2) a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized, introducing hot air in the conduit (2) for drying the closures and heating the wall (3) of the conduit (2) by transferring heat directly to the conduit wall (3).

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a rotating conveying system for conveying along a curved path components of packaging units comprising containers and container closures, a filling device for filling with a product the containers on the rotating conveying system, a sterilizing device for sterilizing at least part of the components mounted along the path and comprising an irradiating device arranged to emit radiation.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating objects comprises a plurality of rotating carousels for transporting said objects along a curved path, sterilizing devices arranged on said plurality of carousels along said path and distributed on a carousel of said plurality of carousels and partially on at least a further carousel of said plurality of carousels; an apparatus for treating objects comprises a rotating carousel arrangement for transporting said objects along a curved path, said rotating carousel arrangement comprising at least a carousel for treating objects, and a sterilizing arrangement arranged on said carousel arrangement along said path, and comprising a sterilizing device that operates at ambient pressure; a method for treating objects comprises transporting along a curved path said objects by means of a plurality of rotating carousels comprising sterilizing said objects during said transporting with sterilizing devices arranged on said plurality of carousels, wherein said transporting comprises transferring sa

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a rotating conveying system for conveying along a curved path components of packaging units comprising containers and container closures, a filling device for filling with a product said containers on said rotating conveying system, a sterilising device for sterilising at least part of said components mounted along said path and comprising an irradiating device arranged to emit radiation.