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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Loïc Bourvellec, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Hervé Pasquier, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Abstract
Provided are methods for automatically positioning ramps in a station for the heating of preforms. The method includes acquiring an image of a preform traveling along a slot delimited by a pair of ramps, where at least one of the ramps is transversely mobile to vary the width of the slot () and where a motorized device transversely moves the at least one mobile ramp and is controlled automatically by an electronic control unit. The method further includes automatically determining the diameter below the neck of the preform by computer processing the image and automatically adjusting the width of the slot by moving the at least one mobile ramp according to the determined diameter below the neck.