Process for the treatment of material in an autoclave and the autoclave, practice of the procedure laid down

摘要

An autoclave for treating products, such as sterilizing cans and ampoules, the apparatus having a chamber into which a supply conduit is connected provided with a medium, such as steam, and a further supply conduit provided with at least one control medium, for example compressed air. The apparatus is also provided with a discharge conduit and a vent conduit. The apparatus and method achieves the intended sterilization of the products by operating the system as near as possible to the temperature tolerance of the plastic packaging of the products being treated.