Measurement and Calculation of Preform Infrared Heating a first approach

Abstract : In a first step, the goal of the w ork is to obtain an accurate characterisation of the heat source of the infrared em itter. In a second step, the com putation of the view factor betw een the lam p and the preform has been perform ed using a Monte-Carlo m ethod. Then, an experim ental valid ation of the view factor com putation using quantitative infrared therm ography has been d eveloped. This w ork is a first contribution to the stud y of rad iative heat transfer w hich are involved in infrared heating of preform related to the injection stretch-blow m old ing of therm oplastic bottles.