APPAREIL DE STÉRILISATION, MACHINE D'EMBALLAGE COMPORTANT UN APPAREIL DE STÉRILISATION POUR PRODUIRE DES EMBALLAGES HERMÉTIQUES ET PROCÉDÉ DE STÉRILISATION
There is described a sterilization apparatus (13) for sterilizing a web (4) of packaging material having at least one conductive layer and advancing along a web advancement path (P), the sterilization apparatus (13) comprises at least one irradiation device (25) adapted to direct a sterilization irradiation onto at least one face (7, 8) of the advancing web (4) of packaging material and a grounding unit (26) having at least one grounded and conductive interaction element (32) configured to establish contact with a lateral edge (5, 6) of the web (4) of packaging material so as to electrically connect to the at least one conductive layer for grounding, in use, the at least one conductive layer.
