Stop Overpaying for Krones Contiform Heater Lamps
Let’s be honest: keeping a Krones Contiform line running is expensive. Especially when you look at the bill for OEM replacement parts. It starts to feel like a tax just for keeping your machines alive. That’s why we made our blow molding lamps. They’re simple, direct drop-in replacements. You get the same bottle quality, but you stop bleeding money on maintenance.
How the heat actually works
These lamps use halogen-filled quartz glass to push out high-intensity shortwave infrared radiation. In plain English? The heat hits the PET preform wall fast and deep. We make sure our tubes match your original Krones wattage and voltage exactly. But here is a pro tip: if you’re running high-wattage tubes,**keep your cooling blowers clean.**If those blowers are clogged with dust, the lamp ends will overheat. Once that happens, your quartz is toast.
The nitty-gritty on fitment
Nobody wants to spend their shift modifying sockets. Whether your machine uses R7s or Sk15 connectors, our lamps just fit. We also obsess over the length of the heating element. Why? Because if the length is off by even a few millimeters, your heat profile shifts. That leads to those annoying thin spots in your bottle walls. We don’t do that. We use treated quartz glass that can handle the constant “hot-cold-hot” cycle of a busy floor without cracking.
Getting them on the floor
Switching to our lamps is a straightforward swap. You get the same thermal footprint and the same heat flux, but your cost per unit drops. One thing though—check your voltage stability before you plug them in. If your power grid is jumping around, even the toughest lamps will burn out early. We build these to take a beating in a 24/7 production environment. As long as your electricity is dialed in, these things will work like a charm.