A valve unit comprises an operating piston for closing and opening a connection between a process pressure input line and a process pressure output line, at least one control line and at least one control chamber for controlling the operating piston. The operating piston has a closing ring which in the closed state of the connection sealingly abuts a valve seat of the valve housing (or the valve housing has a closing ring which in the closed state of the connection sealingly abuts against a valve seat of the operating piston). The valve seat consists of a softer and more elastic material than a circumferential sealing edge abutting said valve seat. An annular sealing element is present which comprises the valve seat. The sealing element has the shape of a truncated cone with an outwardly widening base.

A solenoid valve has an electromagnet with a coil, an RFID tag for identifying the solenoid valve, and an antenna for unidirectional or bidirectional communication with the RFID tag. The antenna is the coil of the electromagnet. Using the coil of an electromagnet for communication with an RFID tag permits inexpensive quality assurance when using solenoid valves, in particular in blow moulding machines.

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for treating containers with a transport device for transporting a container along a predetermined transport path, wherein the apparatus includes at least one container treatment device and preferably a plurality of container treatment devices, wherein the at least one container treatment device has at least one wear element, wherein the at least one container treatment device has a wear detection device for detecting wear data relating to wear of the at least one wear element. The wear detection device includes at least one sensor device for detecting the wear data relating to the wear of the at least one wear element.

The apparatus for manufacturing a resin container includes a heating unit configured to heat a preform using heaters and, a blow molding unit configured to blow-mold the preform that has been heated, accumulators that are connected to the blow molding unit and for storing a pressurized gas to be used for blow molding, and a connection pipe that connects the heating unit and the accumulators via an electrically driven valve, in which the electrically driven valve is closed when electric power is supplied, and is opened when electric power is not supplied to cause the gas in the accumulators to flow to the heating unit.

Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a forming device which has a plurality of forming stations each having a stretching bar for stretching the plastic pre-form and an application device act upon the plastic container with a flowable medium. The forming device has at least four pressure reservoirs for the flowable medium, which each have predetermined pressures, and a valve block with at least five process valves. The application device is configured for producing a fluid connection between the valve block and a mouth region of the plastic preform in order to act upon the plastic preforms with the pressurised flowable medium, and the process valves are configured to act upon the plastic pre-forms with different pressures, wherein at least one process valve is configured for producing a connection between the plastic preform and an environment.

A valve (10) comprising a bore (14) extending about an actuation axis (A), wherein a spool (34) inside the bore (14) is actuated between a first working position and a second working position, and a first circumferential seal wing (56A) and a second circumferential seal wing (56B) being arranged on the spool (34). In the first working position, the first seal wing (56A) abuts to an outer first recess wall (24a) and the second seal wing (56B) abuts to an inner second recess wall (24c), so as to open some flow paths and close other flow paths. In the second working position, the first seal wing (56A) abuts to an inner first recess wall (24b) and the second seal wing (56B) abuts to an outer second recess wall (24d), so as to close some flow paths and open other flow paths.

A blow molding apparatus is configured to blow mold a preform into a container by supplying a pressurized incompressible fluid into the preform from a pressurized fluid supply unit. The blow molding apparatus includes: a drawing and discharging flow path connected to a drawing orifice; a fluid drawing source to apply drawing force to the drawing and discharging flow path, after blow molding is completed and after and/or while the blow nozzle is moved to a standby position, to draw the incompressible fluid adhering to the blow nozzle; and a pressurized gas supply source to supply a pressurized gas to the drawing and discharging flow path, after blow molding is completed and after a next preform is placed into the mold, to cause the incompressible fluid inside the drawing and discharging flow path to flow out toward the inside of the preform or toward the inside of a container.

A blow molding device includes: a tubular-shaped nozzle; a tubular-shaped sealing body configured to be displaced between closing and opening positions; and a stretching rod surrounded by the sealing body. The sealing body includes a tubular wall, which has a drawing-in hole extending from one end to another end, the one end being open at a lower end of the tubular wall, and the other end being open at an outer circumferential surface of the tubular wall. The nozzle has a drawing-in path configured to communicate with the other end of the drawing-in hole when the sealing body is in the closing position. The blow molding device further includes a fluid drawing-in source configured to draw in the incompressive fluid from the drawing-in path.

A liquid container manufacturing method includes: a liquid blow molding step of molding a preform into a liquid container having a shape conforming to an inner surface of a blow-molding mold, by supplying a pressurized liquid to an interior of the preform through a supply path in a state where a blow nozzle is engaged to a mouth of the preform; and a headspace forming step of forming a headspace in the liquid container, by discharging the liquid from an interior of the liquid container through a discharge port in a discharge rod extending to the interior of the liquid container through the blow nozzle, by introducing a pressurized gas to the interior of the liquid container through a gas inflow path in a state where the supply path is closed.

In a liquid container manufacturing method, a nozzle unit includes a flow path that is configured to be opened and closed by a valve embedded in a blow nozzle, and a seal pin arranged in a pin accommodating space included in the flow path has a protruding portion configured to enter a communication space in a closed state of the valve. The liquid container manufacturing method includes a liquid blow molding step of molding a preform into the liquid container, by supplying, to an interior of the preform, a pressurized liquid.