A blow molding mold is adapted to be mounted to a blow molding device and having a cavity surface. The blow molding device has a pressurized liquid supply function of supplying a pressurized liquid to stretch the preform toward the cavity surface and also has a head space defining function of defining head space in the container by drawing back a part of the liquid filled into the container through a blow nozzle or by withdrawing a stretching rod from the container filled with the liquid. The cavity surface includes a bottom forming surface, a trunk forming surface, a shoulder forming surface, and a mouth forming surface, and the trunk forming surface includes a flattened portion that, in the transverse section, has a flattened shape.

A plastic preform is provided that includes a closed bottom portion; a lower portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the lower portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, threads, a tamper-evident formation, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In an embodiment, the weight of the neck portion is 3.0 grams or less; and the vertical distance from the top of the dispensing opening to the lower surface of the support flange, including the threads and the tamper-evident formation, is 0.580 inches or less. A container and method for making a container are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a method of delivering a predetermined volume of beverage into a thermoplastic container formed from a heated preform positioned in a mold, characterized in that the product includes a step of injecting at least some beverage into a recess in the preform so as to promote expansion of the preform inside the mold, the mold defining the shape of the container, a volume of beverage introduced during the injection step being at least equal to said predetermined volume, and, in addition, the method includes a step of sucking out a fraction of said volume of the beverage introduced until the volume of beverage remaining in the container is approximately equal to said predetermined volume.

A method for manufacturing containers from thermoplastic materials by blow molding or extrusion blow molding a preform that has been pre-heated in a furnace then placed in a mold consisting of two half-molds that define a molding cavity, said preform being blown into the mold, optionally with a pre-blowing step. In example embodiments, the method includes at least the following steps of: i) selecting at least one production configuration from a GUI (graphical user interface), each production configuration being associated with one or more control parameters; ii) compiling the various control parameters corresponding to the selected production configurations; and iii) executing said selected and compiled control parameters. In other example embodiments, the invention relates to computer program product, a data processing device, and a computer-readable storage medium implementing the steps of the method.

The method and the device are used for blow-molding containers. A preform made of a thermoplastic material is first subject to a thermal conditioning operation along a transport path in the region of a heating section. Thereafter, the preform is formed into the container inside a blowing mold by applying blowing pressure. While the preform is shaped into the container, at least one parameter (49, 50) characterizing the shaping is measured and evaluated by a control unit. Depending on said evaluation, at least one controlled variable (48, 46) influencing the shaping operation inside a closed loop is varied in order to match the measured parameter to an associated target value. In this way, it becomes possible to subject the container parison developing during the blow-molding operation to a predetermined defined development.

A balloon catheter has excellent pressure resistance and operability by being thinned while suppressing a decrease in pressure resistance strength accompanying an increase in diameter of the balloon. The balloon of the balloon catheter includes at least an inner layer and an outer layer, has an area draw-down ratio (ADDR) of 2.91 or more and 2.97 or less, the area draw-down ratio (ADDR) being determined by a ratio of the cross-sectional area of a tubular parison disposed in a mold and blow-molded in a balloon shape to a cross-sectional area of the balloon after blow molding, and has a layer provided outside the inner layer and having an elongation rate at a breaking point lower than the elongation rate at a breaking point of the inner layer.

Method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein a plastic preform is introduced into a blow mould and is expanded into a plastic container by being applied by a flowable medium, wherein the plastic preform is applied by at least two different pressure levels and wherein furthermore preferably a rod-like body is introduced into the plastic preform, in order to expand the plastic preform in its longitudinal direction, wherein a pressure curve and/or a movement curve of the rod-like body being determined by a measuring device during the expansion process, wherein least one of the curves is evaluated by means of a processor device and at least one point or region of this curve which is characteristic of the course is determined.

A method and apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein at least three different pressure stages are applied to the plastic preforms in order to expand them, wherein the pressure stages are provided by at least three different compressed-air reservoirs, and wherein, additionally, the plastic preforms are stretched in their longitudinal direction by stretching rods, wherein compressed air is returned at least at times from the plastic containers to at least one compressed-air reservoir, and at least one value characteristic of the consumption of compressed air is detected.

A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.