An apparatus for shaping a workpiece made of glass using minimum lubrication is provided. The apparatus includes device for heating the workpiece, a shaping station with at least one forming tool for shaping the workpiece, and at least one spray nozzle for applying an oil as a lubricant onto the surface of the forming tool. The forming tool exhibits heat dissipation such that the temperature on the contact surface of the forming tool during the shaping process is kept below 300° C. The amount of oil dispensed by the spray nozzle per forming step and application instance is less than 0.1 g.

The invention refers to a glass forming machine which includes a blank station for forming a parison (14) from a gob of molten glass (9) and a blow station for forming the parison (14) into a container (26) and an invert mechanism (16) which can move a neck ring (5) from the blank station to the blow station by a rotary motion and which further includes a swab robot and a control device for the swab robot, wherein the control device is set up so that the swab robot can swab and thus swab the neck ring (5) when the neck ring (5) is in an intermediate position between the blank station and the blow station. Defects in the production of bottles can thus be avoided.

An IS machine for producing glass containers includes a plurality of stations which each comprise a blank mold and a finishing mold, and comprising a lubricating tool for lubricating at least some of the blank molds with a lubricant, the lubricating tool comprising a spray head for spraying the lubricant and comprising a robot connection, to which the spray head is fastened and by means of which the spray head is movable between different stations within the IS machine, wherein the spray head is reversibly detachably fastened to the robot connection by means of a coupling. This provides the option of protecting a robot manipulating the lubricating tool without high repair costs being incurred in the event of a collision.

An IS machine for producing glass containers includes a plurality of stations which each comprise a blank mold and a finishing mold, and comprising a lubricating tool for lubricating at least some of the blank molds with a lubricant, the lubricating tool comprising a spray head for spraying the lubricant and comprising a robot connection, to which the spray head is fastened and by means of which the spray head is movable between different stations within the IS machine, wherein the spray head is reversibly detachably fastened to the robot connection by means of a coupling. This provides the option of protecting a robot manipulating the lubricating tool without high repair costs being incurred in the event of a collision.

An apparatus for forming a housing cone of a needle in a syringe body of a glass syringe is provided. The apparatus has a forming tool configured to make a hole for creating the housing cone, and a lubricant-coolant liquid dispensing device. The forming tool has a grip portion, a tip, and a tip body, interposed between the tip and the grip portion, suitable for making the hole. The grip portion, the tip body and the tip are in one piece and aligned along a prevailing extension axis. The tip body, with respect to a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the prevailing extension axis, has a non-circular cross section, inscribed within the maximum circle having as its radius the maximum distance between a point of the cross section and the prevailing extension axis, measured on the cross-sectional plane.

An apparatus for forming a housing cone of a needle in a syringe body of a glass syringe is provided. The apparatus has a forming tool configured to make a hole for creating the housing cone, and a lubricant-coolant liquid dispensing device. The forming tool has a grip portion, a tip, and a tip body, interposed between the tip and the grip portion, suitable for making the hole. The grip portion, the tip body and the tip are in one piece and aligned along a prevailing extension axis. The tip body, with respect to a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the prevailing extension axis, has a non-circular cross section, inscribed within the maximum circle having as its radius the maximum distance between a point of the cross section and the prevailing extension axis, measured on the cross-sectional plane.

A method for producing a hollow glass product by an I.S. machine, said method being a press-blow or blow-blow method and implementing at least one parison mould and one blow mould, said method comprising the lubrication of said parison mould, the lubrication comprising spraying via a nozzle, said nozzle being carried by the arm of a mobile robot movable along the parison mould side of the I.S. machine, characterised in that said mobile robot is configured to bring said nozzle into the lubricating position after the glass gob has left the parison mould for the blow mould; spray the lubricant into said parison mould; withdraw said nozzle from the lubricating position before the transfer arm returns between the two half-moulds of the parison mould.

A method for producing a hollow glass product by an I.S. machine, said method being a press-blow or blow-blow method and implementing at least one parison mould and one blow mould, said method comprising the lubrication of said parison mould, the lubrication comprising spraying via a nozzle, said nozzle being carried by the arm of a mobile robot movable along the parison mould side of the I.S. machine, characterised in that said mobile robot is configured to bring said nozzle into the lubricating position after the glass gob has left the parison mould for the blow mould; spray the lubricant into said parison mould; withdraw said nozzle from the lubricating position before the transfer arm returns between the two half-moulds of the parison mould.

A glass sheet forming and annealing system disclosed provides control of edge stresses by maintaining a press formed glass sheet on an annealing ring (72) below a heated upper forming mold (58) within a forming station (12) for slow cooling toward the glass strain point temperature.

A glass sheet forming and annealing system disclosed provides control of edge stresses by maintaining a press formed glass sheet on an annealing ring (72) below a heated upper forming mold (58) within a forming station (12) for slow cooling toward the glass strain point temperature.