Process for aseptically forming containers (100) starting from parisons made of thermoplastic material, comprising the steps of: injecting sterile compressed air inside a parison arranged in a stretch-blowing forming mould (2) so as to obtain a container (100); evacuating the exhaust compressed air from the formed container (100); making at least a part of the exhaust compressed air evacuated from the formed container (100) passing through a sterile filter (SF) so as to obtain recovery sterile air; injecting the recovery sterile air in another parison arranged in another forming mould (2).

A blow molding apparatus includes: a temperature adjusting unit configured to supply a preform with cooling air to perform a temperature adjustment of the preform, the preform having been inj ection-molded, having a bottomed shape and made of a resin; a blow molding unit configured to blow-mold the preform that has been subjected to a temperature adjustment with blow air, and configured to manufacture a container made of a resin; an air tank configured to supply the temperature adjusting unit with the cooling air; and a recovery unit configured to recover the blow air exhausted from the blow molding unit into the air tank.

An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, includes at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms, wherein the forming station includes a blow mold, and a rod-like body which is insertable into the plastic preforms via a mouth of the plastic preforms, and a moving device which is configured for moving the rod-like body in the longitudinal direction of the plastic performs. The rod-like body has a channel for guiding the flowable medium, and the forming station has a valve device controlling the supply of the flowable medium into the channel. The valve device is arranged on the moving device and/or a ratio between an inner diameter of the rod-like body and an outer diameter of said rod-like body is, at least in sections, smaller than or equal to 0.5.

Hollow part manufacturing machine includes at least one mold in which hollow parts can be manufactured by application of a pressurized medium, a valve unit, having at least two valves, wherein an inlet of a second valve is connected to a second pressure accumulator, which is pressurized under a second pressure, and an outlet of the second valve is connected to a blow nozzle via a channel. The inlet of a first valve is connected to a first pressure accumulator that is under a first pressure and the outlet of the first valve is also connected to the blow nozzle via a channel. During at least a part of the molding process, the blow nozzle seals the material to be molded, and/or the mold, relative to the environment.

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.

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.

An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, includes at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms, wherein the forming station comprises a blow mold (26), and a rod-like body which is insertable into the plastic preforms via a mouth of the plastic preforms, and a moving device which is configured for moving the rod-like body in the longitudinal direction of the plastic performs. The rod-like body has a channel for guiding the flowable medium, and the forming station has a valve device controlling the supply of the flowable medium into the channel. The said valve device is arranged on the moving device and/or a ratio between an inner diameter of the rod-like body and an outer diameter of said rod-like body is, at least in sections, smaller than or equal to 0.5.

Method of manufacturing containers by blow-molding in a mold starting from a plastic blank, involving, when manufacturing a container: —a step of introducing a blank into a mold; —at least a step of placing the inside of the blank in communication with at least one fluid circuit by an solenoid valve associated with the circuit; —at a predetermined moment, referred to as the solenoid valve opening pulse (TEV1; . . . ; TEV4), sending a command to open to the solenoid valve which has a theoretical opening delay (Dt1; . . . ; Dt4), the method including steps involving: —calculating the actual opening delay (De1; . . . ; De4) of the solenoid valve; —calculating a difference (Δt1; . . . ; Δt4) between the actual opening delay (De1; . . . ; De4) and the theoretical opening delay (Dt1; . . . ; Dt4); and—if the calculated difference is greater than a maximum permissible difference, emitting notification that a maximum permissible difference has been exceed.

Process for aseptically forming containers (100) starting from parisons made of thermoplastic material, comprising the steps of: injecting sterile compressed air inside a parison arranged in a stretch-blowing forming mould (2) so as to obtain a container (100); evacuating the exhaust compressed air from the formed container (100); making at least a part of the exhaust compressed air evacuated from the formed container (100) passing through a sterile filter (SF) so as to obtain recovery sterile air; injecting the recovery sterile air in another parison arranged in another forming mould (2).

Disclosed is a machine for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers with at least one reshaping station, which has a blow moulding arrangement inside which plastic preforms can be reshaped into plastic containers by application of a flowable medium, and with an application device which is configured for applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms, and with a valve arrangement with at least two valve devices which is configured for feeding the flowable medium under at least two different pressures to the plastic preform during the reshaping thereof. At least one valve device has at least one valve piston which is movable with respect to a valve housing between two valve positions, and a check piston which is movable between at least two positions is arranged on this valve piston.