Apparatus and method for molding plastic preforms into plastic containers with changeover robot

An apparatus for molding plastic preforms into plastic containers, with at least one blow-molding arrangement, which comprises at least a first mold carrier, a second mold carrier and a blow-molding device having at least two blow mold side parts and a base part, wherein the blow-molding device can be releasably arranged on the mold carriers via a locking mechanism and forms a cavity inside which the plastic preforms can be molded into the plastic containers,

• wherein during the molding process, the mold carriers can be latched together by a latching device, and the apparatus comprises a changeover robot which is suitable and intended for extracting the blow-molding device, in an at least partially assembled state, from the mold carriers, wherein in a changeover mode, the mold carriers are operated to be opened or closed exclusively by the changeover robot, and the locking mechanism of the blow-molding device on the mold carriers can be actuated to be released or attached exclusively by the changeover robot, and the latching device can be operated by the changeover robot in a changeover mode.