Method and device for producing a container from a thermoplastic parison

A device for producing containers from thermoplastic parisons comprising:

• a working wheel having an axis of rotation;
• a plurality of working wheel stations arranged on said working wheel, each of said working wheel stations including an openable and closable mold and an associated valve assembly for supplying a fluid under pressure to a parison received in the mold when the mold is in a closed position to form a container that is removable from the mold when the mold is in an open position;
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• thrust bearings for securing each mold in the closed position against opening caused by internal pressure, wherein the thrust bearings and molds are movable relative to one another between one pressure-absorbing position, in which the thrust bearings impact the molds in the closed position externally, and another position, in which the thrust bearings do not impact the molds;
• wherein the mold is inclined on the working wheel at least temporarily during rotation of the working wheel such that a central axis taken through the container formed in the mold when the mold is in the closed position is inclined relative to the axis of rotation of the working wheel.

A device for producing containers from thermoplastic parisons comprising:

• a working wheel having an axis of rotation;
• and
• a plurality of working wheel stations arranged on said working wheel, each of said working wheel stations including an openable and closable mold and an associated valve assembly for supplying a fluid under pressure to a parison received in the mold when the mold is in a closed position to form a container that is removable from the mold when the mold is in an open position;
• wherein the mold is inclined on the working wheel at least temporarily during rotation of the working wheel such that a central axis taken through the container formed in the mold when the mold is in the closed position is inclined relative to the axis of rotation of the working wheel, and
• wherein each mold comprises a plurality of mold shells mounted on mold supports, wherein the mold supports or the mold shells have tilt bearings with axes of inclination, and wherein the tilt bearings are sliding bearings.