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AssigneeHeye International GmbH
InventorsMatthias Lunacek, Benedikt Felgenhauer, Michael Winkler, Dirk Winkelhake, Kai Buschmann, Wilfried Seidensticker, Markus Jochens, Thomas Hartmann
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A valve assembly (1) which is intended for differentiated track-by-track control of the movement mechanisms of an IS machine and can therefore be used in a modular manner consists of a valve support (2′) and a head part (22) which supports two pilot control valves (3, 5), two safety valves (4, 6) and two switching valves as one assembly. By way of actuation of the safety valves (4, 6), the feed of control air to the switching valves can be interrupted, which switching valves are assigned, for example, to the opening movement and the closing movement, respectively, of a closing cylinder which is assigned to a preform. The valve assembly has interfaces for connection of control and operating air and for electric connection to a machine controller. If required, the assembly which is designed in this way makes it possible to interrupt the control air in a differentiated way which is related to an individual track, in addition to simple assembly and dismantling.
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A valve assembly (1) for controlling one of the movement mechanisms of an IS machine, with at least one pilot control valve (3, 5) as well as a switching valve (15′, 20′) for controlling the working air for the movement mechanism, with a modularly manageable valve carrier (2′) that is set up to attach both the pilot control valve (3, 5) and switching valve (15′, 20′) and allocated to one of the movement mechanisms, characterized in that the valve carrier (2′) is also equipped with at least one safety valve (4, 6), which is arranged in the flow path of the control air between the pilot control valve (3, 5) and the switching valve (15′, 20′), consists of a shank (14, 17) arranged in a borehole (23, 24) of the valve carrier (2′) so that it can axially slide between a position representing an open position and a closed position, and is actuated via a button (29, 30), that a respective switching valve (15′, 20′) is allocated to the opening and closing movement of the movement mechanism of the IS machine, and that a respective switching position of the switching valve is secured by a spring force.
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