Robotic blow mold lubrication

A robotic mold lubrication system, comprising:

• a rail that is arranged above, and extends longitudinally along, a blow side of an individual section glass container forming machine;
• a robot carriage carried on and moveable along the rail;
• a robot carried by the robot carriage;
• and
• a trolley carried by the robot carriage, the trolley including a spray tool docking station that retains at least one mold spray tool so that the robot can acquire the mold spray tool from the docking station and release the mold spray tool to the docking station.

A method of lubricating a blow mold of an individual section glass container forming machine, the method comprising:

• operating a robot to acquire a mold spray tool that includes at least one set of nozzles;
• translating the robot along a blow side of an individual section glass container forming machine to bring the robot to a designated individual section of the forming machine;
• moving the mold spray tool by operation of the robot to a target blow mold at the designated individual section of the forming machine;
• and
• applying a lubricant from the set of nozzles of the mold spray tool onto the target blow mold to lubricate the target blow mold.

A method of lubricating a blow mold of an individual section glass container forming machine, the method comprising:

• moving a robotic arm of a robot to a trolley that includes a spray tool docking station at which a mold spray tool is retained, the mold spray tool comprising at least one set of nozzles, and the robot being carried by a robot carrier that is translatable along a rail arranged above, and extending longitudinally along, a blow side of an individual section glass forming machine;
• coupling the mold spray tool to the robotic arm of the robot;
• translating the robot along the blow side of the individual section glass container forming machine to bring the robot to a designated individual section of the forming machine;
• moving the mold spray tool by operation of the robot to a target blow mold at the designated individual section of the forming machine to position the set of nozzles of the mold spray tool within the target blow mold when the target blow mold is in the open position;
• applying a lubricant from the set of nozzles of the mold spray tool onto the target blow mold to lubricate the target blow mold;
• and
• returning the mold spray tool to the spray tool docking station.