Valve assembly for an IS machine

A valve assembly for controlling at least one movement mechanism of a machine, comprising:

• a valve carrier allocated to said one movement mechanism;
• at least one pilot control valve for controlling a flow of control air, said pilot control valve being allocated to said one movement mechanism and modularly attached to said valve carrier;
• at least one switching valve for controlling working air for said one movement mechanism, said switching valve configured to be operated by said control air from said pilot control valve, said switching valve being allocated to said one movement mechanism and modularly attached to said valve carrier;
• at least one safety valve arranged in a flow path of the control air between the pilot control valve and the switching valve, said safety valve having a shank arranged in a borehole of the valve carrier to be axially slidable between a position representing an open position whereby said control air can flow to said switching valve and a closed position whereby said control air is blocked from flowing to said switching valve;
• wherein a respective said switching valve of said valve carrier is allocated to each opening and closing movement of said one movement mechanism of the machine, and a respective switching position of one of said open and closed positions of each of the respective switching valves is secured by a spring force.