Abstract: A method for producing containers made of thermoplastic material from preforms. In example embodiments, the method includes comparing a thickness measurement with a stored thickness setpoint, by use of a control unit, and modifying an electrical power of at least two rows of radiation sources while keeping the sum of the electrical powers being supplied to all rows of radiation sources the same, by use of the control unit, if the measured thickness is different from the thickness setpoint. A computer program product and data processing device using the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing containers from preforms. In example embodiments, the containers can have different formats. In example embodiments, the method includes thermal conditioning of a preform made of a thermoplastic material, moulding by blow-moulding or stretch blow-moulding of the container by means of a unit for forming containers, and calibration. The calibration includes providing a sample preform for said format; placing, on said sample, at least two reference markers distributed along the height of said sample; thermally conditioning the sample and blow-moulding the sample in order to obtain a container according to said format; reading off the position of the reference markers on said container obtained; and assigning each of the heating means to at least one of the three portions on the basis of the position of the reference markers on said container obtained. The invention also relates to a facility implementing the production method.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing containers from thermoplastic materials by blow molding or extrusion blow molding a preform that has been pre-heated in a furnace then placed in a mold consisting of two half-molds that define a molding cavity, said preform being blown into the mold, optionally with a pre-blowing step. In example embodiments, the method includes at least the following steps of: i) selecting at least one production configuration from a GUI (graphical user interface), each production configuration being associated with one or more control parameters; ii) compiling the various control parameters corresponding to the selected production configurations; and iii) executing said selected and compiled control parameters. In other example embodiments, the invention relates to computer program product, a data processing device, and a computer-readable storage medium implementing the steps of the method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing containers from thermoplastic materials by blow moulding or extrusion blow moulding a preform that has been pre-heated in a furnace then placed in a mould consisting of two half-moulds that define a moulding cavity, said preform being blown into the mould, optionally with a pre-blowing step. Said steps of heating the preforms, pre-blowing and blowing are controlled by a control unit on the basis of various control parameters such as the temperature in the furnace, the blowing pressure in the mould and/or the pre-blowing pressure and/or the pre-blowing flow rate and/or the speed of the stretching rod, for example.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing containers by blow-molding in a mold starting from a plastic blank, involving, when manufacturing a container: —a step of introducing a blank into a mold; —at least a step of placing the inside of the blank in communication with at least one fluid circuit by an solenoid valve associated with the circuit; —at a predetermined moment, referred to as the solenoid valve opening pulse (TEV1; . . . ; TEV4), sending a command to open to the solenoid valve which has a theoretical opening delay (Dt1; . . . ; Dt4), the method including steps involving: —calculating the actual opening delay (De1; . . . ; De4) of the solenoid valve; —calculating a difference (?t1; . . . ; ?t4) between the actual opening delay (De1; . . . ; De4) and the theoretical opening delay (Dt1; . . . ; Dt4); and —if the calculated difference is greater than a maximum permissible difference, emitting notification that a maximum permissible difference has been exceed.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing containers by blow-moulding preforms, including a phase of heating the preforms (3) followed by a phase of forming the containers (this phase including a pre-blowing step followed by a blowing step), this method including the operations consisting in: detecting a pressure spike during the pre-blowing and comparing it against a reference spike, if the pressure in the pressure spike is below the reference pressure, checking an event history to determine whether a heating instruction and/or a forming instruction has been modified; if the result of this check is positive, commanding at least one of the following actions: ? generating an alert alarm, ? stopping the supply of preforms to the oven, ? ejecting the containers derived from the affected preforms.

Abstract: A machine for manufacturing containers from blanks of plastic material, which includes an oven furnished with a plurality of radiation sources for heating blanks as they travel through at a predetermined speed of travel and heating profile, and a programmed control center for modifying the speed of travel and heating profile based on a temperature measurement made on a blank leaving the oven, and a pressure measurement made in the blank during a subsequent blowing.