Patent ID: 9403312
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B29C

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus ( 1 ) for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms ( 10 ) into plastics material containers ( 10 a ), with at least one shaping station ( 8 ) which has a blow moulding device ( 4 ) which forms a cavity, inside which the plastics material pre-forms ( 10 ) are capable of being shaped into the plastics material containers ( 10 a ) by being acted upon with a gaseous medium, wherein the blow moulding device ( 4 ) is constructed in several parts and has at least one first blow mould part ( 4 a ) and one second blow mould part ( 4 b ), and wherein the shaping station ( 8 ) has a blow mould carrier device ( 6 ) for holding the blow mould parts ( 4 a , 4 b ), wherein the blow mould carrier device ( 6 ) has a first carrier part ( 6 a ) and a second carrier part ( 6 b ) which are movable with respect to each other in order to open and close the blow moulding device ( 4 ), and wherein at least one coolant channel ( 7 ) is provided which is used for conveying a flowable coolant for cooling the blow moulding device ( 4 ) and/or the blow mould carrier device ( 6 ), wherein this coolant channel ( 7 ) is integrated in a cooling circuit ( 60 ), wherein the apparatus ( 1 ) has a clean room ( 20 ) inside which the plastics material pre-forms ( 10 ) are capable of being expanded to form the plastics material containers ( 10 a ), wherein the cooling circuit ( 60 ) has at least one heating element ( 80 ) capable of being switched on during a sterilization process for heating the flowable coolant, wherein there are more than one of the heating elements, and wherein the heating elements are arranged one behind the other.