Apparatus for producing plastic containers, having a heating device which heats plastic preforms, wherein this heating device having a transport device which transports the plastic preforms individually along a predetermined transport path during their heating, and at least one heating element (24a, 24b) which heats the plastic preforms during their transport along the transport path, and a forming device which forms the heated plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein this forming device has a plurality of forming stations for forming the plastic preforms into plastic containers and wherein this forming device is arranged downstream of the heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms and wherein the heating device and/or the forming device has at least one regulating device (26, 42) which enables the heating process and/or the forming process to be controlled as a function of at least one property of the plastic preforms, and wherein the apparatus preferably furthermore having at least one temperature detection device which is arranged in a region of the heating device or between the heating device and the forming device and which is suitable and intended for detecting a temperature of the plastic preforms, characterized in that the at least one control device (26, 42) for control takes into account in advance at least one variable value which influences the heating process and/or the forming process, so that the control takes the variable value into account in advance, which means that it is understood that this value is taken into account before it has a measurable effect, and the machine predicts how certain variable values or also their changes will affect the manufacturing process and in particular the heating process and/or the forming process or also the finished container and further wherein a change in the properties of the plastic preform and/or other influencing values is directly used for the control of the heating process and/or the forming process or blowing process for the entire machine or for the heating and/or blowing process of an individual plastic preform, without first waiting for the result of the process due to the changing properties of the control value. characterized in that the at least one control device (26, 42) for control takes into account in advance at least one variable value which influences the heating process and/or the forming process, so that the control takes the variable value into account in advance, which means that it is understood that this value is taken into account before it has a measurable effect, and the machine predicts how certain variable values or also their changes will affect the manufacturing process and in particular the heating process and/or the forming process or also the finished container and further wherein a change in the properties of the plastic preform and/or other influencing values is directly used for the control of the heating process and/or the forming process or blowing process for the entire machine or for the heating and/or blowing process of an individual plastic preform, without first waiting for the result of the process due to the changing properties of the control value.