Combination of a) a tire heating press with a press plate and with a press top part, b) a tire container which is installable in the tire heating press and which has a container bottom plate and a container top part, c) a container change trolley which is couplable to and decouplable from the tire heating press, characterized in that the combination furthermore has: d) a guide system for the introduction and removal of the tire container when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state, which guide system comprises rails which are arranged laterally with respect to the press plate or rails which are arranged on the container change trolley and which, when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state, are situated or positionable laterally with respect to the press plate, wherein the rails are movable in a vertical direction and, by being lowered, can be brought into a blocking position and, by being raised, can be brought into a release position, e) a positioning system for the translational, central and rotational alignment of the tire container, comprising first positioning elements (8b, 8c, 16b) on the tire heating press and second positioning elements (4a, 4b, 4d) which are situated on the container bottom plate and to which there are assigned second positioning elements which can be guided on the rails of the guide system, wherein the first and the second positioning elements (4a, 4b, 4d, 8a, 8c, 16b) interact such that, when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state and the rails are situated in the release position, the tire container can be slid into and out of the tire heating press, and, when the tire container has been slid into the tire heating press and the rails are situated in the blocking position, the tire container is in alignment. a) a tire heating press with a press plate and with a press top part, b) a tire container which is installable in the tire heating press and which has a container bottom plate and a container top part, c) a container change trolley which is couplable to and decouplable from the tire heating press, d) a guide system for the introduction and removal of the tire container when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state, which guide system comprises rails which are arranged laterally with respect to the press plate or rails which are arranged on the container change trolley and which, when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state, are situated or positionable laterally with respect to the press plate, wherein the rails are movable in a vertical direction and, by being lowered, can be brought into a blocking position and, by being raised, can be brought into a release position, e) a positioning system for the translational, central and rotational alignment of the tire container, comprising first positioning elements (8b, 8c, 16b) on the tire heating press and second positioning elements (4a, 4b, 4d) which are situated on the container bottom plate and to which there are assigned second positioning elements which can be guided on the rails of the guide system, wherein the first and the second positioning elements (4a, 4b, 4d, 8a, 8c, 16b) interact such that, when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state and the rails are situated in the release position, the tire container can be slid into and out of the tire heating press, and, when the tire container has been slid into the tire heating press and the rails are situated in the blocking position, the tire container is in alignment. wherein the first and the second positioning elements (4a, 4b, 4d, 8a, 8c, 16b) interact such that, when the container change trolley is in a coupled-on state and the rails are situated in the release position, the tire container can be slid into and out of the tire heating press, and, when the tire container has been slid into the tire heating press and the rails are situated in the blocking position, the tire container is in alignment.