A container treatment apparatus (1, 2) for treating containers, comprising: at least one movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26), wherein at least one vibration sensor (16, 20, 24, 31; 36) in vibratory communication with the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) is provided for converting a mechanical vibration of at least one sub-region of the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) into a vibration measurement signal and for outputting the vibration measurement signal, and also an evaluation means is provided which is designed to evaluate at least one vibration measurement signal produced by the vibration sensor (16, 20, 24, 31; 36), wherein this means that vibrations produced in this movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) by the guidance of a guided element along a guiding element are transmitted to the vibration measurement sensor (16, 20, 24, 31, 36), and further wherein by means of this evaluation a state of the container treatment apparatus is controllable, characterised in that the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) is selected from a group of devices comprising a device for guiding a blow mould during the blow-moulding of a container, a device for opening and/or closing a blow mould, a device for locking the blow mould halves, a device for unlocking the blow mould halves, a device for raising and lowering a blow mould bottom, a device for stretching a preform, combinations thereof, and further wherein for protection and early detection of a special high load, displacement, or even damage on the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) is the vibration sensor in vibratory communication with guided and guiding elements, which interact with one another during operation, of the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) and is attached to one of the guided or guiding elements of the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26). at least one movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26), wherein at least one vibration sensor (16, 20, 24, 31; 36) in vibratory communication with the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) is provided for converting a mechanical vibration of at least one sub-region of the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) into a vibration measurement signal and for outputting the vibration measurement signal, and also an evaluation means is provided which is designed to evaluate at least one vibration measurement signal produced by the vibration sensor (16, 20, 24, 31; 36), wherein this means that vibrations produced in this movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) by the guidance of a guided element along a guiding element are transmitted to the vibration measurement sensor (16, 20, 24, 31, 36), and further wherein by means of this evaluation a state of the container treatment apparatus is controllable, characterised in that the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) is selected from a group of devices comprising a device for guiding a blow mould during the blow-moulding of a container, a device for opening and/or closing a blow mould, a device for locking the blow mould halves, a device for unlocking the blow mould halves, a device for raising and lowering a blow mould bottom, a device for stretching a preform, combinations thereof, and further wherein for protection and early detection of a special high load, displacement, or even damage on the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) is the vibration sensor in vibratory communication with guided and guiding elements, which interact with one another during operation, of the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26) and is attached to one of the guided or guiding elements of the movement implementing device (14, 18, 22, 26).