Abstract:
A one-piece mould element (3, 7) for a mould (1) for manufacturing containers from blanks of plastic material by blow moulding or stretch blow moulding. The mould element (3, 7) includes a one-piece moulding wall (4, 8) having a raised moulding surface (5, 9) bearing the imprint of at least one portion of a container, the moulding wall (4, 8) having at least one decompression vent (20) extending therethrough, the hole leading, via an inner opening (21), onto the moulding surface (9), which is provided in the form of a slot.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a container (2) from a blank (3) made of plastic material, in a stretch-blow moulding unit (7) including: a mould (11) provided with a wall (13) and a mould base (14) which is axially movable relative to the wall (13) between a low position and a raised position; a stretch rod (22) which is axially movable relative to the mould (11) between a high position and a low position; the method including: a phase of inserting the blank (3) in the mould (11); a phase of stretch-blow moulding; a phase of boxing; a phase of determining the start and end of the boxing phase, respectively, by detecting the movement of the rod (22) from the low position thereof and the stopping of the rod (22) at the raised position thereof.