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Mickael Letestu

Michel Boukobza

Pierrick Protais

Jean-Christophe Langlois

Régis Bechen

Regis Bechen

A one-piece mold element () for a mold () for manufacturing containers from blanks of plastic material by blow molding or stretch blow molding. The mold element () includes a one-piece molding wall () having a raised molding surface () bearing the imprint of at least one portion of a container, the molding wall () having at least one decompression vent () extending therethrough, the hole leading, via an inner opening (), onto the molding surface (), which is provided in the form of a slot.

Mold element for forming a container, provided with pressure-release air vents in the form of slots

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a container () from a blank () made of plastic material, in a stretch-blow molding unit () including: a mold () provided with a wall () and a mold base () which is axially movable relative to the wall () between a low position and a raised position; a stretch rod () which is axially movable relative to the mold () between a high position and a low position; the method including: a phase of inserting the blank () in the mold (); a phase of stretch-blow molding; a phase of boxing; a phase of determining the start and end of the boxing phase, respectively, by detecting the movement of the rod () from the low position thereof and the stopping of the rod () at the raised position thereof.

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Octeville sur Mer, France

Mickael Letestu