Reshaping station for blow molding machines without pressure pads

The invention relates to a reshaping station (1) for reshaping plastic preforms (10) into plastic containers. The reshaping station (1) has two lateral part supports (4, 6) for supporting lateral parts (14, 16) of a blow mold and preferably a base part support for supporting a base part of the blow mold. The lateral parts (14, 16) and the base part (18) of the blow mold together form a cavity (15)within which the plastic preforms (10) can be reshaped into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium. At least one of the two lateral part supports can be pivoted relative to the other lateral part support with respect to a specified main axis (S) in order to open and/or close the blow mold, and the reshaping station has a locking mechanism in order to lock one lateral part support (4) with the other lateral part support (6) in a closed state of the blow mold. The locking mechanism (20) has a first locking element (22) which can be pivoted with respect to a specified pivot axis (S1) and which engages into a second locking element (24) in order to lock the lateral part supports. According to the invention, at least one of the two locking elements has a first contact surface (26) which is suitable for interacting with a second contact surface (28) of the second locking element (24) when locking with the second locking element (24). At least one of the contact surfaces is designed such that the two lateral part supports (4, 6) are forced against each other during a pivoting process of the first locking element (26) with respect to the pivot axis (S1) in the direction of the second locking element (28).