An apparatus and method for alignment and alignment monitoring of a post-mold conditioner is disclosed. The conditioner includes first and second post-mold devices, two or more parallel alignment sensors and corresponding receivers, and two or more angular alignment sensors and corresponding receivers. The two or more parallel alignment sensors measure the distance between the post-mold devices. The two or more angular alignment sensors measures the angular alignment (e.g., the relative position) of the post-mold devices. A controller monitors feedback from the parallel alignment sensors to evaluate parallelism of the devices and feedback from the angular alignment sensors to evaluate angular alignment of the devices. An operator is alerted when the devices are not parallel and/or not angularly aligned.
