Apparatus for identification of physical parameters of rod-like articles of the tobacco industry

    公开(公告)号:US20190261677A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16304058

    申请日:2017-05-17

    IPC分类号: A24C5/34 G01N23/083

    摘要: Apparatus (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″, 1″″) for identification of physical parameters of rod-like articles (2) of the tobacco industry provided with a first store (3, 3′, 31) of rod-like articles (2); a second store (5, 5′, 33, 39, 40) of rod-like articles (2), and a transferring mechanism (10) arranged for axial transferring of a single layer group of rod-like articles (2) from the first store (3, 3′, 31) of rod-like articles (2) to the second store (5, 5′, 33, 39, 40) of rod-like articles (2), characterised in that in the area between the first store (3, 3′, 31) of rod-like articles (2) and the second store (5, 5′, 33, 39, 40) of rod-like articles (2) there are situated a radiation source (17) and a radiation sensor (18) for receiving radiation (R) positioned transversely to the direction of transferring, whereas the beam of the radiation (R) from the radiation source (17) reaches the radiation sensor (18) after penetrating through the rod-like articles being transferred (2), the radiation sensor (18) is arranged to produce a signal representing the attenuation of radiation by the rod-like articles (2) during transferring, the rod-like articles being situated between the radiation source (17) and the radiation sensor (18).

    Method and system for manufacture of multi-segment articles of tobacco industry

    公开(公告)号:US20200015512A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16469144

    申请日:2018-01-30

    IPC分类号: A24C5/18 A24C5/345

    摘要: Method for manufacturing of multi-segment rod-like articles (25, 25′, 25″) of the tobacco industry in an apparatus (2) for manufacturing multi-segment rods (6) or segment rods (6′, 6″) comprising the steps of: feeding rod-like segments of at least one kind (A, B, C, E, F) constituting a multi-segment rod-like article (25, 25′, 25″); putting together rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F) in a segments train (ST) on a wrapping material (7); manufacturing a continuous segment rod (CR′, CR″) or multi-segment rod (CR) containing rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F) wrapped by the wrapping material (7), whereas the segments are pushed together or cavities are left between the segments; and cutting the continuous segment rod (CR′, CR″) or multi-segment rod (CR) into multi-segment rods (6) or segment rods (6′, 6″) containing any combination of H rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F), double rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F) and halves of rod-like segments (A, B, C, E, F), whereas at the time of cutting of the continuous multi-segment rod (CR) the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″) move in a longitudinal direction (T1); then changing conveying direction of the multi-segment rod (6) or the segment rod (6′, 6″) from the longitudinal direction (T1) to a transverse direction (T2), and fixing the end segments (D) to the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″), conveyed in the transverse direction (T2) in an end segment fixing apparatus (3) adapted to manufacture multi-segment rod-like articles (25, 25′, 25″). The method is characterised in that after the change of the conveying direction of the multi-segment rod (6) or the segment rod (6′, 6″) from the longitudinal direction (T1) to the transverse direction (T2), and before fixing the end segment (D), a step of checking quality the manufactured multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″) is performed at a measuring unit (9) and defective multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″) are rejected, next feeding the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″) to a compensation unit (13) for storing the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″) and for compensating the rejection of the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″), and then feeding the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″) from the compensation unit (13) to the end segment fixing apparatus (3) so that the end segment fixing apparatus (3) is continuously fed with the multi-segment rods (6) or the segment rods (6′, 6″).