DE102004057980A1 - Tobacco treatment plant - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a tobacco treatment plant (10) with a plurality of tobacco processing and tobacco processing intermediates (19-51). DOLLAR A The tobacco processing plant according to the invention is characterized in that the processing function units (19-51) or subunits (10-51) of the processing function units (19-51) are substantially adapted to the size of standardized containers (52).

Description

The The invention relates to a tobacco processing plant having a plurality of conditioning functional units for tobacco and tobacco processing intermediates.

tobacco becomes relatively strong after harvest, i. to a residual moisture of dried about 9% to 12% and usually for shipping in cuboid or cylindrical bales or packages pressed, although other forms of compression are possible. The tobacco may be pure vorentripptes Blattgut (without essential Rib shares) act. The ribs removed before drying, the separately processed and blended again the leaf tobacco can, can for themselves also be pressed and shipped in a dry state. Of the Pressed and relatively dry raw tobacco can be in this state for a long time be stored.

Should this relatively dry tobacco into smoking products, e.g. Cigarettes, processed, it is in the known processing methods and tobacco processing facilities required, the individual leaves (or Leaf pieces) or ribs (or ribs) in the pressed bales again to separate from each other and to separate. Because the leaves strongly adhere to each other and are very dry, making them brittle and are very sensitive to mechanical effects, the loosening must be gentle happen. The most prevalent today applied method of loosening The bales are after careful mechanical comminution in a conditioning drum with steam (heat) and water to moisten and to solve.

to Processing the harvested tobacco leaves are several treatment steps executed, so that at the end of the preparation process cut tobacco or tobacco cut provided for further processing in cigarette manufacturing machines becomes. Cut tobacco experiences before its finishing usually a treatment that essentially comprises the following steps: Loosen, condition of the tobacco by preheating and moistening, sowing the tobacco, mixing and cutting the Tobacco, drying the tobacco, screening and cooling of the tobacco, as well as flavoring the Tobacco. The mixing of tobacco is also called dazzle.

Out Laid-open applications DE-A-39 08 937 and DE-A-39 08 939 Process for the production of cut tobacco known.

Furthermore In document DE-A-197 56 217 a method for the treatment of Fine cut tobacco disclosed, with the individual treatment steps explicitly executed are, so express Reference is made to this document.

The Main process steps in tobacco processing or in the so-called Primary process consist of solving and conditioning the tobacco and adding additives, separating as well as cutting the tobacco, drying and blending. Furthermore can additional Secondary process steps executed become. These ancillary process steps consist in the selection of unresolved Parts, metal and foreign bodies. About that In addition, there is a secondary process step in expanding the tobacco.

These Process steps are performed in so-called process elements, e.g. Solve and Conditioning drums, mixing boxes, classifying devices, drying drums etc. executed.

Further are devices for treating tobacco in a conditioning medium, preferably in superheated Water vapor, known in the art. The treatment of tobacco with overheated Steam is used to dry the tobacco. With the help of such Devices can all sliced tobacco, so for example, cigar insert and cold, gas impregnated Cut tobacco, to be dried. Before drying usually takes place an expansion of the tobacco with saturated steam instead. The expansion increases the filling capacity of tobacco. The subsequent Drying of the tobacco ensures a further increased filling capacity of the dried final product.

Such a device for expanding and drying tobacco with the aid of saturated steam and superheated steam is sold by Hauni Maschinenbau AG under the product name "HDT Heißdampfrockner". In addition, from the DE 197 34 364 Hauni Maschinenbau AG discloses a method and a device for applying a conditioning medium to tobacco. In this case, the saturated steam used to expand the tobacco is supplied to the tobacco by a rotating Winnover roller with radial steam nozzles, which produce a rotating beam curtain for the tobacco. The Winnover roller is also used to spin the thus expanded tobacco through an adjacent opening in a traversed by superheated steam steam dryer in which it gives off moisture to the superheated steam used.

In general, the process elements of the primary process are usually performed on a horizontal surface. To the tobacco or the tobacco intermediates after passing through a process element or a processing function unit to another process element or To bring a further treatment function unit, belt conveyor systems are provided which promote the tobacco and the tobacco intermediates over long distances to the respective process components or functional units. In the process components, a treatment then takes place, wherein the treated tobacco product leaves the process component usually at a lower height level, so that it then has to be promoted back to the next process component to a higher level. For such a tobacco processing plant a total of a plurality of delivery components, such as conveyor belts, required, the individual process components are arranged very far apart and thus spatially separated.

outgoing from this prior art, it is an object of the present invention to indicate a tobacco processing plant that is quickly assembled and can be dismantled.

Is solved this task by a tobacco processing plant with multiple processing function units for tobacco and tobacco processing intermediates, wherein the processing functional units or subunits of the rendering engines, in essence to the size of standardized Are adapted to containers.

The The invention assumes that the conditioning functional units or subunits of the processing units ready for operation or pre-assembled in containers can be delivered and by a small Assembly costs can be connected to each other. Correspondingly, too Disassembly relatively easy, so that a tobacco processing plant according to the invention with their processing functional units and subunits of Processing units are ready to be put into containers can and spent so much time saving to another place and there can be mounted again. This results in a low building cost, a low energy consumption and a low operating cost. The tobacco processing plant can without complete Dismantling, i. with only partial disassembly into containers be loaded. The tobacco processing plant is for an optimal Loading, transport lock and assembly palletized accordingly. With appropriate dismantling of conditioning units structurally simple interfaces are provided. It will be further provided, the connections to any building installations to keep low. In the context of the invention, the term container also the term a charge receiving space. In particular are hereby the usual standard in international trade standard container eg. 20 or 40 foot containers meant.

Preferably The totality of the processing units forms the tobacco processing plant.

in the Within the scope of the invention, the term container includes a for transport standardized container in cuboid form, especially for the transport of ships, for semitrailers or for a rail transport is provided. These usual and known containers have a length from 40 feet up. The conditioning functional units or subunits, wherein at least two subunits make up a rendering function unit into the container. This results in only a partial Decomposition of the processing units or no decomposition of the processing functional units. Joined parts, the subunits or form processing units can remain mounted. There can be two or multiple subunits form a rendering function entity. If the conditioning function unit is too large for a container, for example two containers for the conditioning function unit may be provided, for example one behind the other, next to each other or one above the other. The conditioning function unit then has an interface between two subunits, with the two subunits then in the respective container can be spent.

The Size of the processing units or subunits is essentially the size of standardized Adapted to containers. This is to be understood within the scope of the invention, for example, a transmission or an engine in a conditioning function unit possibly dismount is, otherwise it does not fit into the container. For example, could With a slicer the knife holder can be removed. Large storage containers like For example, Final Blend silos are split into two parts and spent accordingly in two containers.

Preferably is a conditioning function unit a tobacco cutter, a dryer, a conditioner, a sifter, a storage device or a flavor device. The term storage device comprises also the term silo. The term flavor device comprises in the Within the scope of the invention, the term flavor cylinder.

It can also several subunits put together or not put together in a container be spent in it.

Preferably, at least two Un Devices at least one interface for joining the subunits to a conditioning function unit on. The interface is simple in this case, so that a quick assembly and disassembly is possible. The interface is for example preferably a positive connection. It can also be provided latching elements to avoid a complicated adjustment of the interface or the subunits to each other. For example, a current dryer or a dryer, which is provided with the reference numeral 40 in the context of the figure examples, could be preinstalled, ie, for example, that an insulation is already provided around the tubes. At the point where the pipe is split, the insulation is not attached and there is a flange provided, which simply has to be screwed together. It can also be provided a tongue and groove, so that the flange is mounted to the counterpart in the right place without further adjustment. Then an insulation mattress can be wrapped around the flange and the power dryer is fully assembled.

Especially preferred is an embodiment in the tobacco processing plant both tobacco ribs as well Tobacco lamina behind one another and / or be processed simultaneously. It will be a line for the tobacco leaf (lamina) and the tobacco rib indicated. hereby is a high system utilization possible. The functioning can in this case, be that first the tobacco ribs are processed and stored and then tobacco lamina. At the end of the preparation process both components become combined.

If the conditioning functional unit or the subunit, in particular solvable with a container framework and / or a base plate of the container is connected Very fast assembly or disassembly of the tobacco processing plant possible. in the Within the scope of the invention, the term base plate also includes the term Container wall.

Preferably are the walls the container at least partially removable. Under demountable or removable wall is also a removable ceiling or a removable or demountable base plate to understand.

If the container elements for releasably connecting With at least one other container included, one can in itself stable composite of the container to be created.

If the elements are arranged on the container, that after Connection with another container that brought into the container Processing functional units and / or subunits in the entity lights can be connected with each other without further adjustment, the assembly and dismantling the tobacco processing plant even more efficiently.

Preferably are for the energy supply, in particular the steam, air and / or electricity supply, quick release provided for connection to the conditioning function units.

If the power supply at least partially mounted on at least one container scaffold For example, it is not even necessary anymore for the rendering engines to be functional or subunits must be removed from the container scaffold to to assemble the tobacco processing plant. The energy supply then happens from the appropriate location on the container scaffolding to the conditioning functional units.

Preferably The elements for connecting also comprise the connection of the power supply from one container to the next Container. A particularly safe transport is possible if around the conditioning functional units and, in particular, separated, Subunits containers are mounted around.

Preferably are at least one conditioning function unit and / or at least a subunit of a tobacco treatment plant in a container assembled.

The Invention will be described below without limiting the general inventive concept of exemplary embodiments described with reference to the drawings. Regarding all in the Text not closer explained Details of the invention becomes explicit referred to the drawings. Show it:

1 a schematic three-dimensional representation of a tobacco processing plant according to the invention,

2 a schematic three-dimensional view of the tobacco processing plant 1 , wherein schematically table sections are shown, from which it can be seen which processing function units or subunits are received in a container,

3 a schematic three-dimensional representation of a portion of the tobacco processing plant according to the invention from the 1 and

4 a schematic three-dimensional Representation of a part of the tobacco processing plant according to the invention from the 1 ,

1 shows a schematic three-dimensional representation of a tobacco processing plant according to the invention 10 , In the tobacco processing plant 10 Both tobacco leaves, so Lamina, and tobacco ribs can be processed. The 3 and 4 show the same device as 1 However, in an enlarged view, so that the devices shown there are better visible.

At the beginning of the treatment process in the area below left of the tobacco processing plant off 1 be either tobacco leaves in the form of, for example, tobacco bales on a conveyor belt 19 applied and in a raw tobacco slicer 20 carefully pre-dissolved, then to a tobacco balance 21 to arrive, which is designed in the form of a belt scale. Alternatively, tobacco ribs can be fed via a pipe lip feeder 22 and a subsequent conveyor belt to a two-stage sifter 23 be spent and then on the tobacco scales 21 ,

In an efficient process, first tube doses are dosed, sifted and dedusted the tobacco balance 21 supplied and further processed accordingly. Subsequently, lamina is processed.

In the 1 . 3 and 4 The movements of elements shown are partially indicated by arrows. Following the tobacco scales 21 is a conditioner 24 provided in the ribs or lamina further dissolved and conditioned as usual. Flavorings are in sauce tanks 25 stored and become the conditioner 24 fed. To the conditioner 24 closes a conveyor belt 27 by means of which conditioned tobacco in the form of lamina or ribs in corresponding silos, namely laminasilos 26 or 26 ' or rib silo 31 be introduced. The introduction takes place in layers. The silos 26 . 26 ' and 31 Be about the movable mixing conveyor 27 ' filled.

The ribs are conveyed by means of a conveyor belt 32 from the rib silo 31 discharged and on a conveyor belt 33 spent on which a metal detector 34 and / or a foreign object recognition device, not shown, is arranged. Any detected material, such as metal or foreign matter, is in the lock 35 discharged. The ribs or the material that has not been discharged, by means of a steep conveyor 36 a belt scale 37 promoted and a tobacco cutter 38 which is designed to effectively cut both ribs and lamina. The cut tobacco then becomes a conveyor 39 fed directly into a dryer 40 introduce the tobacco. In contrast to the prior art, there is no buffer behind the tobacco cutter 38 , The dosage happens before the tobacco cutter 38 ,

Following the dryer 40 is a classifier cooler 41 provided that both the sighting and cooling the tobacco. By means of an adjoining balance 42 the quantity of tobacco conveyed or the mass flow is determined. There will then be further blend ingredients via blend feeders 43 and 43 " and fed via a further dosing device, not shown. By means of a conveyor 44 The corresponding tobacco mixture enters a flavoring cylinder 45 , Following the flavoring cylinder 45 arrives the finished tobacco or get the appropriately processed ribs on a conveyor belt 48 , It can via the Tabakzugabevorrichtung and the conveyor belt 47 For example, tobacco may be added from scrap packets or scrap cigarettes. About the conveyor belt 48 The tobacco then passes into so-called final blend silos 49 and 49 ' , Here, a usual mixture of the tobacco by layerwise insertion of the same happens. The discharge from these silos takes place via a silo discharge belt 50 , to which a crate bottling 51 followed.

Accordingly, the procedure for Lamina, which is on the conveyor belt 19 initially applied in bale shape. The discharge from the laminasilo 26 and 26 ' happens via a conveyor belt 28 to a laminasetter 29 , The sighted tobacco then passes through an indicated pipeline into the string remover 30 and then on the conveyor belt 33 to the metal detector 34 or the foreign body recognition device. In the string remover 30 Thread-like foreign bodies are removed from the tobacco.

The conveyor belts partly have a slope of 55 °. This allows the rendering function units be built very space-saving.

By the possibility, To process both ribs and lamina is a high utilization of the plant possible.

For sifting and dedusting the pipe ribs, it is possible to exploit the air system of the Laminasichters. The ribs are stored in appropriate silos for moisture penetration. It is possible to hide batches. Production is possible both in batches and continuously. The dryer 40 may be a flow dryer with expansion unit. As a variant of the tobacco processing plant of 1 could find a second cutting device use. It could find rib silos with separate mixing conveyor use. On the Blendingsilos could be waived. It could be one Rib moisture in boxes takes place instead of rib moisture in the silo. The discharge from the boxes can be done with steep conveyors. A special classifier may be provided for the rib section to free the rib section from heavy parts. For this purpose, the air system of the Laminasichters can be used.

• – Förderband 19, Rohtabakslicer 20, Tabakwaage 21 sowie Sichter 23,
• – Konditionierer 24 inklusive Soßentanks 25,
• – Laminasilo 26,
• – Laminasilo 26',
• – Rippensilo 31,
• – Stringremover 30, Förderband 33, Metallsuchgerät 34, Metallschleuse 35 und Steilförderer 36,
• – unterer Teil des Trockners 40 und Sichterkühler 41,
• – Oberteil des Trockners 40, wobei der untere Teil des Trockners 40 eine Untereinheit im Sinne der Erfindung ist und das Oberteil auch eine Untereinheit im Sinne der Erfindung. Das Unterteil des Trockners 40 kann auch in zwei Untereinheiten aufgeteilt sein, wie in 2 angedeutet ist,
• – Waage 42, Förderer 44 und Flavouring-Zylinder 45,
• – Blendzugabevorrichtung 43 und 43',
• – Tabakzugabevorrichtung 46 sowie Förderband 47,
• – 2/3 des Final Blend Silos 49,
• – 1/3 des Final Blend Silos 49 sowie 1/3 des Final Blend Silos 49',
• – 2/3 des Final Blend Silos 49' und
• – Siloaustragband 50 sowie Kistenabfüllung 51.

2 shows the tobacco processing plant 10 out 1 showing schematically how corresponding 40 Foot container for the division or recording of the treatment function units or subunits of the treatment function units of the tobacco processing plant 10 can be arranged. Thus, for example, the following components or processing function units or subunits can each be in a container 53 be spent:

• - conveyor belt 19 , Raw tobacco slicer 20 , Tobacco balance 21 as well as classifier 23 .
• - conditioner 24 including sauce tanks 25 .
• - laminasilo 26 .
• - laminasilo 26 ' .
• - rib silo 31 .
• - String remover 30 , Conveyor belt 33 , Metal detector 34 , Metal lock 35 and steep conveyor 36 .
• - lower part of the dryer 40 and classifier cooler 41 .
• - Top of the dryer 40 , where the lower part of the dryer 40 a subunit according to the invention and the upper part is also a subunit in the sense of the invention. The lower part of the dryer 40 can also be divided into two subunits, as in 2 is implied
• - Libra 42 , Conveyor 44 and flavoring cylinder 45 .
• - Blendzugabevorrichtung 43 and 43 " .
• - Tobacco adding device 46 as well as conveyor belt 47 .
• - 2/3 of the final blend silo 49 .
• - 1/3 of the final blend silo 49 and 1/3 of the final blend silo 49 ' .
• - 2/3 of the final blend silo 49 ' and
• - Silo discharge belt 50 as well as crate bottling 51 ,

The tobacco processing plant or its processing function units and subunits are therefore such that they are the size of, for example, usual 40 Foot containers are adjusted. In the case where subunits of conditioning function units have to be placed in the containers, since the corresponding conditioning function unit would be too large, correspondingly rapidly mountable and removable interfaces of the subunits are provided to each other in order to efficiently achieve a disassembly of the respective conditioning functional unit. In 2 are the corresponding container outlines 52 shown schematically for better illustration. These can sometimes also be somewhat offset from those shown. The presentation of the 2 is only a rough overview of which elements could fit into the respective container.

A container 53 is comparatively enlarged also in 2 shown. This includes a base plate 54 , a container scaffolding 55 that made up at least the bearing edges of the container 53 consists of or includes. There is also a container wall 56 indicated. The container itself naturally has six walls.

The conditioning functional units such as the conditioner 24 Can only use a base plate 54 a container 53 and / or with the container framework 55 be connected, so that, for example, the conditioner 24 does not have to be transported out of the container, but only the walls 56 of the container 53 would have to be removed. The container framework 55 can then stop. When mounting on the base plate 54 could also be the container scaffolding 55 be removed and the base plate 54 would remain in the factory hall in which the tobacco processing plant is to come to stand. By appropriate connecting elements between the containers or between the base plates 54 the adjacent container and / or the container scaffolding 55 the neighboring container 53 This can also be a very efficient and fast assembly and disassembly ge happen.

In addition is also a Burley special treatment in such a facility possible. To are other containers, e.g. For the burley toaster necessary.

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Tobacco treatment plant

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conveyor belt

20

Rohtabakslicer

21

tobacco scale

22

Raw stems Feeder

23

sifter

24

conditioner

25

sauces tank

26 26 '

Laminasilo

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conveyor belt

27 '

Mixed driving band

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conveyor belt

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Laminasichter

30

Stringremover

31

Rippensilo

32

conveyor belt

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conveyor belt

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Metal Detector

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lock

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vertical conveyor

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belt scale

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tobacco Schneider

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promoter

40

dryer

41

Sichterkühler

42

Libra

43 43 '

Blend adding device

44

promoter

45

Flavoring cylinder

46

Tobacco adding device

47

conveyor belt

48

conveyor belt

49, 49 '

Final Blend silo

50

Siloaustragband

51

box filling

52

container outline

53

Container

54

baseplate

55

container scaffolding

56

container wall

Claims (13)

Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) with several processing units ( 19 - 51 ) for tobacco and tobacco processing intermediates, characterized in that the conditioning functional units ( 19 - 51 ) or subunits ( 19 - 51 ) of the conditioning function units ( 19 - 51 ) to the size of standardized containers ( 52 ) are adjusted. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that a conditioning function unit ( 19 - 51 ) a tobacco cutter ( 20 . 38 ), a dryer ( 40 ), a conditioner ( 24 ), a classifier ( 23 . 29 ), a storage device ( 26 . 26 ' . 31 . 49 . 49 ' ) or a flavor device ( 45 ). Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least two subunits ( 19 - 51 ) at least one interface for assembling the subunits ( 19 - 51 ) to a conditioning function unit ( 19 - 51 ) exhibit. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in this tobacco ribs and / or Tabaklamina are consecutively and partially simultaneously processed. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the conditioning function unit ( 19 - 51 ) or the subunit ( 19 - 51 ), in particular detachably, with a container framework ( 55 ) and / or a base plate ( 54 ) of the container ( 53 ) connected is. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to claim 5, characterized in that the walls of the container are at least partially removable. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the container ( 53 ) Elements for detachable connection to at least one further container ( 53 ). Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to claim 7, characterized in that the elements on the container ( 53 ) are arranged, that after connection with another container ( 53 ) in the container ( 53 ) processing units ( 19 - 51 ) and / or subunits ( 19 - 51 ) are connected to each other substantially without further adjustment. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that for the power supply, in particular the steam, air and / or power supply, quick fasteners for connection to the conditioning function units ( 19 - 51 ) are provided. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to claim 9, characterized in that the energy supply at least partially to at least one container scaffold ( 55 ) is mounted. Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to one or more of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the elements for connecting the connection of the power supply from a container ( 53 ) to the next container ( 53 ). Tobacco processing plant ( 10 ) according to one or more of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the conditioning function units ( 19 - 51 ) and, in particular separated, subunits ( 19 - 51 ) Container ( 53 ) are mounted around. Container ( 53 ) in the at least one rendering function unit ( 19 - 51 ) and / or at least one subunit ( 19 - 51 ) of a tobacco processing plant ( 10 ), in particular according to one or more of claims 1 to 12, is mounted.