DE102020128187A1 - Transfer device in the tobacco processing industry - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a transfer device (12) in the tobacco processing industry for transferring rod-shaped articles (22) from the tobacco processing industry from a rod machine (11) in which the rod-shaped articles (22) in the tobacco processing industry are conveyed in one direction (25), which corresponds to a longitudinal axis (26) of the articles (22), to a combining machine (13) in which the rod-shaped articles (22) are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis (26). The transfer device (12) has a conveying element (17) by means of which a rod-shaped article (22) is placed in a receiving trough (27) in a receiving position in which the rod-shaped article (22) can be received tangentially in the circumferential direction (28) of the conveying element ( 17), with a cutting device (18) also being provided, with the conveying element (17) serving as a counter bearing for the cutting device (18), with a rotary conveying device (19) being provided downstream of the conveying element (17), which is designed to remove rod-shaped articles (22) conveyed longitudinally axially by the conveying element (17) longitudinally in receptacles (29) and to rotate the receptacles (29) during a rotation of the rotary conveyor device (19).

Description

The invention relates to a transfer device in the tobacco processing industry for transferring rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry from a rod machine, in which the rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry are conveyed in a direction which corresponds to a longitudinal axis of the articles, to a combining machine in which the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis. The invention also relates to a machine in the tobacco processing industry.

Out of EP 1 164 878 B1 discloses a device for handling or transporting elongated objects, such as cigarettes or cigarillos, with a plurality of trough-shaped receptacles for one object each. Such a device, which can also be referred to as a spider, serves to transfer cigarettes or other rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, for example, from a longitudinal-axial direction of movement to a transverse-axial direction of movement, with the longitudinal-axial direction of movement being along the longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped article and the transverse-axial Direction of movement transverse, in particular perpendicular to this longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped article. Subsequent to the delivery of the rod-shaped articles from the spider into the device in which the rod-shaped articles are conveyed cross-axially, they are typically combined with further rod-shaped articles in series in the longitudinal axis and a wrapping material is wrapped around these articles. For example, in a so-called MAX, a filter segment with double the usable length is inserted between two tobacco rods and wrapped with a covering paper, whereupon a cut is made through the middle of the double-length filter piece, one of the two filter cigarettes is rotated by 180°, the filter cigarettes are tested accordingly and are examined and then released into a mass flow. Such a MAX, which can also be referred to as a combining machine, is usually at right angles to a rod machine from which the rod-shaped articles are cut to length. The transfer from the strand machine to the combining machine takes place with the so-called spider, among other things.

Out of EP 0 641 524 B1 An arrangement of a machine in the tobacco processing industry is known, in which various elements of the machine are arranged in a 180° arrangement. That is, first a strand is formed in one direction and rod-shaped articles are cut to length from this strand, in order to then transfer them by means of a transfer device to a cross-axial conveyor, which finally runs back against the conveying direction of the strand.

Out of EP 2 997 839 B1 discloses a device and a method for transferring rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry from a longitudinal conveyor for longitudinally axial conveying of the article to a transverse conveyor for transversely axial conveying of the article or vice versa. In this case, the longitudinal conveyor and the transverse conveyor are set up in a linear alignment with one another. A carrier element is provided on a drum body, which can be pivoted about a pivot axis. In order to change the orientation of the rod-shaped articles from longitudinal to transverse or vice versa, the carrier element is pivoted.

The machines of the prior art require a relatively large amount of space and, in order to transfer rod-shaped articles from a longitudinal-axial conveying direction to a transverse-axial conveying direction, i. H. from the rod machine to the combining machine, relatively many machine elements.

It is the object of the present invention to specify a transfer device for the tobacco processing industry and a machine for the tobacco processing industry which are smaller overall than known machines and require fewer machine elements. It is a particular task to specify a corresponding transfer device and a machine in the tobacco processing industry that can manage with less energy or air consumption and also allow gentler treatment of the rod-shaped articles in the production of rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry.

This object is achieved by a transfer device in the tobacco processing industry for transferring rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry from a rod machine, in which the rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry are conveyed in a direction that corresponds to a longitudinal axis of the article, onto a combining machine, in which the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis, which is further developed in that the conveying element has a receiving trough which is designed to receive a rod-shaped article in a receiving position, the receiving trough being aligned tangentially in the circumferential direction of the conveying element, with a cutting device is provided, wherein the conveying element serves as a counter bearing to the cutting device, wherein downstream of the conveying element a rotary conveying device is provided which is designed to convey the longitudinally axially conveyed rod-shaped article longitudinally abz utake and record in a recording of the rotary conveyor and during a rotation of the rotary conveyor device to rotate the receptacle, so that the receptacle is moved transversely axially after the rotation during the rotation of the rotary conveyor element.

The measure according to the invention makes it possible to omit a conventional spider. In addition, in one embodiment it can also be provided that an upstream strand machine does not have a cutting knife or cutting device to cut the strand into rod-shaped articles, since cutting into rod-shaped articles can also take place in the transfer device. In particular, the transfer device makes it possible to dispense with a complex transfer module, for example by cutting the rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry directly to a desired size in the transfer device.

The transfer device preferably ensures that the rod-shaped articles are held in a linear conveying direction from longitudinal axial conveying to transverse axial conveying. The elements of the transfer device, ie for example the conveying element and the rotary conveying device, are thus arranged one behind the other in a straight line in a plan view. This makes it possible to arrange a machine in the tobacco processing industry in a linear alignment of a longitudinal conveyor, for example a rod machine, and a transverse conveyor, for example a combining machine.

In this case, the conveying element preferably has a receiving trough or receiving troughs for receiving the rod-shaped articles, which are aligned longitudinally and axially along a circumference of the conveying element. A receiving trough is preferably provided, which is arranged continuously over the circumference of the conveying element, in particular a plurality of suction openings being provided in order to provide or hold a plurality of rod-shaped articles arranged longitudinally one behind the other along the circumference in the receiving trough. In this case it can be provided that the receiving trough is a single receiving trough which extends over the entire circumference of the conveying element. Two or more receiving troughs arranged parallel next to one another can also be provided in order to receive two or more strands or rod-shaped articles conveyed in parallel along the longitudinal axis in the conveying element. The two or more receiving troughs arranged parallel next to one another can also be arranged continuously over the circumference of the conveying element.

The rotation of the receptacles of the rotary conveyor device by 90° is preferably provided.

Preferably, a receptacle of the rotary conveyor device or at least two parallelly aligned receptacles of the rotary conveyor device are provided on a receptacle body, with the receptacle body being rotatable by 90° about an axis of rotation, which is designed in particular as a radial axis to the rotary conveyor element.

A plurality of receiving bodies are preferably arranged on the rotary conveyor device.

The center of a receptacle or the center between at least two receptacles of the receptacle body preferably lies on the axis of rotation. This allows the receiving body to rotate without creating an imbalance.

The conveying element preferably has slots for receiving at least one blade of the cutting device, in particular in the area of the receiving trough or troughs for the rod-shaped article or articles. This enables a counter bearing for the cutting device in the conveying element. In particular, this enables a clean cut through the rod-shaped articles that are received in the receiving recesses.

Furthermore, it is also possible to take up a strand with regard to its downstream part in the receiving trough or in a receiving trough in order to cut a rod-shaped article to length and to convey it further after cutting to length.

The slits are preferably wider than the thickness of the at least one blade and/or have a predeterminable angle that is not equal to 90° from a tangent of the receiving trough for the rod-shaped articles. Preferably, a plane through a slot is a plane perpendicular to the tangent plane at an angle other than 90° to the tangent of the circumference of the conveying member.

The cutting device is preferably a rotary knife with more than two knives, in particular more than or equal to four knives, in particular more than or equal to six knives, in particular more than or equal to eight knives, in particular more than or equal to ten knives, in particular more than or equal to twelve knives, in particular more or equal to fourteen knives, in particular more than or equal to sixteen knives, in particular more than or equal to eighteen knives, in particular more than or equal to twenty knives, in particular more than or equal to twenty-two knives. Preferably, a maximum of twenty-four knives are provided. Within the scope of the invention, a knife can also be referred to as a cutting edge.

The knives preferably have hard metal cutting edges or are hard metal cutting edges, with the material of the hard metal cutting edges being selected in particular in such a way that the knives allow at least 300,000 cuts each, in particular at least 400,000 cuts each, preferably 500,000 cuts each, without the knives being sharpened during operation. The material may be, for example, a metal matrix composite such as tungsten carbide-cobalt cemented carbide or steel containing small particles of diamond or cubic zirconia. Carbide cutting edges for the purpose of the invention are made, for example DE 10 2020 120 576.7 , registered on 04.08.2020. The hard metal cutting edges preferably have a hardness of 1400 to 2200 HV30, a transverse rupture strength of 3600 to 4400 MPa and the grain size of the material is 0.2 to 1.3 μm.

The cutting device can preferably be operated without a sharpening device.

The knives preferably have a thickness of 0.15 mm to 0.25 mm, in particular 0.18 mm to 0.22 mm.

Preferably the slits are 0.25mm to 0.35mm wide, more preferably 0.28mm to 0.32mm wide.

A ratio of the slit width to the thickness of the blades is preferably in a range from 1.4 mm to 1.6 mm.

The transfer device is particularly process-stable if the conveying element and/or the rotary conveying device is/are designed as a drum. Drums of this type are known in principle in the tobacco processing industry and are therefore very process-reliable.

The rotary conveyor device preferably has a cam control for rotating the receptacles.

The blades of the cutting device are preferably designed to carry out an axial compensating stroke which is preferably cam-controlled. The axial compensating stroke ensures that the linearly conveyed rod-shaped articles can be conveyed further during the cut without being accumulated or braked.

The object is also achieved by a machine in the tobacco processing industry with a rod machine, a transfer device according to the invention, which is connected downstream to the rod machine or is part of the rod machine, and a combining machine, which is connected downstream to the transfer device.

The combining machine is preferably a filter attachment machine, a multi-segment filter machine, a multi-segment machine or a segment combining machine. For example, the combining machine can also be a machine that assembles heat-not-burn components. Within the scope of the invention, the combining machine can also be referred to as a combining device or combiner.

The rod maker, the transfer device and the combining machine are preferably arranged one behind the other in a straight line.

Suitable rod-shaped articles that are transferred to a combining machine by the transfer device, preferably a rod machine, are cigarette rods, tobacco rods provided with a metal band for inductive heating, filter segments, hollow segments, but also straws.

According to the invention, a machine for the tobacco processing industry is provided in which a rod machine is coupled with a multi-segment machine in a straight-ahead configuration.

Conventionally, a transfer module is used for the transfer, which stands between the rod machine and a first filter feed module and accepts tobacco rods with a metal band, so-called CLT segments. The tobacco rods can be brought to a predetermined pitch, for example a 30pi pitch, tumbled, cut into segments, for example 12 mm, by means of two cutting units, staggered and pushed together. In addition, the tobacco rods can then be rotated using a drum so that the metal strip is in the correct position for the cut. After that, the end faces can be checked, for example, by means of an optical system.

According to the invention, this transfer module can be omitted, in which case only the transfer device according to the invention is used. For this purpose, for example, the tobacco rod is cut directly in the rod machine to a predetermined size, for example 24 mm, or cut directly to a desired size, for example 12 mm, in the transfer device. The transfer device can be implemented in the rod machine downstream at the exit. Instead of a spider, which can also be referred to as a tube drive, a conveying element is used that picks up a rod-shaped article and passes a cut double segment (e.g. 2 x 12 mm) directly to a preferably cam-controlled rotary conveying element that Rotates the double segment or the rod-shaped article by 90°.

Thereafter, the rod-shaped articles can be passed on to an inspection and/or pitch-changing drum with an optical inspection system. The rod-shaped articles can then be delivered directly to the first feed module of a combining machine. Of course, other lengths can also be used instead of the specified lengths.

The advantages of the invention are that a complete transfer module with the various drums can be omitted, which results in a high potential for cost savings. The machine itself is relatively small, so that the footprint is significantly smaller. For example, the machine can be built almost 2 m shorter than usual. A smaller supply module is sufficient and less energy and less air is consumed. In addition, only one cutting system can be used instead of two cutting systems. For example, a cutting blade or a blade device in the strand machine can be omitted if the strand is guided directly into the transfer device. The rod-shaped articles can also be brought directly to a length that is suitable for further processing, so that no further cut through the rod-shaped articles is necessary in the combining machine downstream of the transfer device.

Further features of the invention will be apparent from the description of embodiments of the invention taken together with the claims and the accompanying drawings. Embodiments according to the invention can fulfill individual features or a combination of several features.

• 1: eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie,
• 2: eine schematische Ansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Übergabevorrichtung,
• 3: eine schematische Ausschnittsvergrößerung aus 2,
• 4: eine schematische dreidimensionale Darstellung eines Teils eines Förderorgans und einer Schneidvorrichtung und
• 5: eine schematische dreidimensionale Darstellung eines Teils der erfindungsgemäßen Übergabevorrichtung.

The invention is described below without restricting the general inventive concept using exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings, with express reference being made to the drawings with regard to all details according to the invention not explained in more detail in the text. Show it:

• 1 : a schematic plan view of a machine according to the invention in the tobacco processing industry,
• 2 : a schematic view of a transfer device according to the invention,
• 3 : a schematic detail enlargement 2 ,
• 4 : a schematic three-dimensional representation of a part of a conveyor element and a cutting device and
• 5 : a schematic three-dimensional representation of a part of the transfer device according to the invention.

Within the scope of the invention, features that are marked “particularly” or “preferably” are to be understood as optional features.

In the drawings, elements and/or parts that are the same or of the same type are provided with the same reference numbers, so that they are not presented again in each case.

1 shows schematically a plan view of a machine 10 according to the invention of the tobacco processing industry.

The machine 10 according to the invention comprises a rod maker 11, a transfer device 12 according to the invention and a combining machine 13. In the rod maker 11, for example, a tobacco rod wrapped with a wrapping material is formed, into which metal strips are preferably inserted longitudinally, which are used for inductive heating of the tobacco rod produced from the tobacco rod Tobacco segments are suitable. As usual, the tobacco rod is shaped round or oval in a format device 14 and wrapped with a wrapping material. Before formatting device 14, the pieces of metal can be put into a tobacco cake that is 1 is not shown for clarity, are inserted. The conveying direction is shown at 25 .

The manufactured tobacco rod 15 is 1 cut into rod-shaped articles 22 by means of a knife device 16 . The rod-shaped articles 22 are conveyed further in the longitudinal direction into a transfer device 12 in which they are transferred to a conveyor element 17 in the longitudinal direction. As shown, the conveying element 17 can be designed as a conveying drum. A cutting device 18 is provided which has a plurality of knives 36 . For this purpose, reference is made to the 2 until 5 .

The rod-shaped articles 22 are cut to length into two shorter rod-shaped articles 22 by the cutting device 18 . Subsequently, the rod-shaped articles 22 aligned longitudinally axially in the conveying direction 25 are transferred to a rotary conveyor element 19 in which the rod-shaped articles are rotated in such a way that they can be transferred to a take-off drum 20 transversely axially. The removal drum 20 is part of the transfer device 12 in this exemplary embodiment, but can also be part of a combining machine 13 in an embodiment that is not shown.

The station wagon then closes to the take-off drum 20 or the transfer device 12 ning machine 13, for example, a conveyor drum 21 and other elements, which are not shown and which ensure, for example, that further rod-shaped articles are attached to the rod-shaped articles 22 produced.

The strand machine 11, the transfer device 12 and the combining machine 13 are set up linearly. A compact design is possible due to the simple transfer device 12 having few parts.

In the embodiment of 1 a knife device 16 is provided in the rod maker 11 . This preferably includes half as many knives, which are distributed over the circumference of the knife device 16, as the cutting device 18. In an embodiment that is not shown, the rod maker 11 does not have a knife device 16, but the cutting device 18 of the transfer device 12 is used to cut the rod 15 or the strands into rod-shaped articles 22.

Furthermore, in the embodiment of 1 a single-strand machine is shown. However, the invention can also be used for two-strand machines or multiple-strand machines.

2 schematically shows a view of a transfer device 12 according to the invention 2 the rod-shaped articles 22 are fed to the conveying element 17 from the right in the conveying direction 25 and there in a receiving trough 27, which in 4 is clearly visible. The rod-shaped articles 22 are held in the receiving trough 27 and are cut by means of a cutting device 18 .

When feeding stick-shaped articles 22 to the transfer device, the stick-shaped articles 22 are preferably cut in the middle. The two rod-shaped articles 22 cut in the middle can then be conveyed further in this longitudinal axial alignment by approximately ¼ rotation of the conveying element 17 and transferred to the rotary conveying element 19 in the troughs of a receiving body 30 provided there. Two or more webs of rod-shaped articles 22 provided in parallel can also be transferred if, for example, a double-web rod machine or a multi-web rod machine is provided.

It can also be provided that the 1 knife device 16 shown is omitted. In this case, one strand or several strands reach the conveying element 17 parallel to one another, where the cutting device 18 cuts rod-shaped articles 22 to length and only the cut-to-length rod-shaped articles 22 are conveyed further. After the next cut, a rod-shaped article 22 is cut to length again and conveyed further, and so on.

In this exemplary embodiment, however, rod-shaped articles 22 are conveyed in the longitudinal-axial conveying direction 25 and cut into two rod-shaped articles 22 which are arranged longitudinally-axially with respect to one another and are delivered onto the rotary conveyor element 19 in this arrangement.

In 3 is a schematic representation of an enlargement of a detail 2 shown. The state of a cut of the cutting device 18 by means of a knife 36 through a rod-shaped article 22 is shown. The cut is made perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis 26 of the rod-shaped article 22, so that two rod-shaped articles 22 result after the cut.

In this exemplary embodiment, the cutting device 18 has eight knives 36 . In addition, it is easy to see in this representation that the conveying element 17, which is designed as a conveying drum, has slots 35 into which the knives 36 can enter. The knives 36 are oriented to allow a smooth, straight cut through the rod-shaped articles 22 during longitudinal axial conveyance. A compensating stroke of the knives 36 is preferably made possible.

After the cut, the rod-shaped articles 22 are further conveyed longitudinally and axially in the circumferential direction 28 and are discharged longitudinally axially onto the rotary conveyor element 19 . A more detailed representation of the cut is in 4 shown in a schematic three-dimensional representation. It can be clearly seen there that the receiving trough 27 is designed to be continuous over the circumference of the conveying element 17 . It is also possible to provide a plurality of such receiving troughs 27 next to one another in the axial direction, preferably two receiving troughs 27, on the circumference of the conveying member 17.

5 shows in a schematic three-dimensional representation the functioning of the rotary conveyor element 19, which is designed as a rotary conveyor drum. The receiving body 30 has a receptacle 29 in which a rod-shaped article 22 or, in this exemplary embodiment, two rod-shaped articles 22 that have already been cut are received in the longitudinal axis. During the rotation of the rotary conveyor element 19 from the receiving position, which is close to the conveying element 17, to the delivery position, which is close to the test drum 23, the receiving body 30 is rotated through 90° about an axis of rotation 31, so that when the rod-shaped article 22 or The rod-shaped article 22 is conveyed onto the test drum 23 transversely axially the. A visual inspection of the rod-shaped articles 22 takes place in the inspection drum 23, for example. In addition, a staggering and a transverse axial alignment of the rod-shaped articles 22 can take place here in order to then deliver them, for example, to a take-off drum 20 of the combining machine 13 .

All of the features mentioned, including those that can be taken from the drawings alone and also individual features that are disclosed in combination with other features, are considered essential to the invention alone and in combination. Embodiments according to the invention can be fulfilled by individual features or a combination of several features.

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Patent Literature Cited

• EP 1164878 B1 [0002]
• EP 0641524 B1 [0003]
• EP 2997839 B1 [0004]
• DE 102020120576 [0019]

Claims (17)

Transfer device (12) of the tobacco processing industry for transferring rod-shaped articles (22) of the tobacco processing industry from a rod machine (11) in which the rod-shaped articles (22) of the tobacco processing industry are conveyed in a direction (25) which is a longitudinal axis (26) corresponding to the article (22) to a combining machine (13) in which the rod-shaped articles (22) are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis (26), characterized in that the transfer device (12) has a conveying element (17). , wherein a cutting device (18) is also provided, wherein the conveying element (17) serves as a counter bearing to the cutting device (18), wherein downstream of the conveying element (17) a rotary conveying device (19) is provided, which is designed to be separated from the conveying element ( 17) to remove the rod-shaped article (22) conveyed longitudinally axially and to accommodate it in a receptacle (29) of the rotary conveyor device (19) and after removal during a rotation to rotate the receptacle (29) in the rotary conveyor device (19), so that the receptacle (29) is moved transversely axially after the rotation during the rotation of the rotary conveyor element (19). Transfer device (12) after claim 1 , characterized in that the rotation of the receptacle (29) of the rotary conveyor (19) is provided by 90 °. Transfer device (12) after claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that a receptacle (29) of the rotary conveyor device (19) or at least two parallel aligned receptacles (29) of the rotary conveyor device (19) are provided on a receptacle body (30), the receptacle body (30) being rotated by 90° around an axis of rotation (31), which is designed in particular as a radial axis to the rotary conveyor element (19), is rotatable. Transfer device (12) after claim 3 , characterized in that the center of a receptacle (29) or the center between at least two receptacles (29) of the receptacle body (30) lies on the axis of rotation (31). Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 1 until 4 , characterized in that the conveyor element (17) has slots (35) for receiving at least one blade (36) of a cutting device (18), in particular in the region of the receiving trough (27) or the receiving troughs (27) for the rod-shaped article (22) or the rod-shaped articles (22). Transfer device (12) after claim 5 , characterized in that the slots (35) are wider than the thickness of the at least one blade (36) and/or have a predeterminable angle other than 90° from a tangent of the receiving trough (27) for the rod-shaped articles (22). Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 1 until 6 , characterized in that the cutting device (18) is a rotary knife with more than two knives (36), in particular more than or equal to four knives (36), in particular more than or equal to six knives (36), in particular more than or equal to eight knives (36) , in particular more than or equal to ten knives (36), in particular more than or equal to twelve knives (36), in particular more than or equal to fourteen knives (36), in particular more than or equal to sixteen knives (36), in particular more than or equal to eighteen knives (36) , in particular more than or equal to twenty knives (36), in particular more than or equal to twenty-two knives (36). Transfer device (12) after claim 7 , characterized in that the knives (36) have or are hard metal cutting edges, the material being selected in particular such that without the knives (36) being sharpened during operation of the knives (36), the knives (36) can make at least 300,000 cuts, in particular at least Allow 400,000 cuts, preferably 500,000 cuts. Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 1 until 8th , characterized in that the cutting device (18) can be operated without a sharpening device. Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 7 until 9 , characterized in that the blades (36) have a thickness of 0.15 mm to 0.25 mm, in particular 0.18 mm to 0.22 mm. Transfer device (12) after claim 10 , characterized in that the slots (35) are 0.25 mm to 0.35 mm, in particular 0.28 mm to 0.32 mm wide. Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 1 until 11 , characterized in that the conveying element (17) and/or the rotary conveying device (19) is/are designed as a drum. Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 1 until 12 , characterized in that the rotary conveyor device (19) for the rotation of the receptacles (29) has a cam control. Transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 5 until 13 , characterized in that the knives (36) of the cutting device (18) are designed to carry out an axial compensating stroke, which is preferably cam-controlled. Machine (10) of the tobacco processing industry with a rod machine (11), a transfer device (12) according to one of Claims 1 until 14 which is connected downstream to the rod maker (11) or is part of the rod maker (11) and a combining machine (13) which is connected downstream to the transfer device (12). machine (10) after claim 15 , characterized in that the combining machine (13) is a filter attachment machine, a multi-segment filter machine or a segment combination machine. machine (10) after claim 15 or 16 , characterized in that the strand machine (11), the transfer device (12) and the combining machine (13) are arranged in a straight line one behind the other.

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