EP2532257B1 - Transport drum for the tobacco processing industry - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a conveyor drum of the tobacco-processing industry arranged in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum conveyor segments for material strip sections, wherein the conveyor drum is rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein the conveyor segments with interruptions between the conveyor segments in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum, preferably at regular intervals, are arranged one behind the other.

Furthermore, the invention relates to a covering device of a machine of the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter attachment machine, and a machine of the tobacco-processing industry, in particular Filteransetzmaschine. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for producing filter cigarettes.

In Filteransetzmaschinen is between cut and longitudinally axially spaced tobacco rods each a filter piece or Inserted mouthpiece, then a glued connection leaflet is attached to the assembled cigarette-mouthpiece-cigarette group. In this case, the glued connection leaflet is fed via a suction roller or cutting drum to a padding device with a defined pitch of the cigarette-mouthpiece-cigarette group. A defined pitch is the preselected distance of the cigarette mouthpiece cigarette groups that is greater than the length of the compound leaflet.

Method and apparatus of the type described above are used in particular for packaging on a so-called filter attachment machine transversely promoted filter cigarettes. Their performance with respect to the particles produced and ejected per unit time has repeatedly increased over the course of time or had to be adapted to the increased efficiency of the upstream cigarette rod machine.

In DE-A-39 18 137 (equivalent to US-A-5 054 346 ) a tipping paper aggregate of a filter attachment machine is described. Here, the glued tipping paper is supplied as an endless tipping paper strip and cut by means of a cutting device into individual leaflets or connecting leaflets. After the cut, these compound leaflets are separated and brought to the conveying speed of the portion-transported cigarette filter cigarette groups.

In addition, in WO 2010/142498 discloses a smoking article, wherein on a filter of the smoking article, two spaced Umwickstreifenstreifenabschnitte are arranged, whereby an annular window is formed between the Umwicklungsstreifenabschnitten.

The invention has for its object to facilitate the production of rod-shaped smoking articles, in particular filter cigarettes, in a simple and secure manner, wherein it should be possible in a simple way, in a format change both the complete wrapping of rod-shaped rough articles and the attachment of two from each other spaced wrapping strips to allow the smoking article group.

This object is achieved by a conveyor drum of the tobacco-processing industry for the transport of material strip sections arranged in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum conveyor segments for material strip sections, wherein the conveyor drum is rotatable about one or its axis of rotation, the conveyor segments with interruptions between the conveyor segments in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum , Preferably at regular intervals, are arranged one behind the other, which is further developed by at least one conveyor segment of the conveyor drum at least two, in particular three, segment body, wherein two segment body of a conveyor segment in each case in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum, ie are formed relative to each other displaceable relative to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum and transversely to the circumferential direction.

The invention is based on the idea that a conveyor segment for material strip portions is provided or formed on a drum body of the conveyor drum by a plurality of segment body, wherein when material strip portions on the outer surfaces of the segment body with rotation of the drum body of the conveyor drum about its axis of rotation, the material strip portions after cutting respective strips of material are conveyed to a delivery point or delivery area, so that, for example, when dispensing the material strip sections glued on one side, the material strip sections of a conveyor segment are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance, so that during or after attachment of the laterally spread or spaced material strip sections to a rod-shaped smoking article group, in particular a tobacco rod filter plug tobacco rod group, a window on the smoking article group, for example on a filter plug of the smoking article group after wrapping of the material strip sections is formed.

Moreover, within the scope of the invention, it is possible for the segment bodies of a material strip section conveyor segment not to be spaced apart during conveyance of the material strip section on the conveyor segment, such that a (single) strip of material strip contacts a rod-shaped smoking article group, tobacco rod filter plug tobacco rod group , is issued or attached to this group, whereby in a subsequent rolling process or Umwicklungsvorgang the material strip portion, eg Tipping paper strip portion is wrapped around the rod-shaped smoking article group without forming a window or the like.

In the context of the invention, depending on the operation of the conveyor drum is provided to transport, for example, a single pad paper section on a conveyor segment, for this purpose during the promotion of the pad paper section, the segment body of the conveyor segment are not spaced from each other, or promoting several, in the axis-parallel direction side by side formed tipping paper strip sections the tipping paper strip portions are spread apart in the axis-parallel direction of the conveyor drum. Here are the segment body of the respective Conveyor segments relative to each other and formed transversely to the circumferential direction displaceable.

For this purpose, it is provided in a further development of the conveyor drum that the at least one conveyor segment for material strip sections has a support surface for one or more material strip sections.

Preferably, it is further provided in one embodiment that the segment body of the at least one conveyor segment or all conveyor segments each have a support surface for material strip portions.

In particular, the at least one conveyor segment or the conveyor segments each have an immovable segment body on the drum body and at least one axially parallel displaceable formed segment body.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the conveyor drum is characterized in that a stationary segment body of the conveyor segment is arranged on the drum body for a conveyor segment between two axially parallel slidably formed segment bodies of the conveyor segment.

In particular, it is preferred in a development of the conveyor drum that when receiving and conveying material strip portions on the segment bodies, the distance between two segment bodies of a conveyor segment is smaller than the distance between two segment bodies of a conveyor segment upon delivery of the conveyed material strip sections, in particular between the recording of at least a strip of material on the conveyor segment and the delivery of the rotating Conveying drum supported on the conveyor segment material strip portion of the conveyor segment of the axis-parallel distance between two segment bodies of the conveyor segment is increased. In particular, after dispensing and before receiving material strip sections to be conveyed, the axially parallel spacing between two segment bodies of the conveyor segment is reduced, so that subsequently a plurality of adjacently arranged material strip sections on the conveyor segment are distanced from one another by spreading or moving the segment bodies of the conveyor segment in the axis-parallel direction become.

In particular, it is advantageous that in each case a Hubkulisse is provided for a displaceable segment body of the conveyor segment or the conveyor segments, wherein the displaceable segment body is connected to the Hubkulisse.

In the case of two displaceable segment bodies of a conveyor segment, in each case preferably a lifting guide for the displaceable segment bodies is provided in order to move the segment bodies of the conveyor segments with respect to an immovable, i. stationary segment body on the drum body at the same time to space each other.

By Hubkulisse the displaceable with the Hubkulisse formed segment body of the conveyor segments during rotation of the drum body or the conveyor drum in the axis-parallel direction between two Hubumkehrpunkten back and forth in axis-parallel direction.

In addition, in a further development, the conveyor drum is characterized in that the segment bodies of a conveyor segment have suction air bores which can be acted upon by negative pressure, so that when applying negative pressure to the segment body, the Saugluftbohrungen with negative pressure in the transport area for strips of material or their sections are acted upon to keep the arranged in the transport region on the outer surface of the segment body material strip portions on the segment bodies until delivery.

Furthermore, a development of the conveyor drum is characterized in that the segment body of a conveyor segment have outside bearing surfaces for the material strip portions, wherein the bearing surfaces of the segment body of a conveyor segment have the same curvature.

Advantageously, the conveyor drum is designed as a cutting drum of a padding device of a machine of the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter attachment machine.

In addition, the object is achieved by a covering device of a machine of the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter attachment machine, which is formed with a conveying drum described above.

In addition, the invention is achieved by a machine of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter attachment machine, using a conveying drum for material strip sections described above, in particular cutting drum of a pad device, as described above. To avoid repetition, reference is expressly made to the above statements.

Moreover, the object is achieved by a method for producing filter cigarettes, wherein laterally spaced material strip portions of finite length at least one rod-shaped Smoking article group, in particular tobacco rod filter plug tobacco rod group, are attached, wherein the material strip portions for a rod-shaped smoking article group using a conveying drum described above are promoted to the rod-shaped smoking article group and laterally spaced the material strip portions for a smoking article group on the conveyor drum during transport on the conveyor drum become.

In addition, in one embodiment, the method is characterized in that the material strip sections of finite length on the conveyor drum are cut off by one material strip, in particular the material strips being obtained from a conveyed total material strip by longitudinal cutting of the total material strip with respect to their conveying direction in front of the conveyor drum.

In this case, in relation to the conveying direction of the total material strip or the material strip sections cut therefrom, for example between a gluing device for the entire material strip and the conveying drum formed as a cutting drum, at least one cutting device, in particular with two or more cutting devices, e.g. Cutting knife or the like, arranged to promote by longitudinal cutting of the total strip of material, the strips of material to the cutting drum formed as a cutting drum on which by cutting the material strip portions of material strip portions of finite length arise on the conveyor drum, which are laterally spaced from each other on the conveyor drum.

To avoid repetition, reference is expressly made to the above statements.

Further features of the invention will become apparent from the description of embodiments according to the invention together with the claims and the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the invention may satisfy individual features or a combination of several features.

Fig.1

schematisch eine Ausführungsform einer Belageinrichtung einer Filteransetzmaschine in einer schematischen Seitenansicht;

Fig.2

schematisch eine vergrößerte Darstellung der Belagschneideinrichtung aus Fig. 1;

Fig. 3a

im Ausschnitt schematisch eine Draufsicht quer zur Umfangsrichtung einer Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Schneidtrommel;

Fig. 3b

im Ausschnitt schematisch eine Draufsicht quer zur Umfangsrichtung einer Ausführungsform der Fördertrommel mit voneinander beabstandeten Fördersegmenten;

Fig. 4

schematisch einen Querschnitt durch die Schneidtrommel entlang der Linie A-A aus Fig. 3b und

Fig. 5a, 5b

schematisch jeweils einen Querschnitt durch die Schneidtrommel gemäß der Schnittlinien B-B aus Fig. 3a und 3b mit nicht beabstandeten Segmentkörpern und voneinander beabstandeten Segmentkörpern.

The invention will be described below without limiting the general inventive idea by means of embodiments with reference to the drawings, reference being expressly made to the drawings with respect to all in the text unspecified details of the invention. Show it:

Fig.1

schematically an embodiment of a pad means of a filter attachment machine in a schematic side view;

Fig.2

schematically an enlarged view of the pad cutting device Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 3a

schematically in the detail a plan view transverse to the circumferential direction of an embodiment of a cutting drum according to the invention;

Fig. 3b

schematically in section a plan view transverse to the circumferential direction of an embodiment of the conveyor drum with spaced apart conveyor segments;

Fig. 4

schematically a cross section through the cutting drum along the line AA Fig. 3b and

Fig. 5a, 5b

schematically each have a cross section through the cutting drum according to the section lines BB Fig. 3a and 3b with non-spaced segment bodies and spaced segment bodies.

In the following figures, identical or similar elements or corresponding parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that a corresponding renewed idea is dispensed with.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic side view of a designed as a covering device 1 for supplying a partially perforated tipping paper strip 2 in a schematically designated Filteransetzmaschine F. A filter attachment machine HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg, is known under the name MAX. The device 1 will be described below with reference to the path of the tipping paper strip 2.

The tipping paper strip 2 is pulled off by a supply roll 4 rotating about an axis 5 in accordance with the indicated arrow direction by means of a take-off roller pair 6 and 8. One of the two take-off rolls, here the take-off roll 6, is driven by a drive 11 via a toothed belt 7.

Before the tipping paper strip 2 reaches the take-off rolls 6 and 8, it is conveyed via a deflection roller 12 to a breaker 14. The breaker 14 breaks the paper of the tipping paper strip 2 so that it can later be more easily wrapped around the filter-cigarette groups.

At a predetermined distance downstream of the pair of delivery rollers 6, 8 a gluing device 22 is provided for applying glue to the tipping paper strip 2. The gluing device 22 has a glue nozzle 24. The gluing can also be done with a roller gluing. With the help of the glue nozzle 24 glue images are applied to the tipping paper strip 2, which have glue-free zones that correspond to the perforated sections on the tipping paper strip 2, so that no glue is applied to the perforated sections.

Downstream of the gluing device 22, the tipping paper strip 2 passes via deflecting rollers 26, 28 and 29 to a lining cutting device 30 for the periodic separation of tipping paper sections from the tipping paper strip 2.

The pad cutting device 30 has a cutterhead 32 with knives 34, which are arranged at its circumference and slightly angled relative to the radial, and a counter-rotating cutting drum 36 which receives the padding paper strip 2.

The cutting drum 36 has groove-like recesses 38 into which the knives 34 due to the distance of the drums 32 and 36 to each other with rotation of the two drums 32 and 36 can dive to separate the seated on the circumference of the cutting drum 36 tipping paper strip 2 or strips of material formed thereof , Below the bearing surfaces 40 provided on the periphery of the cutting drum 36, the cutting drum 36 has suction holes 42 connected to a suction device for holding the tipping paper strip 2 and the separated tipping paper leaflets 39 on the cutting drum 36.

Between the guide rollers 26 and 28 is a with the tipping paper strip 2 in contact oscillator 44 is arranged and synchronized with the drums 32 and 36 to slightly hold the tipping paper strip 2 against the direction of movement 20 relative to the drum surface after each cut by one of the knives 34, so that a distance between the individual cut portions or tipping paper leaflets 39 of the tipping paper strip 2 is formed. The oscillator 44 thus converts the uniform supply of the tipping paper strip 2 to the gluing device 22 into a non-uniform supply to the pad cutting device 30. Further details of the pad cutting device 30 and of the oscillator 44 may be, for example DE-A-39 18 137 be removed.

Fig. 2 schematically shows in a fragmentary enlarged view of the pad cutting device 30. The tipping paper strip 2 or from the tipping paper strip 2 formed by longitudinal cutting material strips are conveyed to the cutting drum 36, which wraps the tipping paper strip 2 or its material webs relative to the cutterhead 32 in a predetermined angle section. The peripheral surface of the cutting drum 36 is acted upon in a conventional manner with suction air, which is supplied via Saugluftbohrungen 42 and 43 and the tipping paper strip 2 adheres to the surface of the cutting drum 36 and leads and is dimensioned so that a slip between the tipping paper strip 2 and the surface of the Cutting drum 36 is possible.

The cutting drum 36 has in its peripheral surface axially parallel grooves or recesses 38, wherein the front edge 47 in the running direction is provided as a cutting edge for the covering paper leaflets 39 separating from the tipping paper strip 2 or its material webs separating cut.

The cutterhead 32 carries at its periphery transversely to the direction of rotation extending knife 34, which dive successively in the circulation of the grooves 36 of the cutting drum 36. The cutting edges of the knives 34 are inclined at an angle to the knife drum axis so that the two ends of the cutting edge circulate on different cutting circles, starting with the dipping of the first cutting edge end into the corresponding groove 38 of the cutting drum 36 and dipping the second cutting edge end ends.

The cutting drum 36 has arranged in the circumferential direction of the cutting drum 36 conveyor segments 50, which have on the outside via corresponding bearing surfaces 40 for the tipping paper leaflets 30 and the tipping paper strip 2 or the material webs formed therefrom. Between the conveyor segments 50, the recesses 38 are formed as an interruption.

How out Fig. 1 shows, between the guide roller 29 for the uncut tipping paper strip 2 and the conveyor drum formed as a cutting drum 36, a cutter 62 is arranged to cut the tipping paper strip 2 in several webs 102.A, 102.B, 102.C by longitudinal cuts (see. Fig. 3a ). In one embodiment, the cutting device 62 can consist of two juxtaposed cutting blades or the like, so that a corresponding number of material webs or material webs are conveyed through the longitudinal section of each cutting blade, which are conveyed to the cutting drum 36. When using n (n = natural numbers) cutting knives or cutting devices, n + 1 material webs are created (n ≥ 1, 2, 3, ...).

In one embodiment, the cutting device 62 may also have other longitudinal cutting devices, eg laser devices. Preferably, the longitudinal cutting of the tipping paper strip 2 with fixed cutting knives, wherein the longitudinal cutting of the (already) glued tamping paper strip 2 is carried out in particular between the oscillator 44 and the cutting drum 36. In this case, in one embodiment, the longitudinal section or the longitudinal cutting of the tipping paper strip 2 can be carried out with fixed cutting knives or circular knives.

In particular, for the formation of three material webs 102.A, 102.B, 102.C (cf. Fig. 3a ) used according to two cutting blades, which are arranged in particular to the center of the tipping paper strip 2 symmetrical to each other. As a result, the cutting blades each have the same distance with respect to the edge of the tipping paper strip 2. In particular, in one embodiment, it is provided that the uncut covering paper strip 2 is glued by means of the gluing device 22 in such a way that two glue-free tracks are formed in the region of the longitudinal section of the covering paper strip 2 in order to reduce contamination of cutting blades for longitudinal cutting of the covering paper strip 2.

The cutting device 62 is arranged in front of the cutting drum 36 relative to the conveying direction of the tipping paper strip 2. On the cutting drum 36, the juxtaposed webs of material 102.A, 102.B, 102.C are cut by the engagement of the knives 34 in a cross-sectional process into side by side material web sections formed by sliding conveyor segments of the cutting drum 36 transverse to the conveying direction on the cutting drum 36 are spaced.

In Fig. 3a is in the neckline schematically a top view of the conveyor drum formed cutting drum 36 shown in a section of the circumference. The cutting drum 36 has a conveyor segment 50 with a support surface 40 for the longitudinally cut material webs 102.A, 102.B, 102.C, the support surface 40 of the conveyor segment 50 being formed by three segment bodies 64.A, 64.B, 64.C. becomes.

When the webs of material 102.A, 102.B, 102.C are picked up, the segment bodies 64.A, 64.B, 64.C of the conveying segment 50 approximate relative to one another, so that the width of the segment bodies 64.A, 64B , 64.C transverse to the conveying direction of the width of the webs 102.A, 102.B and 102.C corresponds. In another embodiment, the width of the segment body 64.A, 64.B, 64.C in the collapsed state is greater than the width of the material webs or the uncut covering paper strip 2 conveyed to the segmented bodies 64.A, 64.B, 64.C.

The middle conveyor segment 64.A of the conveyor segment 50 is fixedly arranged on the drum body of the cutting drum 36, wherein the outer segment body 64.A, 64.C are designed to be displaceable with respect to the immovable conveyor segment 64.A. The segment bodies 64.A, 64.B, 64.C have radial suction air bores 65.A, 65.B, 65.C, so that upon application of a negative pressure to the radial suction air bores 65.A, 65.B., 65. C the conveyed material webs 102.A, 102.B, 102.C are held on the outer surfaces of the segment body 64.A, 64.B, 64.C.

Based on the conveying direction of the rotating cutting drum 36, a cutting body 66 with a cutting edge 67 is arranged on the rear side of the segment body 64.A, 64.B, 64.C. By cross-cutting the webs 102.A, 102.B, 102.C, on the bearing surfaces of the segment body 64.A, 64.B, 64.C by vacuum are held in the transport area, resulting web portions of finite length, which after cutting from the webs 102.A, 102.B, 102.C by spacing the segment body 64.B, 64.C with respect to the stationary conveyor segment 64.A in the Center spaced transversely to the conveying direction from each other.

In Fig. 4 is a cross section through the conveyor segment 64.A according to the in Fig. 3b drawn section line AA shown.

In the FIGS. 5a, 5b are still in accordance with the in the FIGS. 3a and 3b drawn section lines BB cross sections through the cutting drum 36 and the segment body 64.A, 64.B, 64.C respectively in accordance with the FIGS. 3a and 3b shown working positions of the segment body 64.A, 64.B, 64.C shown in the neck.

How out Fig. 4 shows, the middle conveyor segment 64.A between the Saugluftbohrungen 65.A axially parallel openings 68, in which guide rods for the outer segment body 64.B, 64.C are added. In order to move the segmental body 64.B, 64.C with respect to the central conveyor segment 65.A in the axis-parallel direction during the rotation of the cutting drum 36, a guide rod 69 (see FIG. Fig. 5a, 5b ), which is connected to a laterally formed lifting link 70 for a conveyor segment 50. For example, the guide rod 69 is connected to the outer conveyor segment 64.C, so that during the rotation of the cutting drum, a lifting movement of the segment body 64.C is performed. A corresponding lifting means is also provided correspondingly for the second movable conveying segment 64.B on the cutting drum 36.

In the context of the invention, it is also possible that after transverse cutting of the tipping paper strip 2 in strip portions of finite length, the strip portions on the cutting drum 36 in collapsed segment bodies 64.A, 64.B, 64.C promoted and after longitudinal cutting of the strip portion in several web strips Web strips are laterally spaced by moving the segment bodies 64.B, 64.C apart.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

contraption

2

Covering paper strip

4

supply roll

5

axis

6

off roll

8th

Off rollers

7

toothed belt

11

drive

12

deflecting

14

breaker

22

glueing

24

glue nozzle

26

deflecting

28

deflecting

29

deflecting

30

Covering cutter

32

cutterhead

34

knife

36

cutting drum

38

recess

39

Tipping paper

40

bearing surface

42

Saugluftbohrung

43

Saugluftbohrung

44

oscillator

47

flank

50

conveyor segment

62

cutter

64.A, 64.B, 64.C

segment body

65.A, 65.B, 65.C

Saugluftbohrung

66

cutting body

67

cutting edge

68

perforation

69

guide rod

70

lifting slot

102.A, 102.B, 102.C

webs

F

filter attachment

Claims (14)

1. Conveyor drum (36) for the tobacco processing industry having conveyor segments (50) for material strip portions disposed in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum (36), the conveyor drum (36) being rotatable about an axis of rotation, and the conveyor segments (50) are disposed one after the other in the circumferential direction of the conveyor drum (30), preferably at regular distances, with gaps (38) between the conveyor segments (50), characterised in that at least one conveyor segment (50) has at least two, in particular three, segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) and two segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) of a conveyor segment (50) are designed to be displaceable relative to one another respectively in the direction axially parallel with the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum (36).
2. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the at least one conveyor segment (50) has a support surface for one or more material strip portions.
3. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) respectively have a support surface for material strip portions.
4. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the at least one conveyor segment (50) or the conveyor segments (50) respectively have one non-moving segment body (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) and at least one segment body (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) displaceable in an axially parallel arrangement.
5. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that a non-moving segment body (64.A) for a conveyor segment (50) is disposed between two segment bodies (64.B, 64.C) displaceable in an axially parallel arrangement.
6. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that when supporting material strip portions, the distance between two segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) of a conveyor segment (50) is smaller than the distance between two segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) of a conveyor segment (50) when discharging the material strip portions, and in particular the axially parallel distance between two segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) of the conveyor segment becomes larger between supporting at least one material strip portion on the conveyor segment (50) and discharging the material strip portion conveyed on the conveyor segment (50) by means of the rotating conveyor drum (36) from the conveyor segment (50) .
7. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that a lifting means (70) is provided for a displaceable segment body (64.B, 64.C) respectively, and the displaceable segment body (64.B, 64.C) is connected to the lifting means (70) .
8. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) of a conveyor segment (50) have suction air bores (65.A, 65.B, 65.C) to which a vacuum pressure can be applied.
9. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) of a conveyor segment (50) have external support surfaces and the support surfaces of the segment bodies (64.A, 64.B, 64.C) for a conveyor segment (50) have the same curvature.
10. Conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the conveyor drum (36) is designed as a cutting drum (36) of a covering unit (1) of a machine (F) for the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter tipping machine (F).
11. Covering unit (1) of a machine (F) for the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter tipping machine (F), having a conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 10.
12. Machine (F) for the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter tipping machine (F), using a conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 10.
13. Method of producing filter-tipped cigarettes, whereby material strip portions of final length spaced laterally apart from one another are adhered respectively to a rod-shaped smoking article group, in particular a tobacco rod-filter tip-tobacco rod group, and the material strip portions for a rod-shaped smoking article group are conveyed and spaced laterally apart from one another using a conveyor drum (36) as claimed in one of claims 1 to 10.
14. Method as claimed in claim 13, characterised in that the material strip portions of final length on the conveyor drum (36) are cut respectively from a material strip (102.A, 102.B, 102.C), and in particular the material strips (102.A, 102.B, 102.C) are obtained from a conveyed total material strip (2) by longitudinally cutting the total material strip (2) upstream of the conveyor drum (36) relative to their conveying direction.

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