EP2868211B1 - Dispositif de mise en portion pour une machine de l'industrie de traitement du tabac - Google Patents

Dispositif de mise en portion pour une machine de l'industrie de traitement du tabac Download PDF

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EP2868211B1
EP2868211B1 EP14183266.7A EP14183266A EP2868211B1 EP 2868211 B1 EP2868211 B1 EP 2868211B1 EP 14183266 A EP14183266 A EP 14183266A EP 2868211 B1 EP2868211 B1 EP 2868211B1
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Christofer Overbeck
Jens BARKEMEYER
Daniel Bauer
Sindy Jeske
Csaba Kreszl
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B1/00—Preparation of tobacco on the plantation
    • A24B1/10—Packing or pressing tobacco
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/025—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space whereby the material is transferred into the press chamber by relative movement between a ram and the press chamber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/14—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds on a movable carrier other than a turntable or a rotating drum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/32—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by weighing

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  • the invention relates to a portioning device for a machine of the tobacco processing industry for portioning wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35%. Moreover, the invention relates to a machine of the tobacco processing industry for processing wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35%, comprising a portioning device. The invention further relates to a method for portioning wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35%, and to a use of a portioning device in a machine of the tobacco processing industry. Portioning of moist tobacco material is out DE-1 486 045 known, wherein a tobacco portion is created, and this is then passed to the tobacco container.
  • the invention thus relates to the field of processing and portioning ground or cut moist tobacco material, whose moisture content is more than 35%.
  • the cut length of the tobacco material may be chosen to be so short that the cut wet material has a similar consistency to ground tobacco material of similar moisture content.
  • Such tobacco is known, inter alia, as SNUS tobacco or smokeless tobacco.
  • consumption of the moist tobacco material does not require combustion. It is consumed orally, ie in the oral cavity.
  • Typical SNUS tobacco has a moisture content of about 35% to 50% or more and is a fine to lumpy substance.
  • Damp tobacco material is additionally flavored in some cases. Flavors, such as menthol or sal ammoniac, are added to the tobacco material.
  • SNUS tobacco is sold in so-called SNUS pouches or as loose tobacco. While the SNUS pouches are small paper bags filled with wet tobacco or pouches of porous water-permeable material, loose SNUS tobacco is packed directly into cans. Particularly suitable are airtight closable cans, for example made of a durable plastic material.
  • the setpoint set during filling is subjected to a safety value.
  • the average filling weight is raised, so that it is ensured within the framework of the statistically occurring fluctuations that almost all storage containers are filled with a sufficiently large amount of tobacco material.
  • an improved portioning device for a tobacco processing industry machine for portioning wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% an improved tobacco processing industry machine having a portioning device to disclose an improved method for portioning wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% and an advantageous use of a portioning device.
  • a portioning device for a machine of the tobacco processing industry for portioning moist cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% and arranged to portion tobacco material received from a supply device into storage containers, which is further characterized by a control unit, a dosing unit and a weighing cell, the control unit having a first Data connection with the dosing unit and is coupled via a second data link to the load cell, wherein the dosing unit is adapted to fill a predetermined portion of tobacco material in a storage container, wherein the dosing unit and the weighing cell are arranged to each other, that while the storage container by means of the metering unit is filled, a weight of the filled tobacco material is detected by the load cell and data relating to the detected weight are transmitted to the control unit via the first data connection, and wherein the control unit is additionally provided for this purpose is arranged, on the basis of the received data regarding the weight of the filled tobacco material via the second data connection to control the dosing unit so that a predetermined portion of
  • the invention is based on the idea that a volume-controlled portioning of moist cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% is less suitable, due to the consistency of the tobacco material, to fill an exact amount of tobacco material. If a certain weight of tobacco material is to be filled in this way, this is always associated with considerable inaccuracies in the dosage.
  • the mass of tobacco material metered as a result per storage container essentially depends on which position of the continuously conveyed tobacco material a transition from one storage container to the next takes place. For example, if a clumping in a first and a subsequent area filled with many cavities in a second storage container, so these two containers have significantly different filling weights.
  • a storage container to be filled is positioned on a load cell while tobacco material is being filled.
  • a weight of the tobacco material filled into the container which is easily accessible at a self-weight of the storage container which is to be presupposed as known, is detected in particular continuously. If a predetermined setpoint is reached, the dosing unit is controlled by means of the control unit so that the Stopping process stopped and no more tobacco material is filled into the storage container.
  • the portioning device advantageously comprises an extendable weighing cell platform comprising the weighing cell, which can be transported between a conveying plane in which storage containers, in particular on a continuously movable or moving conveyor belt, in the direction of the weighing cell platform, and a filling level in which the storage container is located. when tobacco material is filled, is movable.
  • the dosing unit comprises a filling sleeve and a pull blade, wherein the filling sleeve is adapted to receive tobacco material from the feed device, and the pull tab comprises a solid part and an opening provided with part, wherein in particular the pull sword between a first and a second position using a drive can be moved and wherein in the first position, the opening of the pull tab is aligned with the Be Glallhülse, so that tobacco material can be filled into the storage container, and wherein in the second position, the filling is closed by the solid part of the pull tab on one side, so that the filling together with at least a portion of the solid part of the train sword forms a buffer for receiving tobacco material.
  • Moist tobacco material can advantageously be accumulated in the buffer before the pulling blade shifts with respect to the filling sleeve so far that the opening of the pulling blade is aligned with the filling sleeve and tobacco material is filled into the storage container arranged below.
  • the supply of moist tobacco material in the filling is done regularly at a slower speed than a filling of the tobacco material in the storage container. By using a temporary storage, the filling process can be accelerated overall.
  • the portioning device therefore comprises a compression unit which is adapted to compress the tobacco material filled into the storage container, the compression unit in particular comprising an extendable and further particularly rotatable compacting die, which in an extended position on the tobacco material filled in the storage container exerts a pressure
  • the compression unit comprises in particular an extendable stamping platform, which between a conveying plane, in which storage containers, in particular on a continuously movable or moving conveyor belt, are transportable, and a Abphilllebene, in which the storage container is arranged when tobacco material is filled into the storage container, is movable, wherein the compression ram is in particular adapted to exert pressure on the tobacco material in the extended position, when the storage container is arranged on the stamp platform, and wherein the extendable stamping platform is further arranged downstream of a weighing cell platform, in particular with respect to the continuously movable
  • the tobacco material is compressed by means of the compaction punch, this is preferably on the stamp platform.
  • the wet tobacco material tends to adhere to the compacting die during the compacting process.
  • the rotatable compaction ram can be rotated at the end of the compacting process so that any adhering tobacco material separates from the compacting ram.
  • a smoothly painted and visually attractive surface of the compacted tobacco material is achieved in this way.
  • plastic storage containers are used, for example polypropylene (PP) or polycarbonate (PC).
  • PP polypropylene
  • PC polycarbonate
  • Plastic containers have many advantages, but their surface is sensitive to scratching.
  • a centering sleeve is preferably provided which at least partially receives the storage container.
  • the portioning device comprises a centering sleeve, which is movable by means of a drive in the filling level, wherein the centering sleeve is adapted to at least partially receive the storage container.
  • the centering sleeve encloses an interior in which the storage container is at least partially accommodated.
  • the storage container is protected during the filling process and can also be aligned with respect to the dosing unit and with respect to the compression unit.
  • the portioning device comprises arresting means which stop or pass on the storage containers conveyed on the conveyor belt, in particular continuously movable or moving, the arresting means in particular as pairs in relation to a conveying direction of the conveyor belt opposite locking pins are formed, wherein the locking means further form in particular a separating unit, which is arranged in particular upstream of the or a weighing cell platform and wherein said separating unit comprises, in particular, pairwise alternately operating locking pins.
  • the locking pins are arranged in particular in a side region of the conveyor belt.
  • This lateral arrangement is particularly advantageous when using round containers, for example round cans, as storage containers for the moist tobacco material.
  • round containers for example round cans
  • the extendable locking pins can advantageously engage in these free spaces.
  • the storage containers are transported by the conveyor belt.
  • the storage containers slide, at least in the meantime, on the conveyor belt, which in particular is continuously moving. If the locking means subsequently clear the way for the storage containers again, then the storage containers again follow the movement of the conveyor belt.
  • a feed device may be included with a homogenization module of the portioning device, wherein the homogenization module comprises in particular a combination of a needle roller and a racket roller, and wherein the needle roller and the racket roller are arranged so that the Needle roller receives tobacco material and promotes to the racket roller, wherein the racket roller is adapted to ausschllagen tobacco material from the needle roller in the direction of the metering unit, in particular in the direction of the or a Be Pavllhülse.
  • a combination of needle roller and racket roller for homogenizing wet ground or cut tobacco material has been found to be advantageous.
  • the combination of needle roller and racket roller is highly self-cleaning. Elaborate and closely carried out cleaning and maintenance cycles can be largely eliminated.
  • a suitable homogenization module is known from WO 2012/092 937 A1 known to the same applicant.
  • the disclosure of the WO 2012/092937 A1 is fully incorporated in the present application.
  • the object underlying the invention is also achieved by a machine of the tobacco processing industry for processing wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% and comprising at least one portioning device according to one or more of said embodiments.
  • the object underlying the invention is achieved by a method for portioning moist cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% in a portioning device comprising a weighing cell and a dosing unit, the method being characterized at least by the following steps: Receiving moist cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% from a feeder on the dosing unit, placing a storage container on a load cell, placing the storage container relative to the dosing unit, filling the storage container with tobacco material by means of the dosing unit, detecting an instantaneous weight an amount of tobacco material filled in the storage container by the load cell, comparing the instantaneous weight of the amount of tobacco material filled in the storage container with a predetermined Gr Enzwert and driving the metering unit, so that when reaching the predetermined limit, the filling of the storage container is interrupted with tobacco material and a predetermined portion of tobacco material is filled into the storage container.
  • the load cell detects an instantaneous weight of an amount of tobacco material present in the storage container and continuously communicates corresponding data to the processing unit.
  • the frequency with which a query of the weight is made in particular adapted to the filling speed.
  • a higher frequency is chosen with increasing filling speed.
  • the tobacco material In order to accelerate the filling of the tobacco material in the storage containers, the tobacco material, before it is filled into the storage container, in a buffer of the dosing unit be cached. Subsequently, the tobacco material present in the storage container can be compressed, whereby a homogeneous and appealing image of the tobacco material in the storage container is achieved.
  • the tobacco material can be compressed, while further tobacco material is temporarily stored in the buffer. This speeds up the entire filling process.
  • the storage container is at least partially pushed into a centering sleeve, in particular, before tobacco material is filled into the storage container, more particularly after the tobacco material has been introduced into the storage container.
  • the storage container is then moved together with the centering sleeve from the dosing unit to a compression unit, wherein furthermore in particular the centering sleeve is moved in a filling level from a weighing cell platform arranged below the dosing unit to a stamping platform arranged below the compression unit.
  • a plurality of storage containers in a transport plane of the portioning device in particular by means of a continuously movable or moving conveyor belt supplied, the storage containers are isolated, lifted by a load cell comprising the weighing cell platform in a spaced from the transport plane Abphilllebene, after completion of filling of the tobacco material in the filling level from the load cell platform below the dosing unit to a stamping platform below the compression unit and, after the compression of the tobacco material by the stamp platform, lowered into the transport plane.
  • the tobacco material can be homogenized in a homogenization module before it is conveyed to the portioning device, wherein in particular the homogenization module comprises a combination of a needle roller and a racket roller and wherein the needle roller picks up the tobacco material with their needles and further advances to the racket roller and the racket roller Tobacco material from the needle roller in the direction of the metering unit, in particular in the direction of a filling, ausuter.
  • the homogenization module comprises a combination of a needle roller and a racket roller and wherein the needle roller picks up the tobacco material with their needles and further advances to the racket roller and the racket roller Tobacco material from the needle roller in the direction of the metering unit, in particular in the direction of a filling, ausfound.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by the use of a portioning device according to embodiments of the invention in a machine of the tobacco processing industry for portioning wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35%.
  • portioning device the method for portioning, the machine of the tobacco industry and the use of a portioning device, apply equally or analogously to the respective other subject matter of the invention, even if these in each case only in connection with a subject of the invention have been described.
  • Fig. 1 shows schematically and simplified a portioning device 2 for a machine of the tobacco processing industry.
  • the portioning device 2 serves to portion wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35%.
  • the tobacco material is fed via a coating pan 4 to a homogenization module 6, which comprises a combination of a needle roller 8 and a racket roller 10.
  • the needle roller 8 and the racket roller 10 are driven by drives 12 and 14, respectively, so that the tobacco material is conveyed from the coating pan 4 via the homogenization module 6, which simultaneously constitutes a feed device, into a filling sleeve 16.
  • the needle roller 8 receives the tobacco material, takes it up and promotes it in the direction of the racket roller 10.
  • the naturally inhomogeneous and lumpy moist cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% is homogenized and singulated.
  • a knocking out of the tobacco material from the needle roller is to be understood as a process in which tobacco material picked up by the needle roller is at least partially knocked out of the spaces between the individual needles of the needle roller 8.
  • the homogenization module 6 is in particular constructed as shown in FIG WO-A-2012/092937 the same applicant is described. The content of WO-A-2012/092937 is fully included in this description.
  • the portioning device 2 also receives a stream of storage containers 18. Merely for reasons of clarity, only some of the storage containers 18 are provided with reference numerals in the drawings.
  • the storage containers 18 are moved on a conveyor belt 20 which is in particular continuously movable or movable.
  • the conveyor belt 20 driven by a drive, not shown, moves so that the storage containers 18 are conveyed from right to left.
  • the conveyor belt 20 is mounted on a frame 22 shown schematically.
  • the conveyed by the conveyor belt 20 stream of storage containers 18 is stopped at a first stop cylinder 24.
  • the first stop cylinder 24 and the second stop cylinder 26 form a singulating unit. This is arranged with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 20 upstream of a load cell platform 30.
  • the first stop cylinder 24 and the second stop cylinder 26 should be referred to generally as locking means.
  • the first and second stop cylinders 24, 26 are formed as locking pins opposite each other in pairs with respect to a conveying direction of the conveyor belt 20.
  • the two locking pins, which form a pair, are preferably in opposite directions Side regions of the conveyor belt 20 is arranged.
  • the storage containers 18 follow the movement of the conveyor belt. If the flow of the storage containers 18 is stopped by a stop cylinder 24, 26, the storage containers 18 slide on the surface 32 of the conveyor belt 20. In other words, due to the existing slip, the transport speed of the storage containers 18 is less than or equal to one predetermined by the movement of the conveyor belt 20 transport speed.
  • the portioning device 2 and a method for portioning of wet cut or ground tobacco material having a moisture content of at least 35% in this portioning device 2 based on in the Fig. 1 to 11 shown various operating states of the portioning device 2 in conjunction with the in Fig. 12 illustrated step diagram explained.
  • Fig. 12 In the step diagram of Fig. 12 are state lines for the individual also mentioned in the figure actuators of the portioning device 2 shown over time. If the state line of a particular actuator is at a low level, this indicates that the corresponding unit is retracted or not activated. On the other hand, if the state line is at a high level, this means that the actuator is extended or activated.
  • Fig. 12 In the upper part of the Fig. 12 are numbers "1" to "11" indicated, which with the in the Fig. 1 to 11 shown operating states of the portioning device 2 correspond.
  • the portioning device 2 is therefore at the time "5", for example, in the operating state, which in Fig. 5 is shown.
  • first storage containers 18 are conveyed on the conveyor belt 20 as far as the first stop cylinder 24. Subsequently ( Fig. 2 ), the first stop cylinder 24 is retracted, so that a single storage container 18 is conveyed to the second stop cylinder 26 on. In a further step, the first stop cylinder 24 is extended again, wherein at the same time the second stop cylinder 26 is retracted, so that the singulated storage container 18 is conveyed to a bypass stop cylinder 28 (FIG. Fig. 3 ). The storage container 18 is now located above a weighing cell platform 30.
  • the weighing cell platform 30 is movable between a conveying plane, in which the storage containers 18 are conveyed to the portioning device 2, and a filling level, in which tobacco material is filled into the storage containers 18.
  • the conveying plane is essentially defined by an upper side 32 of the conveyor belt 20.
  • the filling level is spaced from the conveying plane, in particular it is arranged above the conveying plane.
  • the conveying plane and the filling level are preferably plane-parallel planes, wherein the filling level extends substantially directly below the filling sleeve 16.
  • the load cell platform 30 includes a load cell not shown in the drawings. This is adapted to determine a weight received by the weighing cell platform 30.
  • the weight of the storage container 18 is readily accessible and can therefore be assumed to be known. It is thus possible for the weighing cell to determine the weight of the tobacco material filled into the storage container 18.
  • the load cell is calibrated to a weight identical to zero, according to a further embodiment, when the storage container 18 is arranged on the weighing cell.
  • the weighing cell platform 30 is extended ( Fig. 4 ).
  • the storage container 18 at least partially enters a centering sleeve 34 or is inserted into it.
  • the centering sleeve 34 is made in particular of a mechanically more stable material than the storage container 18.
  • the centering sleeve 34 is made of metal, while the storage containers 18 are made of a plastic material, such as polypropylene (PP) or polycarbonate (PC).
  • the storage container 18 located on the weighing cell platform 30 is filled with moist cut or ground tobacco material 36.
  • the opening is not shown in the figures. During the filling process, this is aligned in the pull tab 38 existing Opening with the filling sleeve 16.
  • the pull tab 38 and the filling sleeve 16 together form a metering unit 17.
  • the storage container 18 is positioned by means of the centering sleeve 35 with respect to the dosing unit 17.
  • the centering sleeve 34 serves to protect the storage container 18 from damage during the filling process.
  • the flow of tobacco material 36 filled into the storage container 18 is indicated by arrows starting from the coating pan 4 via the needle roller 8 and racket roller 10 into the filling sleeve 18.
  • the needle roller 8 driven by the drive 12, rotates in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the racket roller 10 rotates in opposite directions to the needle roller 8, in accordance with the embodiment shown in the figures so clockwise.
  • the load cell integrated into the weighing cell platform 30 detects a weight of the tobacco material 36 filled in the storage container 18.
  • a value for the weight of the filled tobacco material 36 detected by the load cell is transmitted to a control unit 40 via a second data connection.
  • the control unit 40 is adapted to control the metering unit 17, in particular the pull tab 38, so that upon reaching a predetermined limit value for the tobacco material 36 filled into the storage container 18, the supply of tobacco material 36 into the storage container is interrupted.
  • the Control unit 40 connected via a first data connection with the dosing unit 17 or with a drive of the pull tab 38, not shown.
  • the pull tab 38 is moved to a second position from a first position, in which the opening in the pull tab 38 is aligned with the filling sleeve 16 (FIG. Fig. 6 ).
  • the pull tab 38 includes a solid part and a part provided with the opening. Is the train sword 38, as in Fig. 6 shown in the second position, the solid part of the pull tab 38 is located directly below the filling sleeve 16 and closes it on one side. The filling sleeve 16 forms, in this position of the pull tab 38 together with at least a portion of the solid part of the pull tab 38, a buffer for receiving tobacco material 36.
  • the intermediate storage of tobacco material 36 is advantageous because the delivery rate of the homogenization module 6 is less than the filling rate of the tobacco material 36 in the storage container 18.
  • the tobacco material 36 is in other words continuously accumulated in the buffer so that the actual filling process of the storage container 18 very quickly can be done without an oversized homogenization module 6 must be used.
  • a large part of the tobacco material to be filled is filled in a train and only a small part is metered in with open access to achieve the desired total filling weight.
  • the centering sleeve 16th procedure has been carried out (cf. Fig. 5 and 6 ).
  • the centering sleeve 16 pushes the storage container 18 from the load cell platform 30 onto a stamp platform 42.
  • a height of the bypass stop cylinder 26 is chosen so that it does not hinder this movement.
  • tobacco material 36 accumulates in the filling sleeve 16
  • the storage container 18 is located on the stamp platform 42.
  • the weighing cell platform 30 is now moved back into or under the conveying plane.
  • the next storage container 18 is already singled by opposing movement of the first and second stop cylinders 24, 26 and runs in the direction of the load cell platform 30 in the portioning device 2 ( Fig. 7 ).
  • a compaction punch 44 which forms a compression unit together with the stamp platform 42, is lowered onto the tobacco material 36 filled into the storage container 18.
  • the compression ram 44 at least partially passes through the opening provided in the pull tab 38 and enters or passes through an interior space of the centering sleeve 34.
  • a pressure is then exerted by the compression ram 44.
  • the tobacco material 36 is compressed in the storage container 18.
  • Sliced or ground tobacco material 36 having a moisture content of at least 35% is typically a lumpy material. There is therefore the possibility that this adheres to the compression ram 44. In order to shear off adhering tobacco material 36 from the compression ram 44, it is rotated by means of a rotary cylinder 46 ( Fig. 9 ).
  • the compaction of the tobacco material 36 takes place while new tobacco material 36 is already accumulating in the filling sleeve 16.
  • the entire filling process is accelerated by this form of parallel processing of the tobacco material 36.
  • the stamping platform 42 is lowered after compaction of the tobacco material 36 from the filling level in the conveying plane.
  • the filled storage container 18 is fed to further processing steps ( Fig. 10 ). While the storage container 18 is lowered back into the conveying plane, the centering sleeve 34 is moved back to its first position.
  • the load cell platform 30 pushes a further storage container 18 into the centering sleeve 34.
  • the actuators of the portioning device 2 for example, the pull tab 38, the centering sleeve 34, the stop cylinders 24, 26, 28, the load cell platform 30 and the stamp platform 42 and the compression punch 44 are in particular hydraulically and / or pneumatically and / or electrically driven actuators.
  • bypass stop cylinder 28 always remains extended during normal operation of the portioning device 2. If the dosing unit 17 or the homogenization module 6 has to be cleaned, the bypass stop cylinder 28 is retracted and storage containers 18 present on the conveyor belt pass through the portioning device 2. For example, the filling of the storage containers 18 is now temporary with a further downstream portioning device 2 which is analogous to one or more the said embodiments is constructed, continued.
  • Fig. 13 shows in a simplified flow chart steps of a method for portioning wet cut or ground tobacco material 36 having a moisture content of at least 35% according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • the method begins with the singulation of the storage containers 18 (steps S1 and S2). These are subsequently arranged on a weighing cell platform 30 (step S3), which is lifted from the conveying plane into the filling level.
  • the load cell platform 30 pushes the storage container 18 into the centering sleeve 34 (step S4).
  • the storage container 18 is then filled with tobacco material 36 (step S5), whereby a permanent weight of the tobacco material 36 present in the storage container 18 is detected by means of a weighing cell (step S6).
  • the filling process is continued until a predetermined target weight (step S7) is reached.
  • step S8 the storage container 18 is moved from the weighing cell platform 30 to the stamp platform 42 (step S8).
  • the compression punch 44 is lowered to compress the tobacco material 36 (step S9).
  • the stamp platform 42 is lowered from the Beglallebene in the conveying plane, wherein the storage container 18 from the centering sleeve 34 dissolves (step S10).
  • the process for filling a single storage container 18 ends (step S11) or is starting performed again with step S1 for another storage container 18.

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  1. Dispositif de portionnage (2) pour machine de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, pour portionner un tabac (36) humide, haché ou broyé, ayant une teneur en humidité d'au moins 35 %, agencé de façon à portionner dans des réservoirs (18) un matériau de tabac (36) reçu depuis un dispositif d'amenée, comprenant une unité de commande (40), une unité de dosage (17) et une cellule de pesée, dans lequel
    a) l'unité de commande (40) est couplée par l'intermédiaire d'une première liaison de données avec l'unité de dosage (17) et par l'intermédiaire d'une deuxième liaison de données avec la cellule de pesée,
    b) l'unité de dosage (17) est agencée de façon à remplir un réservoir d'une portion prédéfinie de matériau de tabac (36), l'unité de dosage (17) et la cellule de pesée étant disposées l'une par rapport à l'autre de telle sorte que, pendant que le réservoir (18) est rempli à l'aide de l'unité de dosage (17), un poids du matériau de tabac introduit (36) soit détecté par la cellule de pesée, et que les données concernant le poids détecté soient transmises à l'unité de commande (40) par l'intermédiaire de la première liaison de données,
    c) l'unité de commande (40) est agencée de façon telle que, sur la base des données reçues concernant le poids du matériau de tabac (36) introduit, l'unité de dosage (17) soit commandée par l'intermédiaire de la deuxième liaison de données de façon à ce qu'une portion prédéfinie de matériau de tabac (36) soit introduite dans le réservoir (18).
  2. Dispositif de portionnage (2) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée comportant la cellule de pesée et pouvant être déplacée, plateforme qui est mobile entre un plan de transport dans lequel des réservoirs (18) peuvent être transportés en particulier sur une bande transporteuse (20) pouvant se déplacer ou étant déplacée en continu, dans la direction de la plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée, et un plan de transvasement, dans lequel se trouve le réservoir (18) lors de l'introduction du matériau de tabac (36).
  3. Dispositif de portionnage (2) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de dosage (17) comprend un manchon de remplissage (16) et une lame de traction (38), le manchon de remplissage (16) étant agencé de façon à recevoir du matériau de tabac (36) provenant du dispositif d'amenée, et en ce que la lame de traction comprend une partie pleine et une partie pourvue d'une ouverture, la lame de traction (38) pouvant en particulier se déplacer à l'aide d'un organe d'entraînement entre une première et une deuxième positions, auquel cas, dans la première position, l'ouverture de la lame de traction (38) est en alignement avec le manchon de remplissage (16), de façon à ce que le matériau de tabac (36) puisse être introduit dans le réservoir (18) et, dans la deuxième position, le manchon de remplissage (16) est obturé sur un côté par la partie pleine de la lame de traction (38), de telle sorte que le manchon de remplissage (16) forme avec au moins une zone partielle de la partie pleine de la lame de traction (38) un réceptacle intermédiaire destiné à recevoir le matériau de tabac (36).
  4. Dispositif de portionnage (2) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une unité de compression, qui est agencée de façon à comprimer le matériau de tabac (36) introduit dans le réservoir (18), l'unité de compression comprenant en particulier un piston de compaction (44) pouvant être déployé et en outre en particulier pouvant tourner, qui dans une position déployée exerce une pression sur le matériau de tabac (36) introduit dans le réservoir (18), et l'unité de compression comprenant en particulier une plateforme (42) pour piston, pouvant être déployée, qui est mobile entre un plan de transport dans lequel les réservoirs (18) peuvent être transportés, en particulier sur une bande transporteuse (20) pouvant se déplacer ou étant déplacée en continu, et un plan de transvasement, dans lequel est disposé le réservoir (18) quand le matériau de tabac (36) est introduit dans le réservoir (18), le piston de compaction (44) étant en particulier agencé de façon à exercer une pression sur le matériau de tabac (36) dans sa position déployée, quand le réservoir (18) est disposé sur la plateforme (42) pour piston, et la plateforme (42) pour piston pouvant être déployée étant disposée, en particulier par rapport à la bande transporteuse (20) pouvant se déplacer ou étant déplacée en continu, en aval d'une plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée.
  5. Dispositif de portionnage (2) selon l'une des revendication 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un manchon de centrage (34), qui est mobile dans le plan de transvasement à l'aide d'un organe d'entraînement, le manchon de centrage (34) étant agencé de façon à loger au moins partiellement le réservoir (18), en particulier l'organe d'entraînement du manchon de centrage (34) étant agencé de façon à déplacer le réservoir (18), au moins partiellement logé dans le manchon de centrage (34), dans le plan de transvasement, entre la ou une plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée et la ou une plateforme (42) pour piston.
  6. Dispositif de portionnage (2) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens d'arrêt, qui bloquent ou laissent passer des réservoirs (18) transportés sur la bande transporteuse (20), en particulier pouvant être déplacée ou étant déplacée en continu, les moyens d'arrêt étant en particulier conçus comme des chevilles d'arrêt déployables, disposées par paires par rapport à une direction de transport de la bande transporteuse (20), pour l'essentiel à l'opposé les unes des autres, les moyens d'arrêt formant en outre en particulier une unité d'individualisation qui est disposée en particulier en amont de la ou d'une plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée, et cette unité d'individualisation comprenant en particulier des chevilles d'arrêt fonctionnant par paires en alternance.
  7. Dispositif de portionnage (2) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un dispositif d'amenée avec un module d'homogénéisation (6), le module d'homogénéisation (6) comprenant en particulier une combinaison d'un hérisson (8) et d'un cylindre batteur (10), et le hérisson (8) et le cylindre batteur (10) étant disposés de telle sorte que le hérisson (8) reçoive le matériau de tabac (36) et le transporte vers le cylindre batteur (10), le cylindre batteur (10) étant agencé de façon à pousser le matériau de tabac (36), depuis le hérisson (8), dans la direction de l'unité de dosage (17), en particulier dans la direction du ou d'un manchon de remplissage (16).
  8. Machine de l'industrie de transformation du tabac destinée à transformer un matériau de tabac (36) humide haché ou broyé, ayant une teneur en humidité d'au moins 35 %, comprenant au moins un dispositif de portionnage (2) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7.
  9. Procédé de portionnage d'un matériau de tabac (36) humide haché ou broyé, ayant une teneur en humidité d'au moins 35 %, dans un dispositif de portionnage (2) comprenant une cellule de pesée et une unité de dosage (17), le procédé comprenant au moins les étapes suivantes :
    a) réception, depuis un dispositif d'amenée disposé au niveau de l'unité de dosage 17, d'un matériau de tabac (36) humide haché ou broyé, ayant une teneur en humidité d'au moins 35 %,
    b) mise en place d'un réservoir (18) sur une cellule de pesée,
    c) mise en place du réservoir (18) par rapport à l'unité de dosage (17),
    d) remplissage du réservoir (18) avec un matériau de tabac (36) à l'aide de l'unité de dosage (17),
    e) détection, par la cellule de pesée, d'un poids instantané d'une quantité de matériau de tabac (36) introduite dans le réservoir (18),
    f) comparaison du poids instantané de la quantité de tabac (36) introduite dans le réservoir (18) avec une valeur limite prédéfinie, et
    g) pilotage de l'unité de dosage (17) de façon telle que, quand est atteinte la valeur limite prédéfinie, le remplissage du réservoir (18) avec le tabac (36) est interrompu, si bien qu'une portion prédéterminée du matériau de tabac (36) est introduite dans le réservoir (18).
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le matériau de tabac (36), avant d'être introduit dans le réservoir (18), est stocké provisoirement dans un réceptacle intermédiaire de l'unité de dosage (17).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que le matériau de tabac (36) introduit dans le réservoir (18) est soumis à une compression, le matériau de tabac (36) étant en particulier comprimé quand une quantité supplémentaire de matériau de tabac (36) est soumise à un stockage intermédiaire dans le réceptacle intermédiaire.
  12. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 9 à 11, caractérisé en ce que, après que le réservoir (18) a été disposé sur la cellule de pesée, le réservoir (18) est au moins partiellement inséré dans un manchon de centrage (34), en particulier avant que le matériau de tabac (36) ne soit introduit dans le réservoir (18), et, en particulier après que le matériau de tabac (36) a été introduit dans le réservoir (18), le réservoir (18) se déplaçant en même temps que le manchon de centrage (34) de l'unité de dosage (17) vers une unité de compression, auquel cas en outre en particulier le manchon de centrage (34) est déplacé dans un plan de transvasement d'une plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée, disposée en dessous de l'unité de dosage (17), vers une plateforme (42) pour piston, disposée en dessous de l'unité de compression.
  13. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 9 à 12, caractérisé en ce qu'un grand nombre de réservoirs (18) sont amenés dans un plan de transport du dispositif de portionnage (2), en particulier à l'aide d'une bande de transport (20) pouvant se déplacer ou étant déplacée en continu, les réservoirs (18) sont soumis à une individualisation, sont soulevés par une plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée comprenant la cellule de pesée pour arriver dans un plan de transvasement situé à une certaine distance du plan de transport, sont déplacés après la fin du transvasement du matériau de tabac (36) dans le plan de transvasement, de la plateforme (30) pour cellule de pesée en dessous de l'unité de dosage (17) vers une plateforme (42) pour piston en dessous de l'unité de compression, et, après la fin de la compression du matériau de tabac (36), sont abaissés dans le plan de transport via la plateforme pour piston.
  14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 10 à 13, caractérisé en ce que le matériau de tabac (36) est soumis à une homogénéisation dans un module d'homogénéisation, avant d'être amené au dispositif de portionnage (2), auquel cas en particulier le module d'homogénéisation (6) comprend une combinaison d'un hérisson (8) et d'un cylindre batteur (10), le hérisson (8) recevant le matériau de tabac (36) à l'aide de ses aiguilles et étant déplacé jusqu'au cylindre batteur (10), et le cylindre batteur (10) envoyant le matériau de tabac (36) depuis le hérisson (8) dans la direction de l'unité de dosage (17), en particulier dans la direction d'un manchon de remplissage (16).
  15. Utilisation d'un dispositif de portionnage (2) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7 dans une machine de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, pour le portionnage d'un matériau de tabac (36) humide, haché ou broyé, ayant une teneur en humidité d'au moins 35 %.
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