EP2916668B1 - Machine d'assemblage de fabrication de cigarette et procédé d'assemblage associé - Google Patents

Machine d'assemblage de fabrication de cigarette et procédé d'assemblage associé Download PDF

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EP2916668B1
EP2916668B1 EP13818414.8A EP13818414A EP2916668B1 EP 2916668 B1 EP2916668 B1 EP 2916668B1 EP 13818414 A EP13818414 A EP 13818414A EP 2916668 B1 EP2916668 B1 EP 2916668B1
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Marco Esposti
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/10—Machines with wrapping rollers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/474—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/475—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for composite filters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0275—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features
    • A24D3/0287—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters for filters with special features for composite filters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces

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  • the present invention relates to a cigarette manufacturing assembly machine and relative assembly method.
  • Manufacturing cigarettes of this type calls for an assembly machine adaptable to different portion combinations.
  • Patent Application US-A1-2006201523 describes a filter-tipped cigarette manufacturing machine, in which the cigarette comprises a tobacco portion, and a combination filter in turn comprising at least three different component parts.
  • the cigarette manufacturing machine comprises a combining unit for forming groups of filter portions, each group comprising three different filter portions aligned axially and contacting end to end; and a unit for forming a continuous tobacco rod, which is cut into double-length portions and fed to a wrapping unit.
  • the wrapping unit receives a succession of groups of double-length filter portions from the combining unit and a succession of double-length tobacco portions, and is designed to form groups, each comprising a tobacco portion, a double-length filter portion, and a tobacco portion, and to wrap them in a sheet of wrapping material to form double-length cigarettes, which are then cut into individual cigarettes.
  • DE102007030275 relates to a machine for producing cigarettes provided with a combining unit and a first wrapping unit for forming multi component filters; and a second wrapping unit, which receives a multi component filter from the first wrapping unit and a tobacco element and winds a sheet of wrapping material about each group formed by a multi component filter and a tobacco element to produce a cigarette.
  • the machine according to DE102007030275 cannot produce different types of cigarettes effectively and efficiently and, moreover, does not allow to the operator both a clear view of all the units during the working periods and an easy accessibility to all units when needed.
  • number 1 indicates as a whole an assembly machine for producing multicomponent cigarettes 2.
  • Each cigarette 2 comprises a number of portions 3 with a central axis X, and of which at least one portion 3 is defined by a filter element, and at least one portion 3 is defined an aromatic, preferably tobacco-based, element.
  • assembly machine 1 has a U-shaped layout, and comprises a combining unit CU for forming portion groups 4; a transfer unit TU 1 ; a wrapping unit WU 1 ; a transfer unit TU 2 ; and a wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • Combining unit CU forms portion groups 4, each preferably comprising a number of axially aligned portions 3, and which are fed transversely (i.e. perpendicularly to their central axis X).
  • Transfer unit TU 1 is located downstream from combining unit CU, to transfer portion groups 4, travelling transversely, from combining unit CU, and feed them axially (i.e. parallel to central axis X) to wrapping unit WU 1 .
  • wrapping unit WU 1 receives a succession of portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 1 , winds a sheet of wrapping material about the succession of portion groups 4 travelling longitudinally (i.e. parallel to central axis X) and, finally, cuts portion groups 4 apart transversely.
  • Transfer unit TU 2 is located downstream from wrapping unit WU 1 , to transfer portion groups 4, travelling longitudinally, from wrapping unit WU 1 , and feed them transversely to wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • wrapping unit WU 2 receives portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 2 , inserts further portions 3 into portion groups 4, winds a further sheet of wrapping material about the succession of portion groups 4 and, finally, cuts portion groups 4 transversely into two cigarettes 2, which are carried off assembly machine 1 by an output conveyor.
  • combining unit CU comprises a frame 5, which rests on the floor and supports a number of structurally identical feed stations 6, each for supplying respective portions 3 from which to form portion groups 4.
  • combining unit CU comprises three feed stations 6*, 6** and 6***.
  • Each feed station 6 comprises a top hopper 7 containing a mass of respective portions 3; and a pickup drum 8, which withdraws portions 3 successively from the bottom of top hopper 7, and cooperates with a cutting device 9 with blades for cutting portions 3 transversely into portions 3 of desired length.
  • Each feed station 6 also comprises a number of - in particular, three - aligning and transfer drums 10, which receive, align and, if necessary, axially part portions 3 of desired length from pickup drum 8.
  • each feed station 6 also comprises an insertion or combining drum 11, which receives portions 3 of desired length from a final aligning drum 10, and inserts them into respective portion groups 4 from the adjacent upstream feed station 6.
  • the first, i.e. most upstream, feed station 6* differs from the ones following it by having, instead of an insertion drum 11, a portion 3 transfer drum, which, for the sake of simplicity, is also indicated by reference number 11, despite it differing structurally from insertion drums 11 described above.
  • each feed station 6 comprises an output drum 12, which receives portion groups 4 from relative drum 11, and transfers them to the next feed station 6 or, in the case of the last feed station 6***, to transfer unit TU 1 .
  • first feed station 6* forms a portion group 4* of two coaxial portions 3A contacting end to end.
  • Second feed station 6** forms a portion group 4**, in which two portions 3B are positioned coaxial with portion group 4* from first feed station 6*, each with one end facing and contacting a respective end of portion group 4*.
  • portion group 4* is interposed between two portions 3B at second feed station 6** (as shown in Figure 5b ).
  • third feed station 6*** forms a portion group 4***, in which two end-to-end portions 3C are positioned coaxial with portion group 4** from second feed station 6**, with one end facing and contacting one end of portion group 4**.
  • the two portions 3C are aligned with a portion 3B in group portion 4** (as shown in Figures 5c and 5d ).
  • third feed station 6*** forms a portion group 4***, in which two portions 3C are positioned coaxial with portion group 4** from second feed station 6**, each with one end facing and contacting a respective end of portion group 4**.
  • portion group 4** is interposed between two portions 3C at third feed station 6***.
  • first feed station 6* forms a portion group 4*, in which two portions 3A are positioned coaxial, with their facing ends spaced axially a given distance apart.
  • Second feed station 6** forms a portion group 4**, in which two coaxial portions 3B, spaced axially a given distance apart, are interposed between the two portions 3A.
  • third feed station 6*** forms a portion group 4***, in which two coaxial portions 3C contacting end to end are interposed between the two portions 3B.
  • combining unit CU comprises three feed stations 6, but may obviously comprise any number of feed stations 6 for supplying portions 3.
  • Transfer unit TU 1 is also fitted to frame 5, and comprises a spider 13 defined by a drum 14, which rotates continuously about a horizontal axis of rotation Y, and supports a number of peripheral members 15, each of which is fitted to drum 14 to rotate, as drum 14 rotates, about a respective axis of rotation parallel to axis of rotation Y of drum 14, so as to remain horizontal and parallel to itself at all times.
  • Each member 15 supports a suction pickup head with two parallel suction seats, which withdraw two portion groups 4 simultaneously from two release drums 16a and 16b, i.e. the two suction seats of each suction pickup head of spider 13 simultaneously receive a portion group 4 from release drum 16a, and a portion group 4 from release drum 16b.
  • the two release drums 16a, 16b of transfer unit TU 1 are arranged side by side and parallel, and are mounted to rotate about respective horizontal axes of rotation parallel to each other and perpendicular to axis of rotation Y of drum 14; and each release drum 16a, 16b has radial arms 17 with respective suction seats on the end for receiving portion groups 4.
  • transfer unit TU 1 comprises a dividing assembly 18 for dividing a stream of portion groups 4 from combining unit CU into two symmetrical streams of portion groups 4, which are fed to the two release drums 16a, 16b, which in turn transfer respective portion groups 4 to spider 13.
  • Dividing assembly 18 comprises a dividing drum 19a, which receives a first stream of portion groups 4 from combining unit CU and feeds it to release drum 16a over dividing drum 19a; and a dividing drum 19b, which receives a second stream of portion groups 4 from dividing drum 19a and feeds it to release drum 16b over dividing drum 19b.
  • peripheral members of spider 13 are therefore each designed to receive a respective portion group 4 fed transversely from the last feed station 6*** of combining unit CU, and to transfer the respective portion group 4 axially to wrapping unit WU 1 .
  • Wrapping unit WU 1 is also fitted to frame 5, receives portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 1 , and feeds them forward axially.
  • Wrapping unit WU 1 supports a horizontal forming beam 19 with two grooves, inside which two half-strips, formed by longitudinally and symmetrically dividing a strip 20 of wrapping material, are wound about respective continuous successions of portion groups 4, arranged contacting end to end and travelling parallel to their central axis X, to form two continuous rods 21 of portions 3 (only one of which is shown in Figure 5e ).
  • the two-line winding unit WU 1 described herein may be a one-line type.
  • winding unit WU 1 comprises a feed unit 22 for supplying strip 20 of wrapping material.
  • Feed unit 22 for supplying strip 20 of wrapping material in turn comprises a reel-off station 23, where strip 20 of wrapping material is unwound off a reel 24 and fed to a set of guide rollers 25 designed to feed strip 20 of wrapping material to forming beam 19, where, divided for said two lines, it is wound about portion groups 4 to form respective rods 21.
  • each continuous rod 21 of portions 3 is cut by a cutting head 26 into a succession of identical portion groups 4 ( Figure 5f ).
  • Each portion group 4 has a tubular wrap 27 coaxial with central axis X and covering the whole of portion group 4, which is then transferred to transfer unit TU 2 .
  • Transfer unit TU 2 comprises a spider 28 defined by a drum 29, which rotates continuously about an axis of rotation and supports a number of peripheral members 30, each of which has a suction pickup head which transfers portion groups 4, wrapped in tubular wraps 27, successively from forming beam 19 of wrapping unit WU 1 to an input drum 31, with peripheral suction seats for portion groups 4, of wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • Wrapping unit WU 2 is also fitted to frame 5, receives portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 2 , and feeds them transversely from input drum 31 to a cutting drum 32, which cooperates with a blade 33 to cut each portion group 4 transversely in the middle, at portions 3A, into two specular portion groups 4 aligned coaxially with central axis X and contacting end to end.
  • Wrapping unit WU 2 then transfers the portion groups 4 from cutting drum 32 successively to a parting drum 34.
  • each two portion groups 4, initially contacting end to end are parted axially (by moving at least one portion group 4 axially) so they are positioned coaxial and a given axial distance apart.
  • portion groups 4 are positioned axially end to end when loaded onto parting drum 34, and are spaced axially apart (as shown in Figure 5g ) when unloaded off parting drum 34.
  • Parting drum 34 picks up portion groups 4 at an input station at cutting drum 32, and feeds them, spaced apart, to an output station at a downstream combining drum 35.
  • each portion group 4 is transferred to combining drum 35 at an input station 36.
  • each portion group 4 is ready to receive another portion 3D of desired length.
  • Wrapping unit WU 2 comprises a further feed unit 38 for supplying portions 3D. More specifically, a hopper 39 houses a mass of portions 3D and has a bottom outlet connected to a pickup drum 40, which cooperates with a blade 41 for cutting portions 3D transversely into portions 3D of desired length.
  • Portions 3D of desired length are transferred from pickup drum 40 to two transfer drums 42, and from the last transfer drum 42 to combining drum 35.
  • Combining drum 35 forms a portion group 4 in which two portions 3D of desired length are interposed coaxially between, and are positioned with respective ends contacting respective ends of, the two portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 2 (as shown in Figure 5h ).
  • Portion groups 4 are transferred from combining drum 35 to an application drum 43. And a sheet 44 of wrapping material, supplied by a feed unit 45, is applied, over tubular wrap 27, to the portion group 4 in each seat on application drum 43. Each sheet 44 of wrapping material serves to mechanically connect portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 2 and portions 3D of desired length (as shown in Figure 5i ).
  • Each portion group 4 therefore has a tubular wrap coaxial with central axis X and completely covering tubular wrap 27, i.e. portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 2 and portions 3D of desired length.
  • feed unit 45 comprises a reel-off station 46 where a single-width strip is unwound off a reel (not shown); and a set of guide rollers for feeding the strip to a transverse cutting station 47, which comprises a roller that cooperates with a counter-roller, equipped with a number of peripheral blades, to cut the continuous strip transversely into individual sheets 44 of wrapping material, which are then fed to application drum 43 and wound about portion groups 4 on application drum 43.
  • Portion groups 4 with sheets 44 of wrapping material are transferred from application drum 43 to a rolling drum 48, on which winding of sheet 44 of wrapping material about each portion group 4 is completed to form a tubular wrap coaxial with central axis X.
  • Wrapping unit WU 2 comprises a transfer drum 49, which receives portion groups 4 from rolling drum 48 and feeds them transversely to a cutting drum 50, which cooperates with a blade to transversely cut each portion group 4 in the middle, at portions 3D, into two cigarettes 2 coaxial with central axis X and contacting end to end (as shown schematically in Figure 5l ).
  • the end of assembly machine 1 comprises a so-called 'tip-turning' drum 51, on which one line of cigarettes 2 is flipped (as shown in Figure 5m ) into the same orientation as the other line of cigarettes 2 alongside it, thus converting the two side by side lines of cigarettes 2 into one line of cigarettes 2 (obviously, with half the spacing of the two side by side lines of cigarettes 2).
  • the end of assembly machine 1 comprises a number of drums 52, on which samples are taken, cigarettes 2 are checked, and any faulty cigarettes 2 are rejected, up to an output conveyor 53, by which cigarettes 2 are transferred from assembly machine 1 to a packing machine (not shown).
  • wrapping unit WU 2 does not comprise further feed unit 38 for supplying central portions 3D.
  • cigarettes 2 only comprise portions 3A, 3B, 3C fed into combining unit CU, and the portion group 4 from combining unit CU is first wrapped in strip 20 of wrapping material to form tubular wrap 27 on wrapping unit WU 1 , and then in sheet 44 of wrapping material on wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • each portion group 4 therefore has a tubular wrap coaxial with central axis X and covering the whole of tubular wrap 27, i.e. portion groups 4 from transfer unit TU 2 .
  • portion groups 4 are fed transversely (i.e. perpendicularly to their central axis X) along combining unit CU and wrapping unit WU 2 , but axially (i.e. parallel to their central axis X) along wrapping unit WU 1 .
  • assembly machine 1 has a U-shaped layout, i.e. combining unit CU is positioned directly facing wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • Combining unit CU and wrapping unit WU 1 are located at a 90° angle, with transfer unit TU 1 in between. In other words, combining unit CU and wrapping unit WU 1 form an L shape.
  • Wrapping units WU 1 and WU 2 are located at a 90° angle, with transfer unit TU 2 in between. In other words, wrapping units WU 1 and WU 2 form an L shape.
  • Combining unit CU is therefore parallel to wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • Assembly machine 1 described is cheap and easy to produce, by not being particularly complicated in design, and above all provides for effectively and efficiently producing cigarettes 2 or other tobacco articles comprising a number of different portions 3.
  • assembly machine 1 being adaptable to numerous combinations of portions 3 by simply adapting feed stations 6 of combining unit CU, and feed unit 38 of wrapping unit WU 2 .
  • assembly machine 1 described is compact and, above all, during normal operation or set-up, allows the operator a clear view of all its component units.
  • the work area of the operator in fact, is confined to the U defined by the layout of assembly machine 1; which position allows operator control of, and fairly easy access to, combining unit CU, wrapping units WU 1 and WU 2 , and transfer units TU 1 and TU 2 .

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  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
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  1. Machine d'assemblage (1) pour produire des cigarettes multicomposants (2), comprenant chacune un certain nombre de parties (3) qui ont un axe central (X) et comprennent au moins une partie (3) définie par un élément de filtration, et au moins une autre partie (3) définie par un élément aromatique, de préférence à base de tabac ; la machine d'assemblage (1) comprenant :
    une unité de combinaison (CU) pour former des groupes (4) de parties (3), chacun comprenant au moins deux premières parties différentes (3A, 3B, 3C) alignées de manière axiale et en contact bout à bout, et dans laquelle les groupes (4) de parties (3) se déplacent perpendiculairement à leur axe central (X) ;
    une première unité d'emballage (WU1) qui reçoit une succession de groupes (4) de parties (3) de l'unité de combinaison (CU), alimente successivement les groupes (4) de parties (3) parallèles à leur axe central (X), et enroule une bande de matériau d'emballage (20) autour de la succession de groupes (4) de parties (3) pour former au moins une tige continue (21) de parties (3) ; la première unité d'emballage (WU1) comprenant un dispositif de coupe (26) pur couper de manière cyclique et transversale des groupes (4) de parties en emballages tubulaires (27) respectifs dans la tige continue (21) de parties (3) ;
    une seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties (3) dans des emballages tubulaires (27) respectifs de la première unité d'emballage (WU1), alimente les groupes (4) de parties (3) dans des emballages tubulaires (27) respectifs perpendiculairement à leur axe central (X), et enroule une feuille de matériau d'emballage (44) autour de chaque groupe (4) de parties (3) en un emballage tubulaire (27) respectif ; et
    une première unité de transfert (TU1) intercalée entre l'unité de combinaison (CU) et la première unité d'emballage (WU1) de sorte que l'unité de combinaison (CU) et la première unité d'emballage (WU1) sont agencées à un angle de 90° ;
    la machine d'assemblage (1) étant caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une seconde unité de transfert (TU2) intercalée entre la première unité d'emballage (WU1) et la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2), dans laquelle la première unité d'emballage (WU1) et la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) sont agencées à un angle de 90° de sorte que la machine d'assemblage (1) a un contour en forme de U et l'unité de combinaison (CU) est positionnée en face de la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2), et ; la machine d'assemblage (1) est caractérisée en ce que la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) comprend une unité d'alimentation d'emballage (45) pour fournir les feuilles de matériau d'emballage (44) ; et une unité d'alimentation de parties (38) positionnée en amont de l'unité d'alimentation d'emballage (45) pour insérer des secondes parties (3D) dans les groupes (4) de parties (3), et comprenant une trémie (39) contenant une masse de secondes parties (3D) ; un tambour de coupe (41) pour couper la secondes parties (3D) de manière transversale à la longueur souhaitée ; et un tambour de ramassage (40) qui retire les secondes parties (3D) successivement de la trémie (39) et coopère avec le tambour de coupe (41).
  2. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la première unité de transfert (TU1) a un croisillon (13), qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties (3), se déplaçant perpendiculairement à leur axe central (X), de l'unité de combinaison (CU) et les amène successivement et parallèlement à leur axe central (X), à la première unité d'emballage (WU1).
  3. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) a un croisillon (13) qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties (3), se déplaçant parallèlement à leur axe central (X), depuis la première unité d'emballage (WU1) et les amène, perpendiculairement à leur axe central (X), à la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2).
  4. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle chaque feuille de matériau d'emballage (44) est enroulée autour d'un groupe (4) correspondant de parties (3) dans un emballage tubulaire (27) respectif pour raccorder mécaniquement la seconde partie (3D) au reste du groupe (4) de parties (3).
  5. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) comprend un dispositif de coupe (50) qui coupe chaque groupe (4) de parties (3) transversalement en deux cigarettes (2).
  6. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle :
    l'unité de combinaison (CU) comprend un certain nombre de stations d'alimentation (6) structurellement similaires, chacune pour fournir une première partie (3A, 3B, 3C) respective afin de former des groupes (4) de parties (3) ; et
    chaque station d'alimentation (6) en amont d'une station d'alimentation (6) précédente comprend un tambour d'insertion (11), qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties de la station d'alimentation (6) précédente, reçoit des premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) respectives, et insère les premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) respectives dans les groupes (4) de parties (3).
  7. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle chaque station d'alimentation (6) comprend une trémie (7) contenant une masse de premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) respectives ; un tambour de coupe (9) pour couper les premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) transversalement à la longueur souhaitée ; et un tambour de ramassage (8) qui retire les premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) successivement du fond de la trémie (7), coopère avec le tambour de coupe (9) et amène les premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) de longueur souhaitée au tambour d'insertion (11).
  8. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la première unité d'emballage (WU1) comprend un cylindre de formage (19), qui reçoit la succession de groupes (4) de parties (3) se déplaçant parallèlement à leur axe central (X), et la bande de matériau d'emballage (20) d'une unité d'alimentation (22) ; le cylindre de formage (19) étant conçu pour enrouler la bande de matériau d'emballage (20) autour de la succession de groupes (4) de parties (3) afin de former ladite au moins une tige continue (21) de parties (3).
  9. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon l'une des revendication précédentes, dans laquelle l'unité d'alimentation d'emballage (45) fournissant les feuilles de matériau d'emballage (44) comprend une station de déroulement (46) pour dérouler une bande continue ; et une station de coupe transversale (47) pour couper la bande continue de manière transversale en feuille individuelles de matériau d'emballage (44) ;
    et dans laquelle la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) comprend :
    un tambour d'application (43) qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties et les feuilles de matériau d'emballage (44) qui sont enroulées autour des groupes (4) de parties ; et
    un tambour rotatif (48) qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties du tambour d'application (43) et termine l'enroulement des feuilles de matériau d'emballage (44) autour des groupes (4) de parties.
  10. Machine d'assemblage (1) selon la revendication 9, dans laquelle la seconde unité d'emballage (WU2) comprend un tambour de combinaison (35), qui reçoit les groupes (4) de parties à partir de la première unité d'emballage (WU1) et les secondes parties (3D) de longueur souhaitée à partir de l'unité d'alimentation de partie (38), insère les secondes parties (3D) de longueur souhaitée dans les groupes (4) de parties (3) et amène les groupes (4) de parties au tambour d'application (43).
  11. Procédé pour produire des cigarettes multicomposants (2), comprenant chacune un certain nombre de parties (3) qui ont un axe central (X) et comprennent au moins une partie (3) définie par un élément de filtration, et au moins une autre partie (3) définie par un élément aromatique de préférence à base de tabac ; le procédé étant mis en oeuvre par une machine d'assemblage (1) pour produire des cigarettes multicomposants (2) selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 10, et le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    former des groupes (4) de parties (3), comprenant chacune au moins deux premières parties (3A, 3B, 3C) différentes alignées de manière axiale, en contact bout à bout et se déplaçant perpendiculairement à leur axe central (X) ;
    enrouler une bande de matériau d'emballage (20) autour des groupes (4) de parties (3) se déplaçant successivement et parallèlement à leur axe central (X), afin de former au moins une tige continue (21) de parties (3) ; et
    couper des groupes (4) de parties dans des emballages tubulaires (27) respectifs dans la tige continue (21) des parties (3) en coupant de manière cyclique la tige continue (21) de parties (3) de manière transversale ;
    le procédé étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend l'étape supplémentaire consistant à enrouler une feuille de matériau d'emballage (44) autour des groupes (4) de parties (3), dans des emballages tubulaires (27) respectifs, se déplaçant perpendiculairement à leur axe central (X) et en ce qu'il comprend l'étape supplémentaire consistant à insérer des secondes parties (3D) dans les groupes (4) de parties (3) dans des emballages tubulaires (27) respectifs, avant d'enrouler la feuille de matériau d'emballage (44).
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