EP3097795B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum herstellen eines multisegmentfilters - Google Patents

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EP3097795B1
EP3097795B1 EP16168277.8A EP16168277A EP3097795B1 EP 3097795 B1 EP3097795 B1 EP 3097795B1 EP 16168277 A EP16168277 A EP 16168277A EP 3097795 B1 EP3097795 B1 EP 3097795B1
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Oliver Deppe
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter tips or filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces of cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0204—Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
    • A24D3/0212—Applying additives to filter materials
    • A24D3/0225—Applying additives to filter materials with solid additives, e.g. incorporation of a granular product

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing multi-segment filters of the tobacco-processing industry.
  • the invention further relates to a granulate filling device of the tobacco-processing industry with an inlet for filling granules in the Granulatbe colllvorraum and an outlet for dispensing granules in a strand machine of the tobacco processing industry, wherein a suction air connection and / or a compressed air connection is provided, by means of which an air flow is generated, the granules detected by the inlet and transported to the outlet.
  • the invention relates to a filter rod machine of the tobacco processing industry with a Granulatbe colllvorraum.
  • WO 2013/022360 A2 shows a device by means of which loose substances in vacuum pockets by means of conveyor belts and gripping members or sliding members are introduced.
  • EP 1 571 933 B1 shows a method and apparatus for filling multiple cigarette filters at high speed using suction pressure to provide a downward motive force of one of the gravitationally moving supply stream of a particulate material so that cavities are filled with particulate material over a length corresponding to a predetermined feed path of a carrier strip. In this case, cavities between filter elements are filled with a particulate material.
  • the known filling methods lead to incompletely filled gaps between the filter segments.
  • US 3,524,454 A discloses the production of filter cigarettes in which granules are introduced between other filter components.
  • WO 03/016137 A1 discloses an apparatus and method for filling gaps between filter segments.
  • the granules are in this case conveyed in an air stream and has at the output of Granulatbe colllvoriques a component of movement in the conveying direction of the stream or the strand.
  • the displacement of the granules with a movement component in the conveying direction of the stream can be achieved by various measures, which will be described below.
  • the movement of air through a mechanical device the movement component is forced in the conveying direction.
  • a movement component in the conveying direction can be provided in a very defined manner.
  • the mechanical device may also be referred to as Heilstromleitvortechnisch.
  • the mechanical device forces the air flow on a curved path, which can result in a very space-saving mechanical device and also a very efficient filling of the gaps with granules.
  • a granulate means particulate material such as granules, powders, spheres, small capsules, additives and the like.
  • the granules may be activated carbon or from corn.
  • the granules are separated from the air stream, a very efficient filling of the gaps is possible.
  • a separation of the granulate from the air flow is made possible or provided in particular shortly before the delivery of the granulate from the outlet of the granulate filling device.
  • separation of the granules from the air flow is efficiently possible.
  • the granules are delivered tangentially from the Granulatbe sleepllvorraum in the gaps. If the granules are accelerated to a speed in the longitudinal axial direction of movement of 50% to 150% of the speed of the flow, a complete filling of the gaps with granules is possible.
  • the speed in the longitudinal axial direction of movement of the granules is between 70% to 130% of the speed of the stream, in particular between 80% to 120% of the speed of the stream and particularly preferably between 90% to 110% of the speed of the stream.
  • the speed of the stream is also understood to mean the speed of the strand.
  • a granulate filling device of the tobacco processing industry with an inlet for filling granules in the Granulatbe colllvorraum and an outlet for dispensing granules in a strand machine of the tobacco processing industry, wherein a suction air connection and / or a compressed air connection provided is, by means of which an air flow is generated, the granules from the inlet detected and conveyed to the outlet, which is further developed in that a mechanical device is provided, which defines at least one conveying channel for the granules and the air flow, which is helical, whereby Air flow receives a component of movement in a conveying direction of the strand machine.
  • the granule filling device makes it possible to very efficiently and completely fill gaps between filter segments of a stream of filter segments or of a gap-filled strand of filter segments with granules.
  • the mechanical device has a delivery channel, which is given for example by a helical groove in a cylinder which is surrounded by a hollow cylinder.
  • a helical groove may be provided in a hollow cylinder and an inner cylinder may close off the delivery channel, to the inside.
  • the mechanical device can also be defined in the form of a spiral, wherein the spiral is designed, for example, like a twist drill and is arranged in a hollow chamber.
  • the granules in the air stream are accelerated so that they are conveyed along an inner wall of the Granulatbe spallvorraum pushed outward along.
  • an inner wall of the Granulatbe spallvorraum is provided on which the granules, in particular pushed outward along, is conveyed along.
  • the granules are discharged tangentially from the outlet.
  • the tangential outlet means, in particular, that the granules are released tangentially from the inner wall.
  • the outlet is slot-shaped.
  • the slot-shaped outlet is preferably arranged along the longitudinal axis of the granulate filling device and can be aligned coaxially with the longitudinal axis of a stranding machine in order to be able to introduce granules into the stream via the slot-shaped outlet into the gaps arranged between the filter segments. Due to the slit-shaped outlet whose length is preferably adjustable, a very uniform and high filling of the gaps with granules is possible. In particular, then sufficient time remains to be able to fill enough granules in the gaps.
  • the granules With the tangential discharge of the granules, the granules thus have a component of movement in the conveying direction of the filter strand or the stream of filter segments, which are provided with gaps, as well as towards the filter strand, preferably down, i. in the direction of gravity.
  • a plurality of delivery channels are provided, so that a large amount of granules can be promoted, and very defined.
  • the plurality of conveying channels are preferably parallel to one another and in particular preferably coaxial.
  • the helical conveying channels are thus arranged coaxially.
  • the air stream enriched with granules experiences a plurality of helical revolutions, wherein the air stream with the granules passes by at one or the outlet several times.
  • it may also be a single circulation or less than a circulation provided, for example, only a promotion of the granules by 90 °.
  • the mechanical device defining the at least one delivery channel is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis.
  • the mechanical device may then be rotated, for example by the air flow itself, or a motor device may be provided to generate the rotational movement.
  • a filter rod machine of the tobacco-processing industry with a granulate filling device described above, wherein the outlet of the granulate filling device is arranged above a format device of the filter rod machine, wherein the format device is adapted to a wrapping material strip, are applied to the filter segments, first so as to lay around the filter segments that an opening remains through which granules can be introduced into gaps between the filter segments, then then close the wrapping material strip completely around the formed strand, wherein the filter rod machine also has a cutting device, by means of the filter strand in Filter is cut to length.
  • Filter segments are understood in the context of the invention, in particular filter segments made of cellulose acetate. However, other filter segments that are substantially dimensionally stable or flexible may also be provided.
  • the exit of the granule filling device communicates with the opening of the wrapping material strip.
  • the exit of the granule filling device is immediately above the opening of the wrapping material strip.
  • the outlet of the granulate filling device and the conveying direction of the filter rod machine are parallel to each other.
  • the mechanical device of the granulate filling device preferably forces the granules at the outlet to have a velocity component which is in the conveying direction of the filter rod machine.
  • the velocity component is along the conveying direction.
  • the mechanical device which defines at least one conveying channel for the granulate and the air stream, which is helical, can be constructed, for example, on the principle of an axial fan.
  • the filling area can be modular and varied.
  • the granules are conveyed with an air flow, which is introduced, for example, by compressed air into the Granulatbe colllvorraum, and puts the mechanical device in a rotary motion. Due to the rotational movement, the granules collect on the outside of the room, for example a hollow cylinder, which adjoins the mechanical device.
  • the mechanical device can be designed as a kind of screw or spiral arranged in a hollow cylinder. About a feed chute or a corresponding output, which is slit-shaped, preferably over the entire range of the mechanical device or the screw or the spiral, the granules gets into the gaps.
  • the mechanical device can be actively driven, for example by an external drive via a motor. Due to the centrifugal force generated by the rotation, a separation of the granules from the air flow is achieved. The deposition process can then be controlled by the speed of the motor. The granules are thus separated as in a centrifuge and the air flow continues to move in the direction of the strand and is led out of the system at the end of the device. At the end of the system or the Granulatbe colllvoriques an air flow will flow out, which is more than 90% granulate-free. It can be recycled back into the system, the remaining granules. The airflow can also be returned to the system.
  • the rotating mechanical device preferably a distance between the mechanical device and the cylinder wall, in which the mechanical device is arranged, provided, which is at least twice as large as the largest granule element used.
  • a standing spiral which is designed in the form of a screw conveyor, may be provided.
  • the screw conveyor may be fixed and arranged in a corresponding hollow cylinder.
  • the mechanical device can be accurately inserted into the hollow cylinder.
  • Granules can be introduced into the screw flights on one side of the mechanical device and conveyed by means of compressed air to the end of the screw, or a corresponding air stream can be generated by means of suction air, which is or will be filled with granules.
  • a slot is preferably provided in the hollow cylinder, which serves as an outlet for granules.
  • the air flow which is filled with granules, imposed a helical movement, whereby a deposition of the granules on the inner wall of the hollow cylinder is possible, so that a substantially complete separation of the air flow is made possible by the granules at the outlet.
  • the air flow generated in the screw thread or in the spiral accelerates the granules with respect to a movement component in the strand conveying direction, preferably at the strand speed of the filter rod machine.
  • a corresponding filling be made.
  • the vacuum chamber is part of a vacuum tank.
  • the channels may be formed as grooves.
  • the channels are preferably formed obliquely to the conveying direction of the stranding machine. Particularly preferably, the channels are formed at an angle of 30 ° to 60 °, in particular 45 ° in the conveying direction, so that granules which is accelerated in the channels by suction, at an angle of 30 ° to 60 ° with a component of movement in the conveying direction get on the stream of filter segments with gaps in between.
  • the channels are redirected in a 90 ° arc so that the granules are tightly packed by the centrifugal force outwards against the arch wall.
  • the air flow is sucked inwards in the direction of the Saugluft instituteers and thus separated from the granules.
  • a relatively high kinetic energy is applied to the granules to provide velocity matching to the strand velocity.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows a filter rod machine 10 according to the invention of the tobacco processing industry.
  • filter segments 15 are provided with gaps 20 applied.
  • the wrapping material strip 11, which is placed on a format strip, not shown, is then guided in the conveying direction 21 by a format device 13, in which the wrapping material strip 11 is first partially wound around the filter segment stream 9, so that an opening remains upwards.
  • the wrapping material strip is further deflected in the format device 13 in such a way that a closed filter strand 17 is formed after bonding of an overlapping edge region of the wrapping material strip.
  • the filter strand 17 then has, for example, alternately filter elements 15 and filled with granules 16 gaps 20, so that the filter strand acts completely without gaps.
  • filters 19 are cut or cut by means of a cutting device.
  • a Granulatbe spallvorraum 14 is provided, the input side receives granules 16 via a granule 32 granules and by means of an air flow, which is built in the Granulatbe colllvorraum 14, and at least partially moves in the conveying direction 21, granules accordingly into the gaps 20 gives.
  • a slot-shaped outlet 24 is preferably provided in the granulate filling device 14.
  • the outlet 24 is not shown here for the sake of clarity.
  • the granules 16 thus receives both a movement component in the conveying direction 21 and a downwards in the direction of the gaps 20th
  • a first preferred embodiment of a Granulatbe colllvoroplasty invention 14 is shown in a schematic three-dimensional representation.
  • suction air or a negative pressure in a suction air space 27 is generated via ten suction air openings 28.
  • the suction air space 27 is closed down and to the Saugluftö réelleen 28 with housing walls.
  • Up an intermediate wall 30 is provided, above which conveyor channels 26 are arranged, which are closed at the top over an inner surface 29 of a housing cover 44.
  • Granules are introduced at the occasion 22 from above.
  • the inlet extends approximately the entire length of the device, as far as channels are provided there. Since there is a negative pressure in the suction air space 27, the negative pressure is drawn through the channels 26, whereby a suction air flow is created and the granules are conveyed from the inlet 22 through the conveying channels 26.
  • Fig. 3 which is a schematic sectional drawing through Fig. 2 is shown in more detail.
  • the result is an air flow 31, which is enriched with granules and is relatively quickly conveyed through the channel 26 in the direction of the outlet 24.
  • the channel 26 is curved towards the end, so that the granules 16 abuts the inner surface 29 of the housing cover 44.
  • the air flow 31 is separated from the granules in accordance with the below below the intermediate wall 30 indicated arrow.
  • the air used can be reused, preferably via a separator or filter in which granules remaining in the air stream can be filtered out and reused.
  • the granules 16 are introduced tangentially from the inner surface 29 of the housing cover 44 into the cavities or gaps between the filter elements, not shown, which move in the format device 13 in the conveying direction.
  • FIG. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of a granulate filling device 14 according to the invention.
  • a fixed screw which in this embodiment has four inlets 22, 22 ', 22 "and 22"'. Granules are filled into these inlets.
  • Fig. 4 shows a schematic three-dimensional representation of the granules filling device 14 and Fig. 5 a section through this embodiment in a schematic representation.
  • Suction air is drawn or a negative pressure applied via the suction air opening 28, so that a negative pressure is present at the opening 35 through the suction channel 34, so that this negative pressure is present via the screw threads or the helical grooves 33, 33 ', 33 “and 33”' continues, so that at the inlets 22, 22 ', 22 "and 22"' negative pressure is applied, so that the granules are sucked by the negative pressure and is entrained with a resulting airflow 31.
  • a longitudinal axial slot is also provided as the outlet 24, which extends almost the entire length of the mechanical device 23.
  • the mechanical device 23 is inserted fairly accurately in the hollow cylindrical housing. It is insofar provided a bore or a hollow cylindrical cavity into which the mechanical device 23 is introduced. This may be accurate, so that between the outer surfaces of the coils, the grooves 33, 33 ', 33 "and 33"' separate from each other and the inner surface of the hollow cylinder is no gap.
  • the outer wall 36 is closed by a cover 45 to the left side.
  • the filled granules can pass through the outlet whenever a corresponding groove 33, 33 ', 33 ", 33"' bears against the outlet 24. That is, the filled granules reach the outlet for the first time after a little less than a 180 ° rotation, and then return there after another 360 °.
  • a separation of the granules is achieved by the air flow, that this is guided along by centrifugal force on the inner wall of the hollow cylinder. It may also be provided here a tangential deposition of the granules and discharge via the outlet 24 in an underlying format device.
  • Fig. 6 schematically shows a view of a further granulate filling device 14 according to the invention in this embodiment, mechanical devices 23, 23 'are provided, which may for example correspond to such as those in the Fig. 7 and 8th are shown. It is in the embodiment of Fig. 6 Compressed air generated by a pump 39. The compressed air is discharged into a compressed air line 37 and from there into an air flow control device 40. At the beginning of the air flow control device, a metering device is provided, the granules from a granule container 32 via an inlet 22 can dosed.
  • the amount of granules can be adapted to the strand speed and / or the size of the gaps between filter segments.
  • the airflow control device 40 may serve to adjust or harmonize the compressed air flow, i. to produce a uniform flow of air. It may also already be provided here to impose a helical movement on the generated airflow 31.
  • the air stream which is enriched with granules, passes through the mechanical devices 23, 23 ', which are spirally formed, and in these granules are correspondingly mixed with a movement component in the strand direction or in the longitudinal axial direction of the granulate filling device and delivered to the format device 13. Subsequently, the excess compressed air via an air line 38, for example, guided back into the pump 39.
  • the mechanical device 23 or 23 ' may be formed as in Fig. 7 shown schematically in three dimensions.
  • a helical body in a hollow cylinder defining an inner surface 29 which is circular in section.
  • an air flow that is mixed with granules is introduced into the conveying channels 26 defined by the mechanical device 23 and the inner surface 29 of the hollow cylinder.
  • the air flow 31 experiences a helical movement with a movement component in the conveying direction of the stranding machine or in the longitudinal axis of the granule filling device.
  • the mechanical device 23 can rotate about a rotation axis 41. This can be done for example by the air flow 31.
  • a motor drive since so the degree of deposition of the granules 16 of the air flow 31 due to the centrifugal force adjusted easier can be.
  • a slot-shaped opening is provided as an outlet 24 in the lower region of the housing in order to be able to deliver granules there. This is more accurate in Fig. 8 shown.
  • a corresponding end cap 45 is provided, through which the compressed air can be removed. It may also be instead of the use of compressed air at the air outlet 42, a negative pressure to be set to produce a corresponding air flow 31.
  • Fig. 8 once more clearly shows the outlet 24 through which the granules can be discharged into the format device 13.
  • the latter is pressed against the inner surface 29 and slips down through the granulate-forced movement component directed downwards on the inner surface 29 to the outlet 24 and into the gaps (not shown) between filter segments.
  • the outer shape of the housing is shown here cuboid. However, the outer shape can also have other designs.
  • the outlet is set at about 8:30 clock. There, so at 8:30 clock, begins the tangent of the hollow cylindrical inner surface of the housing 43.
  • the tangent of the outlet or begins on the inner surface 29 of the hollow cylinder of the housing 43 between 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock or if the mechanical device 23 in the opposite direction is rotated as shown, between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock.
  • Particularly preferred is an outlet between 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock or 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock or vice versa between 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock, and more preferably between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock. This is schematic in the FIGS. 9 and 10 shown again in a section.
  • a hollow cone can also be used, in which case the mechanical device 23, 23' should be adjusted according to the fit of the hollow cone.

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