EP3295810B2 - Fabrication de cigarettes à filtre - Google Patents

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EP3295810B2
EP3295810B2 EP17189071.8A EP17189071A EP3295810B2 EP 3295810 B2 EP3295810 B2 EP 3295810B2 EP 17189071 A EP17189071 A EP 17189071A EP 3295810 B2 EP3295810 B2 EP 3295810B2
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Ralf Grassmel
Stefan Hartmann
Nils Klaper
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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
    • A24C5/60—Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating
    • A24C5/606—Perforating cigarettes
    • 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
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band
    • A24C5/473—Cutting the connecting band
    • 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
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or alternative smoking products, wherein rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely axially by means of conveying devices, in particular conveying drums, of a drum arrangement.
  • a filter attachment machine is understood to be a device for producing filter cigarettes with means for receiving tobacco rods of double usage length, with means for cutting these double-length tobacco rods into tobacco rods of single length, with means for inserting filter plugs of double length between the tobacco rods of single usage length, with means for connecting the double-length filter plugs to the tobacco rods of single length by wrapping them with a tipping paper sheet which is separated from a supplied tipping paper strip by means of a cutting device, with means for making a separating cut through the double-length filter plug so that filter cigarettes of normal or single-length usage length are produced.
  • a single-lane filter attachment machine a sequence or row of tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups arranged transversely axially one behind the other and transported are fed to a tipping device as a single-lane material flow.
  • a perforation of holes is introduced into the wrapping material or the wrapping strips of the rod-shaped articles using a perforation device.
  • a uniform perforation is introduced into the wrapping strips, whereby the wrapping strips have a predetermined, desired air permeability when smoking, so that due to the perforation pattern introduced into the wrapping strips, secondary air is sucked in, which influences the proportions of nicotine and condensate in the smoke.
  • the perforation is introduced into the wrapping strips using laser beams as coherent radiation, which results in a very precise, constant zone of desired air permeability in the wrapping of the smoking article.
  • the wrapping is provided with a zone of predetermined air permeability in order to mix a certain amount of fresh air into the smoke with each puff of a cigarette.
  • the wrapping material or wrapping strips of these articles are usually made of paper, with the wrapping material or wrapping strips being perforated at predetermined intervals to create a desired level of air permeability.
  • the articles are provided with a predetermined (total) degree of ventilation in order to be able to comply with specified values for nicotine and condensate in the smoke of a smoking article or a filter cigarette with such a zone of desired air permeability.
  • EP-B-1 836 909 a perforation device of the tobacco processing industry for perforating a wrapper of a rod-shaped article, wherein the perforation device has means for generating at least two independent primary jets.
  • DE-A-10 2012 207 582 a method for producing filter cigarettes from assembled tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups is described, whereby the tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups conveyed transversely axially are provided with two perforation patterns by means of a first perforation device and the smoking article groups are then cut into single-length filter cigarettes. After forming a single-lane, single-layer conveying stream of single-length filter cigarettes arranged transversely axially one behind the other in a row, the filter cigarettes of the single-layer conveying stream are perforated on their circumference by means of a second perforation device.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve greater flexibility in the production process for filter cigarettes or rod-shaped alternative smoking products. with a compact manufacturing machine.
  • This object is achieved by a method for producing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or alternative smoking products, wherein rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely axially by means of conveyor devices, in particular conveyor drums, of a drum arrangement, wherein rod-shaped articles of double length are provided with a first perforation pattern by means of a first perforation device, in a further step the rod-shaped articles of double length are provided with a second perforation pattern by means of a second perforation device and in a subsequent step the rod-shaped articles of double length are cut into rod-shaped articles of single length and then the rod-shaped articles of single length are provided with a third perforation pattern by means of a third perforation device, wherein, with respect to the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles, a rolling drum with a rolling device for wrapping the rod-shaped articles of double length with a wrapping strip each is arranged before or upstream of the first perforation device.
  • the invention is based on the idea that rod-shaped articles are provided with perforation patterns or hole patterns independently of one another by means of the three perforation devices provided, it being possible to provide several rows with different perforation patterns using one perforation device.
  • the rod-shaped articles of double length which are formed from tobacco rod-(double-length) filter plug-tobacco rod groups, are provided with a first and second perforation pattern using the first perforation device and then using the second perforation device, in order to then cut the double-length tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups into filter cigarettes of single length or usage length, in order to then form a third perforation pattern on the circumference of the rod-shaped articles of single length using a third perforation device.
  • the rod-shaped articles of double length and the rod-shaped articles of single length are conveyed transversely axially on the conveyor devices or conveyor elements of a filter attachment machine.
  • the double-length rod-shaped articles or the double-length tobacco stick-filter plug-tobacco stick groups are not cut in the middle, so that the first and second perforation patterns are preferably formed in the region of the double-length filter plug of the uncut or undivided smoking article group.
  • the double-length tobacco rods are cut into single-length tobacco rods by means of a first cutting device on a first cutting drum, and the single-length tobacco rods are spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal axis.
  • Double-length filter plugs are then inserted between the single-length tobacco rods spaced apart along the longitudinal axis on an assembly drum, so that in a subsequent further step the single-length tobacco rods with the double-length filter plug are each provided with a tipping paper leaflet as tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups on a tipping device.
  • the tipping paper sheets are each separated from the supplied tipping paper strip by means of a cutting device of the tipping device, the tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups being connected to one another by wrapping them with the respective tipping paper sheets using a rolling device on a conveyor drum, which is designed as a rolling drum.
  • a first perforation pattern and a second perforation pattern have been formed on the respective independently operated perforation devices are filter cigarettes of normal, i.e. single usable length, formed from the interconnected tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups as rod-shaped articles of simple length by making a separating cut through the double-length filter plug using a cutting device on a cutting drum.
  • the perforation device it is possible, for example when using filters made up of several filter segments, to use the perforation device to create a corresponding preferred ventilation for the filter segments of the multi-segment filter.
  • This makes it possible to create the ventilation of a multi-segment filter of a filter cigarette in a simple and flexible manner.
  • the preferred ventilation is made possible by means of the perforation holes using the three perforation devices, depending on the type of multi-segment filter used.
  • perforation holes can be introduced into the casings of the rod-shaped articles in a variable manner using the three perforation devices.
  • the perforation devices are designed as laser perforation devices.
  • three primary laser beams are preferably split with a beam splitter each for the perforation device, whereby the perforation patterns can be individually formed by independently controlling the primary beams for each perforation device.
  • the first perforation pattern and the second perforation pattern are carried out on two laser roller drums during the conveyance of the rod-shaped articles of double length, while the third perforation pattern is formed by means of the third perforation device. on a laser trough drum.
  • the laser rolling drums are designed as rolling drums for double cigarettes or for rod-shaped articles of double length.
  • the conveyor drum provided on the third perforation device is preferably designed as a trough drum for single cigarettes.
  • alternative smoking products also include so-called heat-not-burn products, i.e. products that produce vapor without burning tobacco.
  • a further development of the method provides that the rod-shaped articles of double length for the first perforation pattern are conveyed on a first conveyor drum to the first perforation device and the rod-shaped articles of double length for the second perforation pattern are conveyed on a further conveyor drum to the second perforation device.
  • the rod-shaped articles of double length are conveyed on a common conveyor drum and are transferred from the common conveyor drum to one or the first conveyor drum for the first perforation pattern and are conveyed to the first perforation device by means of the first conveyor drum, are then conveyed back from the first conveyor drum to the common conveyor drum and are conveyed by the common conveyor drum after the first perforation to one or the further conveyor drum for the second perforation, are transferred from the common conveyor drum to the further conveyor drum and are conveyed to the second perforation device by means of the further conveyor drum and are then conveyed back from the further conveyor drum to the common conveyor drum.
  • a conveyor drum for each of the first and second perforation devices is provided or arranged on a common conveyor drum for conveying the rod-shaped articles to be perforated in double length, so that the rod-shaped articles of double length are transferred from the common conveyor drum to the (first) conveyor drum with the first perforation device and are guided past the first perforation device during their transverse axial conveyance on the first conveyor drum in order to provide the rod-shaped articles with the first perforation pattern and then the rod-shaped articles provided with the first perforation pattern are subsequently transferred back to the common conveyor drum so that the rod-shaped articles provided with the first perforation pattern are conveyed to the second conveyor drum provided on the common conveyor drum for the second perforation device.
  • the rod-shaped articles provided with the first perforation pattern are transferred from the common conveyor drum to the second or further conveyor drum for the second perforation and conveyed transversely to the second perforation device in order to form the second perforation pattern on the rod-shaped articles.
  • the rod-shaped articles, which have two perforation patterns, are then transferred from the second conveyor drum to the common conveyor drum and conveyed further.
  • the rod-shaped articles of double length are conveyed on the common conveyor drum, the rod-shaped articles of double length are wrapped in a wrapping strip on an upstream conveyor drum, in particular a roller drum.
  • a corresponding roller device is provided on the conveyor drum for wrapping the rod-shaped articles of double length.
  • the conveyor drum designed as a roller drum is arranged immediately upstream of the common conveyor drum, so that the rod-shaped articles of double length are transferred from the roller drum to the common conveyor drum.
  • the common conveyor drum is designed as a main drum for the formation of the first and second perforation patterns.
  • the double-length rod-shaped articles provided with two perforation patterns are cut into single-length rod-shaped articles in the conveying direction before the third perforation device, so that two partial streams with single-length rod-shaped articles are created, the two partial streams with single-length rod-shaped articles then being formed into a single-lane conveying stream with single-length rod-shaped articles.
  • a single-lane, single-layer conveying stream of single-length rod-shaped articles or filter cigarettes arranged transversely axially one behind the other in a row is conveyed to the third perforation device, so that the rod-shaped articles of the single-lane conveying stream are perforated on their circumference by means of the third perforation device.
  • the rod-shaped articles are tested by means of a testing device with respect to the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles between the second perforation device and the third perforation device, wherein the rod-shaped articles of double length are tested individually before the partial streams are formed with rod-shaped articles of single length or the rod-shaped articles of single length are tested individually after the formation of one or the single-lane conveying stream from two partial streams with rod-shaped articles of single length.
  • the rod-shaped articles of single length are tested by means of a testing device after the third perforation device.
  • the testing device is used to determine, for example, the degree of ventilation of the manufactured filter cigarettes or articles of simple length.
  • a machine of the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or alternative smoking products, with a drum arrangement of several conveyor drums for transverse axial conveying of the rod-shaped articles, wherein in the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles a first perforation device for perforating the rod-shaped articles of double length with a first perforation pattern, a second perforation device for perforating the rod-shaped articles of double length with a second perforation pattern and a third perforation device for perforating the rod-shaped articles of single length with a third perforation pattern are provided one behind the other, wherein, with respect to the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles, a rolling drum with a rolling device for wrapping the rod-shaped articles of double length with a wrapping strip each is arranged in front of or upstream of the first perforation device.
  • the drum arrangement has a common conveyor drum, wherein a first conveyor drum is arranged on the common conveyor drum for the rod-shaped articles of double length for transporting the rod-shaped articles of double length from the common conveyor drum to the first perforation device and back to the common conveyor drum, and a second, further conveyor drum is arranged on the common conveyor drum for transporting the rod-shaped articles of double length from the common conveyor drum to the second perforation device and back to the common conveyor drum.
  • the common conveyor drum is designed as a type of main drum for the respective conveyor drum provided for the perforation device.
  • the rolling drum with a rolling device for wrapping the rod-shaped articles of double length with one wrapping strip each is arranged in front of or upstream of the common conveyor drum.
  • a testing device for testing the rod-shaped articles and/or a cutting device for cutting the rod-shaped articles of double length into rod-shaped articles of single length are provided between the second perforation device and the third perforation device.
  • a testing device for testing the rod-shaped articles of single length is advantageously provided downstream of the third perforation device in relation to the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles.
  • At least one, in particular two, radiation sources, in particular laser radiation sources, are provided for each perforation device in order to form a respective perforation pattern on the casing of the rod-shaped articles.
  • a cutting drum with a cutting device for cutting the rod-shaped articles of double length into rod-shaped articles of single length and for forming two partial streams with rod-shaped articles of single length and a turning device for forming a single-lane conveying stream with rod-shaped articles of single length from the two formed partial streams with rod-shaped articles of single length.
  • Embodiments according to the invention can fulfill individual features or a combination of several features.
  • a filter attachment machine F is shown in a partial front view, wherein the filter attachment machine F receives tobacco rods of double usable length from a cigarette rod machine (not shown here) via a drum arrangement for feeding tobacco rods.
  • the drum arrangement of the tobacco rod feed device has several conveyor drums 118, 119, 120. After the double-length tobacco rods are transferred from the cigarette rod machine to a transfer drum 118, the double-length tobacco rods are conveyed transversely axially and transferred to a cutting drum 119, on which the double-length tobacco rods are cut into single-length tobacco rods by means of a cutting knife arranged on the cutting drum 119.
  • the tobacco rods of simple usable length are transferred to a spreading drum 120, on which the cut tobacco rod pairs are spaced apart longitudinally or spread.
  • the pairs of tobacco rods spaced apart along the longitudinal axis are then transported to an assembly drum 121.
  • the tobacco rods of double their useful length are cut and spread along the longitudinal axis.
  • double-length filter plugs are conveyed via a further drum arrangement of a filter feed device, each of which is inserted between two tobacco rods spaced apart along the longitudinal axis. This forms a sequence of tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups arranged one behind the other along the transverse axis on the assembly drum 121.
  • the drum arrangement of the filter feed device has a removal drum 114, by means of which filter rods are removed from a filter rod magazine (not shown here) and cut into filter plugs of double length using cutting knives arranged on or in the area of the removal drum 114, not shown here.
  • the double-length filter plugs are then transferred to a staggering drum 115 and a subsequent sliding drum 116.
  • the staggered double-length filter plugs are then transferred from the sliding drum 116 to a subsequent insertion drum 117, which can also be designed as an accelerator drum, and conveyed transversely axially to the assembly drum 121, so that article groups made up of tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups are formed on the assembly drum 121.
  • the assembled article groups of tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups are transferred as rod-shaped articles of double length from the assembly drum 121 to a subsequent conveyor drum 122.
  • a covering device 110 of a covering paper feed device synchronously feeds covering paper sheets to the assembled tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups.
  • a glued and conveyed covering paper strip 111 in the covering device 110 is cut into covering sheets or connecting sheets by the knives of a knife drum 113 on a cutting drum 112.
  • the cut connecting sheets are each transferred or attached to the article group or rod-shaped article of double length on the conveyor drum 122.
  • the article groups are transported to a rolling drum 126 and a rolling device 127, by means of which the connecting sheets are completely wound around the rod-shaped tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups.
  • the rolling device 127 consists in one embodiment of a web wheel, a rolling hand with a rolling surface and a rolling roller on the output side, the rolling surface and the rolling drum 126 forming a rolling channel in which the article groups are wound with the connecting sheets, thereby forming double-length filter cigarettes.
  • the double-length filter cigarettes or rod-shaped articles of double length are then transferred to a conveyor drum 128.
  • the formed, wrapped rod-shaped articles of double length are first transferred from the conveyor drum 128 to a further conveyor drum 123 arranged on the conveyor drum 128, so that the rod-shaped articles of double length are conveyed on the conveyor drum 123 to a laser device 223, so that a first perforation pattern is introduced into the wrapping of the rod-shaped articles by means of the laser device 223. Then, after the rod-shaped articles have been perforated, they are guided back from the conveyor drum 123 to the conveyor drum 128 and delivered to it, so that after the rod-shaped articles with the first perforation pattern have been delivered, the rod-shaped articles are conveyed to a second conveyor drum 124 arranged on the conveyor drum 128 and delivered to it.
  • the tobacco rod-filter plug-tobacco rod groups with the first perforation pattern picked up by the conveyor drum 124 are guided or conveyed on the conveyor drum 124 to a second laser device 224 designed as a perforation device, so that a second perforation pattern is introduced into the casing of the rod-shaped articles by means of the laser device 224.
  • the rod-shaped articles provided with two perforation patterns are then conveyed from the conveyor drum 124 back to the conveyor drum 128 and delivered to it.
  • the double-length filter cigarettes with two perforation patterns are then transferred to a conveyor drum 129 designed as a cutting drum and made available for further processing on the filter attachment machine F.
  • a cutting knife 132 is arranged adjacent to the cutting drum 129, which produces filter cigarettes of a single usable length, i.e. rod-shaped articles of a single length, from the double-length filter cigarettes by means of a central separating cut.
  • the two rows formed with filter cigarettes of a single usable length arranged transversely one behind the other are transferred to a turning drum 133 with a turning device 134 arranged on the turning drum 133, so that when the filter cigarettes are delivered from the turning drum 133 to a subsequent conveyor drum 135, they are arranged transversely one behind the other in a row or are conveyed in a single lane.
  • the filter cigarettes produced are then transferred from the conveyor drum 135 to a conveyor drum 136 designed as a laser trough drum, so that the filter cigarettes or rod-shaped articles can be more easily Length can be provided with a third perforation pattern on the wrapper of the cigarettes by means of a laser device 236 arranged on the conveyor drum 136.
  • the single-length filter cigarettes which have three perforation patterns, are then transferred to the following conveyor drums 137, 138 and 140.
  • Testing devices 237, 238 are arranged on the two conveyor drums 137, 138 in order to subject the cigarettes to a leak test and/or a head end test and/or a ventilation test, for example. It is also possible for the testing devices 237, 238 to be used to visually inspect the cigarettes on the drums.
  • a testing device for the rod-shaped articles is also provided between the second laser device 224 designed as a perforation device and the third laser device 236.

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  1. Procédé de fabrication d'articles en forme de tiges de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, en particulier de cigarettes à filtres ou d'autres articles à fumer, dans lequel des articles en forme de tiges sont transportés en direction transversale à l'axe au moyen de dispositifs de transport (126, 128, 123, 124), en particulier de tambours de transport, d'un agencement de tambours, des articles en forme de tiges de double longueur étant pourvus d'un premier motif de perforation au moyen d'un premier dispositif de perforation (223), les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur étant, lors d'une étape ultérieure, pourvus d'un second motif de perforation au moyen d'un second dispositif de perforation (224) et les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur étant, lors d'une étape subséquente, découpés en articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur et les articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur étant ensuite pourvus d'un troisième motif de perforation au moyen d'un troisième dispositif de perforation (236), dans lequel par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges avant ou en amont du premier dispositif de perforation (223), est disposé un tambour d'enroulement (126) doté d'un dispositif d'enroulement (127) pour entourer chaque article en forme de tige de double longueur d'une bande de gainage.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur sont transportés, pour le premier motif de perforation, sur un premier tambour de transport (123) vers le premier dispositif de perforation (223), et les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur sont transportés, pour le second motif de perforation, sur un autre tambour de transport (124) vers le second dispositif de perforation (224).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur sont transportés sur un tambour de transport commun (128) et, pour le premier motif de perforation, sont transférés du tambour de transport commun (128) à un ou au premier tambour de transport (123) et, au moyen du premier tambour de transport (123) sont transportés vers le premier dispositif de perforation (223), puis renvoyés du premier tambour de transport (123) vers le tambour de transport commun et transportés depuis le tambour de transport commun (128) après la première perforation vers l'un ou l'autre tambour de transport (124) pour la seconde perforation, transférés du tambour de transport commun (128) à l'autre tambour de transport (124) et transportés au moyen de l'autre tambour de transport vers le second dispositif de perforation (224), puis renvoyés de l'autre tambour de transport (124) vers le tambour de transport commun (128).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce qu'avant le transport des articles en forme de tiges de double longueur, sur le tambour de transport commun, sur un tambour de transport prévu en amont, en particulier un tambour orientable, les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur sont entourés d'une bande de gainage.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur pourvus de deux motifs de perforation sont découpés en articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur dans la direction de transport en amont du troisième dispositif de perforation (236), de façon à créer deux courants partiels d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur, puis les deux courants partiels d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur sont constitués en un courant de transport d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur à une voie.
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que, par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges entre le second dispositif de perforation (224) et le troisième dispositif de perforation (236), les articles en forme de tiges sont inspectés au moyen d'un dispositif de contrôle, les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur étant inspectés individuellement avant la formation des courants partiels d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur, ou les articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur étant inspectés individuellement après la formation d'un ou du courant de transport à une voie constitué de deux courants partiels d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur.
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que, par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges après le troisième dispositif de perforation (236), les articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur sont inspectés au moyen d'un dispositif de contrôle (237, 238).
  8. Machine de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, en particulier machine assembleuse de filtres, pour la fabrication d'articles en forme de tiges de l'industrie de transformation du tabac, en particulier des cigarettes à filtres ou d'autres articles à fumer, équipée d'un agencement de tambours constitué de plusieurs tambours de transport (126, 128, 123, 124) pour le transport en direction transversale à l'axe d'articles en forme de tiges, machine dans laquelle sont prévus les uns derrière les autres dans la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges un premier dispositif de perforation (223) pour la perforation des articles en forme de tiges de double longueur selon un premier motif de perforation, un second dispositif de perforation (224) pour la perforation des articles en forme de tiges de double longueur selon un second motif de perforation, et un troisième dispositif de perforation (236) pour la perforation des articles en forme de tiges, en particulier des articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur, selon un troisième motif de perforation, dans lequel par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges avant ou en amont du premier dispositif de perforation (223), est disposé un tambour d'enroulement (126) doté d'un dispositif d'enroulement (127) pour entourer chaque article en forme de tige de double longueur d'une bande de gainage.
  9. Machine selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que l'agencement de tambours présente un tambour de transport commun (128), où au niveau du tambour de transport commun (128) pour les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur est disposé un premier tambour de transport (123) pour le transport des articles en forme de tiges de double longueur depuis le tambour de transport commun (128) jusqu'au premier dispositif de perforation (223) et retour au tambour de transport commun (128), et au niveau du tambour de transport commun (128) est disposé un second autre tambour de transport (124) pour le transport des articles en forme de tiges de double longueur depuis le tambour de transport commun (128) jusqu'au second dispositif de perforation (224) et retour au tambour de transport commun (128).
  10. Machine selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que, par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges avant ou en amont du tambour de transport commun, est disposé le tambour d'enroulement (126) doté d'un dispositif d'enroulement (127) pour entourer chaque article en forme de tige de double longueur d'une bande de gainage.
  11. Machine selon l'une des revendications 8 à 10, caractérisée en ce que, par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges entre le second dispositif de perforation (224) et le troisième dispositif de perforation (236) sont prévus un dispositif de contrôle pour l'inspection des articles en forme de tiges et/ou un dispositif de coupe pour découper les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur en articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur.
  12. Machine selon l'une des revendications 8 à 11, caractérisée en ce que, par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges après le troisième dispositif de perforation (236) est prévu un dispositif de contrôle (237, 238) pour l'inspection des articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur.
  13. Machine selon l'une des revendications 8 à 12, caractérisée en ce que sont prévus, pour chaque dispositif de perforation (223, 224, 236) respectivement au moins une, en particulier deux sources de rayonnement, en particulier des sources de rayonnement laser.
  14. Machine selon l'une des revendications 8 à 13, caractérisée en ce que, par rapport à la direction de transport des articles en forme de tiges entre le tambour de transport commun (128) pour les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur et le troisième dispositif de perforation (236) sont prévus un tambour de coupe (129) doté d'un dispositif de coupe (132) pour découper les articles en forme de tiges de double longueur en articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur et pour former deux courants partiels d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur, et un dispositif de retournement pour former un courant de transport d'articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur à une voie, constitué des deux courants partiels formés comprenant des articles en forme de tiges de simple longueur.
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