EP3357354A1 - Strand forming device and method of producing a strand in the tobacco-processing industry - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a strand of the tobacco-processing industry and a corresponding strand-forming device. To form a strand, a format belt (43) conveyed in the conveying direction (55) is used which has a smaller width, namely less than 70% and more than 40% of the circumference of a strand to be formed.

Description

Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH, Kurt A. Körber Chaussee 8-32, 21033 Hamburg

Method for producing a strand of the tobacco processing industry and strand forming device

description

• Fördern eines ersten Materialstreifens mit einer ersten Breite und eines zweiten Materialstreifens mit einer zweiten Breite,
• Beleimen wenigstens des zweiten Materialstreifens, wobei insbesondere das Beleimen vollflächig oder annähernd vollflächig geschieht,
• versetztes Zusammenführen des ersten und des zweiten Materialstreifens, so dass der erste und der zweite Materialstreifen übereinander gelegt und verklebt werden,
• Formen der übereinander gelegten Materialstreifen in einen rohrförmigen Strang.

The invention relates to a method for producing a strand of the tobacco processing industry with the following method steps:

• Conveying a first material strip having a first width and a second material strip having a second width,
• Gluing at least the second strip of material, wherein in particular the gluing is done over the entire surface or approximately over the entire surface,
• staggered merging of the first and second strips of material so that the first and second strips of material are superimposed and glued together,
• Form the superimposed strips of material into a tubular strand.

The invention further relates to a strand forming device of the tobacco processing industry, in which a format strip in a conveying device is conveyed in a conveying direction and is increasingly bent in the conveying direction about a longitudinal axis arranged in the conveying direction.

In the tobacco processing industry strands, such as tobacco strands, filter strands or hollow tubes are made to cut them into sections, which are then further processed, for example, to filter cigarettes.

For this purpose, for example, a wrapping material is wrapped in a formatting device to filter material or tobacco, provided on the edge with an adhesive and the adhesive seam is then sealed. For this purpose, a format strip is provided in the format device, on which the wrapping material is applied to the filter material itself or tobacco is applied again to then allow a shaping of the strand with simultaneous wrapping of the filter material or the tobacco with the wrapping material strip. For this, the format tape almost completely surrounds the wrapping material. An exception is only a gusset intended to bond the wrapping material to the other end of the wrapping material and to close the wrapping material strip around the filter material or tobacco.

In the tobacco processing industry, moreover, tubes, such as cardboard tubes or paper tubes, are used to provide, for example, special filters, such as a recessed filter or a hollow filter. In addition, such tubes also serve as spacers in heat-not-burn products. A corresponding tube should have a certain stability, which is why it is known to produce multi-walled paper tubes. Such tubes are cut from hollow tubing.

Out DE 25 56 332 A1 are a method and machine for making a multi-wall paper tube for smoking article mouthpieces in which a continuous strip of paper whose width corresponds at least twice the circumference of the tube to be produced, is continuously withdrawn from a roll, wherein the strip is provided in the longitudinal direction by weaknesses with a fold line, by which the strip is divided into two strip portions the two strip sections are folded together along the fold line, wherein the folded strip is formed into a double-walled tube. Here, the ends of the paper strip are connected by overlapping or underlapping the paper strip with the folded and bent edge.

EP 3 033 952 A2 discloses a double-layered tube of the tobacco processing industry and an apparatus and method for making such a tube.

It is the object of the present invention to increase the quality of correspondingly produced strands of the tobacco-processing industry and, more particularly, to provide a method and a strand-forming device by means of which the quality of a manufactured strand, in particular with regard to the ovality, can be improved.

• Fördern eines ersten Materialstreifens mit einer ersten Breite und eines zweiten Materialstreifens mit einer zweiten Breite, insbesondere jeweils in einer längsaxialen Richtung,
• Beleimen wenigstens des zweiten Materialstreifens, wobei insbesondere das Beleimen vollflächig oder annähernd vollflächig geschieht,
• versetztes Zusammenführen des ersten und des zweiten Materialstreifens, so dass der erste und der zweite Materialstreifen übereinander gelegt und verklebt werden,
• Formen der übereinander gelegten Materialstreifen in einen rohrförmigen Strang, das dadurch weitergebildet ist, dass zum Formen der übereinander gelegten Materialstreifen in einen rohrförmigen Strang ein in einer längsaxialen Förderrichtung gefördertes Formatband nur teilweise um die übereinander gelegten Materialstreifen gewickelt wird, nämlich weniger als oder gleich 70 % und mehr als oder gleich 30% der Breite der übereinander gelegten Materialstreifen,.

This object is achieved by a method for producing a strand of the tobacco processing industry with the following process steps:

• Conveying a first material strip having a first width and a second material strip having a second width, in particular in each case in a longitudinal-axial direction,
• Gluing at least the second strip of material, wherein in particular the gluing is done over the entire surface or approximately over the entire surface,
• staggered merging of the first and second strips of material, so that the first and the second strips of material are laid over one another and glued,
• Forming the superimposed strips of material in a tubular strand, which is further developed in that for forming the superimposed strips of material in a tubular strand, a format strip conveyed in a longitudinal axial conveying direction is only partially wound around the superimposed strips of material, namely less than or equal to 70% and more than or equal to 30% of the width of the superimposed strips of material.

In this way, it is particularly prevented that wrinkles form in the tubular strand, which could, for example, result from the fact that a high moisture content is present in the material strip as a result of the full-surface or approximately full-area gluing, which can lead to wrinkling due to almost complete covering by a format strip , Instead, it is provided that a part of the shaping of the tubular strand is made possible by correspondingly shaped surfaces, in particular smooth or with little frictional resistance. In addition, a high level of ovality is avoided in the production. In fact, the roundness of the products produced according to the invention is significantly better.

In particular, is achieved by a less wide format band that a more precise formation of the tubular strand is made possible.

Rod-shaped articles, for example double-layered tubes of the tobacco-processing industry, can then be cut to length from the tubular strand.

By means of the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention, in particular double-layered or multi-layered tubes of the tobacco-processing industry can be produced from a tubular strand, wherein the double-layered tubes have a first and a first tube second material strip portion, wherein the first material strip portion has a first width and the second material strip portion has a second width, wherein the first and the second material strip portion are wound around each other such that the first material strip portion is formed in cross-section circular or oval and the first width lying edges are abutting, wherein the second material strip portion is formed in cross-section circular or oval and the edges defining the second width abutting, the second strip of material outside the first strip of material around the edge, wherein the abutting edges of the first and second material strip portion Are circumferentially offset from each other, wherein the thickness of the first and second material strip portion in a range of 38 .mu.m to 160 .mu.m, between the first and the second strip of material ei n position adhesive is provided as a full-surface or almost full-surface gluing with a coating thickness of 10 microns to 80 microns.

In the method according to the invention, it is thus preferably provided that the format strip has a width that is significantly smaller than the width of the superimposed strips of material, such that the format strip has a width of 30% to 70% of the width of the superimposed strips of material. The width of the superimposed strips of material is the total width of the strips of material, which is in the superimposed state of the superimposed strips of material. Alternatively, the width may be from 40% to 70% based on the circumference of the strand being made.

Preferably, the format tape is wound less than 60% and more than 40% based on the width of the superimposed strips of material around the superimposed strips of material. More preferably, the format tape is wound less than 50% and more than 45% around the superimposed strips of material.

It was found that when combining a certain thickness the material strip portion with a certain application thickness of the position adhesive as gluing a sustainable high quality of double-layered tubes or strands of the tobacco processing industry is available.

By the method according to the invention have two-ply tubes or strands of tobacco processing industry, the abutting edges of the first and second material strip portion at these crossing points a very definable roundness, whereby the quality of the produced double-layered tube or strands compared to the prior Technique is significantly improved.

In the context of the invention, an application thickness is understood to mean the thickness of the adhesive which prevails during application. For this purpose, for example, on the EP 2 974 798 A1 referenced, which produces an adhesive trace or glue trace of a predetermined thickness. By means of a device described therein for applying a glue trace or adhesive trace to a wrapping strip of a rod-shaped product of the tobacco-processing industry, a very precisely defined application thickness of a glue trace or of an adhesive application can be achieved. The object of EP 2 974 798 A1 shall be fully included in the disclosure of this patent application.

The position adhesive is in the context of the invention, the adhesive, which is arranged between the first and second material strip portion and a first and a second strip of material, which indicates an overlap of the first and second strip of material after staggered merging of the first and second strip of material. With respect to the first and second material strip portions, the position adhesive may be considered as the adhesive disposed on the larger peripheral portion between the abutting edges. On the smaller peripheral portion between the abutting edges a so-called seam adhesive is provided.

The application thickness of the adhesive, in particular of the position adhesive and also of the seam adhesive, does not correspond to the adhesive thickness after assembly of the material strip or the manufactured double-layered tube. This is due to the fact that on the one hand curing of the adhesive takes place and on the other hand also adhesive is absorbed in the strip of material.

The thickness of the first and the second material strip section is preferably in a range of 100 μm to 140 μm, in particular 120 μm to 130 μm, and / or the application thickness of the position adhesive is in a range of 10 μm to 40 μm, in particular 15 μm to 30 microns.

Preferably, a seam adhesive between the first and the second material portion, in particular as a full-surface or approximately full-surface gluing, with an application thickness of 40 .mu.m to 120 .mu.m, in particular 60 .mu.m to 100 .mu.m, provided.

Preferably, the application thickness of the seam adhesive is greater than the application thickness of the position adhesive. In particular, it is provided that the thickness of the seam adhesive is 1.5 to 3 times as thick as the application thickness of the position adhesive.

Preferably, the weight of the first and / or second material strip section is in a range from 27 g / m ² to 125 g / m ² , in particular 60 g / m ² to 120 g / m ² , in particular 70 g / m ² to 110 g / m ² . Particularly preferably, the weight of the first and / or second material strip portion or of the first and / or second material strip is 100 g / m ² .

Preferably, the offset of the abutting edges of the first and second material strip portions is between 0.5 mm to 3 mm, in particular between 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.

Preferably, the ratio of the second width to the first width between 52 to 48 and 50.5 to 49.5. The ratio of the second width to the first width and the material strip portion widths to one another may depend on the format of the product of the tobacco processing industry to be provided with the tube. For example, for a Microslim cigarette having an outer diameter of 4.5 mm, the ratio of the second width to the first width may be in the range of 51.5 to 48.5. For example, for a superslim cigarette with an outside diameter of 5.3 mm, this ratio can be 51.5 to 48.9 and for a king size cigarette with an outside diameter of 7.4 mm, this ratio can be 50.5 to 49, 5 lie.

Preferably, an inner shock lying between the edges of the first material strip portion is provided by 0.0 mm and an outer joint between the edges of the outer material strip portion of 0.0 mm to 0.4 mm is provided.

Depending on the format, the width of the material section or material sections may be 26.5 mm to 27.5 mm, 31.0 to 32.5 mm and 44.5 mm to 45.5 mm. The material portions or strips of material may be made of paper having the appropriate thickness and weight as indicated above. The paper may be single-sided or double-sided in color, patches may be applied, for example, of aluminum or other materials, or the paper may be vapor-deposited with a material, for example an aluminum lamination may be provided. It can also be an embossing or imprint or punching provided. As an adhesive, one type of adhesive or even several, for example, two types of adhesive may be provided. In particular, a PVA adhesive (polyvinyl acetate adhesive) may be provided and, if appropriate, additionally a further hotmelt adhesive. In addition, a flavor can be applied, preferably on the first material strip section. Preferably, the flavor may be added to the adhesive.

The amount of adhesive or glue levels in the seam adhesive can also be format dependent. For example, in a microslim cigarette 6 g / 500 m to 20 g / 500 m, preferably 10 g / 500 m seam adhesive may be provided and in a superslim cigarette or kingsize cigarette 25 g / 500 m to 55 g / 500 m , Preferably 45 g / 500 m adhesive per seam glue trace be provided.

The adhesive amounts of the position adhesive may also be adjusted depending on the cigarette format. For example, in the case of a microslim cigarette, a glue amount of 10 g / 500 m to 60 g / 500 m, preferably 20 g / 500 m may be provided; for a superslim cigarette, a glue content of 25 g / 500 m to 70 g / 500 m, preferably 60 g / 500 m, and in the case of a king-size cigarette, a glue content of 35 g / 500 m to 80 g / 500 m, preferably 55 g / 500 m.

The glue application image is preferably full-surface.

The adhesive may be, for example, polyvinyl acetate (PVA or PVAC). This is a thermoplastic material. Other adhesives or glues may be used.

There is provided between the first and second material strip portion an adhesive substantially over the entire surface or the entire surface. An approximately full-area gluing is understood in particular to be a gluing in which the surface of a material strip section is at least 80%, preferably at least 90%, in particular preferably at least 95% glued over the entire surface.

In the context of the invention, an abutment of edges of the respective material strip section means that these edges abut one another or are at a small distance from one another.

Preferably, adhesive is provided between at least two edges, in particular the front sides of the edges. In particular, glue can be provided to fill a gap between the edges.

It is particularly preferred if adhesive is provided between all edges. The possibly existing gap between the edges is thus preferably also filled with adhesive. The thickness of the filling is in this case such that the adhesive is preferably aligned with the surface of the material strip portion.

Preferably, the first width of the material strip portions is smaller than the second width. By this measure, it is possible to specify a double-layered tube or strand, which has a small gap or no gap between the edges or the abutting edges, in particular in the outer layer.

Preferably, the first and / or the second strip of material strip is made of paper or cardboard.

A particularly stable double-layered tube or a particularly stable strand of the tobacco-processing industry can be achieved if preferably the abutting edges of the first and second material strip sections are not radially aligned or radially out of alignment. This means that the abutting edges of the first and second material strip portions are circumferentially offset from each other. The abutting edges or the corresponding gaps between the abutting edges are then at a radial angular distance from one another. The radial angular distance is preferably between 2 ° and 80 °, in particular between 5 ° and 45 °, particularly preferably between 10 ° and 45 °.

Preferably, the thickness of the first material strip portion corresponds to the thickness of the second material strip portion. In this case, the quality of the produced tube or strand is particularly high.

In the event that the thickness of the second material strip portion is smaller than the thickness of the first material strip portion, this can be ensured be that the adhesive used sets faster, so that the production speed can be increased.

Preferably, first of all a base material strip is conveyed in the longitudinal axial conveying direction and then the base material strip is cut longitudinally into the first material strip and the second material strip. As a result, a very precise positioning of the first and second material strip for superimposing the strips of material allows.

Preferably, the format strip is stabilized in its transverse axial position. As a result, the manufacturing accuracy of the strand of the tobacco processing industry is further increased. To stabilize the format band in a transverse axial position, one or two stops can be provided in a format device, so that a transverse axial positional fixation of the format band is made possible.

It can also be alternatively or additionally provided measuring means which measure the transverse axial position of the format band and actuators, which regulate the position of the format band and thus stabilize.

Preferably, for closing the superimposed strip of material, a format-band-free guiding and shaping surface is provided in a format device. This results in a significantly reduced wrinkling of the superimposed strips of material during the molding of the strand, especially when a hollow strand is formed. The format band-free guiding and shaping surface has a shape that changes in the conveying direction or a cross section, so that a successive wrapping of the superposed first and second material strips is made possible.

A reduction in the wear of the size band is possible when the strand is pulled by a Zugformatvorrichtung in the longitudinal axial conveying direction. In particular, preferably a train format device is provided in the conveying direction behind a format device, in which the superimposed strips of material are wound. It is particularly preferred when a further wrapping material is wound around the strand in the draw format device.

Preferably, the strand is a cigarette rod, a filter strand or a hollow tube or hollow tube. Rod-shaped elements, such as cigarette rods or tobacco rods of single or multiple use length, filter rods of single or multiple use length or tubes, such as double-layered or multi-layered tubes of single or multiple use length, can be cut to length from the strand after production of the strand.

The object is further achieved by a strand forming device of the tobacco-processing industry, in which a format strip in a conveying direction is conveyed in a conveying direction and is increasingly bent in the conveying direction about a longitudinal axis arranged in the conveying direction, which is further developed in that the format strip has a width, which is 40% to 70% of a circumference of an inscribed contour, in particular at the output of the format device, a through opening of the format device.

In this case, a strand is formed in the passage of the format device by the strand forming device, which is circular or elliptical in cross section. The outer contour of the strand corresponds to the inner contour of the format device, namely the inner surface of the format strip and the inner surface of the format device, which is arranged in the region of the through hole and format tape free. This is so provided in particular at the output of the format device. An inscribed contour is understood, in particular, to mean a closed geometric line which inscribes a passage opening of the format device. In the real structure of the format device, the inner surface, which is provided to form the strand, may also have gaps.

Preferably, the inscribed contour of the passage opening is a circle or an ellipse. At the entrance of the format device, however, this contour is not yet present, since there the first layer of superimposed material strips are placed on the format tape and then bent in the course of promotion by the format device in the transverse axial direction. Preferably, the format device has a lower format for receiving the format tape and at least one support strip, wherein the support strip is arranged on the lower format and forms at least one stop for the format tape. As a result, a very precise production of strands of the tobacco processing industry is possible.

Preferably, two support strips are provided, each forming a stop for the format tape and stabilize in the conveying direction left and right the format tape in the transverse axial position. Preferably, the at least one support strip on an inner surface, which is designed to form a strand. Further, preferably, the at least one support strip and / or a cover strip is formed as an upper format.

If preferably a heating bar or a cooling bar, in particular as a cover strip, is provided, depending on the type of adhesive rapid setting of the adhesive is possible. Preferably, the inscribed contour of an inner surface of the format band and the at least one support bar, in particular at the output of the format device, the shape of the strand before.

According to the invention, a stranding machine of the tobacco-processing industry is provided with a strand-forming device according to the invention.

Preferably, a Zugformatvorrichtung is provided in the conveying direction of the strand downstream of the strand forming device.

Preferably, the format tape is provided on the inside with a friction-enhancing coating.

Preferably, the formatbandfreie surface of the at least one support strip or the cover strip is provided with a friction-reduced coating. In this case, for example, a ceramic coating may be provided.

The format tapes used are format tapes from the manufacturer Esband, Max-Schlatterer GmbH KG and Nasta S.R.L. question. For example, the Esband format tapes are V1178 linen and SQW 90 linen / polyester and Aramid SAL75. For the format tapes of Nasta S.R.L. For example, these are LE354-4FCA linen and T1164-2FCA aramid.

Preferably, the format device has an upstream part in which the strand is formed, and also a downstream part which serves to further promote the strand formed and thereby provide a setting of the adhesive. The second part of the formatting device has, for example, a cover strip which comprises a heating web or a cooling web in order to heat or cool the seam of the strand.

Preferably, the longitudinal axial extent of the first part of the format device in relation to the second part of the format device in a ratio of 1: 5 to 1:20, particularly preferably 1: 6 to 1:10.

• eine Materialstreifenzuführvorrichtung,
• eine Schneidvorrichtung zum längsaxialen Schneiden eines Basismaterialstreifens in einen ersten Materialstreifen mit einer ersten Breite und einen zweiten Materialstreifen mit einer zweiten Breite,
• eine Beleimvorrichtung, mittels der der erste und/oder zweite Materialstreifen beleimbar ist,
• eine Zusammenführvorrichtung, mittels der der erste und der zweite Materialstreifen zum Verkleben miteinander so zusammen geführt werden, so dass der erste und der zweite Materialstreifen versetzt zueinander übereinander liegen, und
• eine Formatvorrichtung, in der aus den zusammengeführten ersten und zweiten Materialstreifen ein rohrförmiger Strang hergestellt wird.

The invention relates to a device for producing double-layered tubes of the tobacco-processing industry, which comprises the following features:

• a strip material feeder,
• a cutting device for longitudinally cutting a base material strip into a first strip of material having a first width and a second strip of material having a second width,
• a gluing device by means of which the first and / or second strip of material can be glued,
• a merging device, by means of which the first and the second strip of material for bonding together so are guided together, so that the first and the second strip of material offset from each other superimposed, and
• a format device in which a tubular strand is made from the merged first and second strips of material.

The material strip feeding device can be feeding rollers, via which a strip of material of a corresponding width can be conveyed. Usually, such a strip of material is attracted by a strip of material strip and conveyed into the corresponding device.

In the cutting device, which adjoins in the conveying direction of the material strip, it is a slitter, which cuts the strip of material in the longitudinal axial direction.

The glueing device adjoining the cutting device glues essentially at least one of the two strips of material, ie the first and / or the second strips of material, at which point a region can also be glued which can serve as a seam, ie in a later one Formatting device an end portion of the second strip of material for closing a seam on the first Material strip is pressed. However, this area can also be glued in a subsequent step or provided with adhesive. The gluing device can be a gluing device which corresponds to a gluing device which is in the EP 2 974 798 A1 is described.

In the conveying direction, the joining device is followed by a joining device, which in the context of the invention preferably comprises a paper position adjusting device by means of which the lateral position, i. a relative position of the first and the second strip of material relative to one another, transversely to the conveying direction, can be adjusted to provide only a partial overlap of the first and second strip of material, so that viewed from the width of these strips of material a part to the left and a part to the right survives.

The apparatus for producing double-layered tubes of the tobacco-processing industry first of all firstly produces a tubular strand from at least two layers of a material strip. This tubular strand can then be cut to length, for example by a conventional knife device. It may also initially be provided to supply the manufactured tubular strand to another machine, for example a filter rod machine or a tobacco rod machine, in order to place a filter material or a tobacco material around the tubular strand. At the end, a wrapping material strip can then be wrapped around the strand then formed, and finally cut to length corresponding rods with the double-layered tubes contained therein. In order to introduce into the tubular strand a filter material or filter segment and / or a tobacco material or tobacco segments, the material is applied to the spread and superposed strips of material.

In addition, a separating device is provided which comprises the first material strip or the second material strip from the respective other material strip spatially separated in the conveying direction after the cutting device. In this way, a very accurate positioning and merging of the first and the second strip of material can take place, so that the relative lateral position can be adjusted to each other exactly. In addition, a clean gluing only a strip of material is made possible for this case.

In this case, it is particularly preferred if a first surface of the first and a first surface of the second material strip pointing in the same direction still point in the same direction after joining the first and second material strips. Alternatively, it may also be provided to rotate the first and second strips of material relative to one another by 180 ° after the cutting so that a first surface present before cutting, which is cut into two first surfaces with the same orientation, is assembled such that the first Surfaces of the first and second strips of material are arranged to each other.

Preferably, the gluing device provides a full-surface or almost full-surface gluing of the first and / or the second strip of material.

Preferably, a Nahtbeleimungsvorrichtung is provided between the Zusammenführvorrichtung and the format device. The seam-gluing device is used when the previous gluing device does not provide full-surface gluing. This refers to the gluing, which was not made in the cross-axial direction over the entire surface and thus only by means of the seam gluing device a glue or an adhesive is applied, which serves to close the seam. Preferably, a complete gluing through the gluing device and also the seam gluing device should be carried out transversely to the longitudinal axis.

Preferably, the format device comprises a second heating device.

The second heating device can be arranged, for example, in the upper format of the format device and, in particular, preferably serves for complete setting of the seam adhesive.

A trimmer downstream of the format device is provided to cut tubes from the tubular string.

As mentioned, a machine of the tobacco processing industry is provided with a device according to the invention, wherein a strand machine of the device according to the invention is or can be downstream.

Preferably, multi-ply, especially double-ply, tubes are made from strip portions of material, preferably paperboard or paper, in which there are no overlapping seams. As a result, tubes are made or made available with a very constant thickness, which are qualitatively very high quality double-layered tubes of the tobacco processing industry allows. Due to the omission of the seam overlap a very good roundness is achieved. The double-layered tube is made of a preferably approximately twice as wide paper strip, compared to the circumference of the tube, wherein the paper strip is cut longitudinally into two slightly different widths strips, wherein the two produced paper strips are then guided in separate ways and preferably the wider and later outer strip is glued, preferably all glue traces are applied simultaneously. The two strips of paper are then laid one on top of the other and the superimposed strips of paper fed to the format of a format device to form a tubular strand and to close the seam.

Accordingly, filter strands and cigarette rods are produced, which manage without overlapping seams.

Preferably, the presented device is part of a modular slide-in device, which can be arranged, for example, preferably between an extrusion machine of the tobacco-processing industry and a filter wire preparation machine.

While the tubular strand is made from double-layered material strips, a correspondingly processed filter tow is conveyed through a corresponding insertion device and above the format device and introduced into an inlet region of the stranding machine. The tubular strand is also introduced into the inlet region, so that the filter tow can be introduced, for example, around the tubular strand so as to be able to produce filter rods.

It may also be provided that no further filter tow material is used, but the stranding machine serves to produce a three-layered tube. Here, the third layer is fed as a third strip of material over a paper run the strand machine in the catchment area or inlet of the format device. In the paper run in front of the format device, the third strip of material, in particular over the entire surface, is glued and wound on impact around the tubular strand, ie after the tubular strand has already been produced. Here, the abutting edges of the impact of the third material strip are at least offset from the abutting edge of the second material strip. The third strip of material may be of a different material than the first and second strips of material. For example, the third strip of material may be paper, foil, crimped paper, electrically conductive material or tobacco foil.

It would also be possible to use a two-stranded filtration apparatus to produce a coaxial filter from the two-ply tubular tubing. One filter tow strand is then placed around the two-ply tubular strand and the other filter tow strand is inserted into the tubular strand. Thus, after a suitable cutting into double-layered tubes Coaxial filters are produced. For this purpose, for example, an anchoring seam in the form of an adhesive is applied to the manufactured tubular strand of double-layered material strips, so that the filter tow also holds on the tubular strand. In the production of the coaxial filter, the first filter material and the second filter material may be different from each other.

Preferably, a double-layered tube, described above as being preferred or preferred according to the present invention, is used as a mouth-side end or center between two filter segments of a filter of a filter cigarette or filter of a rod-shaped article of the tobacco processing industry. Here, a rod-shaped article of the tobacco-processing industry is understood in particular to be a cigarette or filter cigarette but also a cigarillo, a cigar, a HnB product (heat not burn) or an e-cigarette.

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

Fig. 1

eine schematische Schnittdarstellung durch einen doppellagigen Materialstreifen in einer Schnittebene quer zur Längsachse der Materialstreifen,

Fig. 2

ein entsprechend hergestelltes erfindungsgemäßes doppellagiges Röhrchen in einer schematischen Schnittdarstellung,

Fig. 3

eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Hohlfilterstrangs in schematischer Darstellung,

Fig. 4

eine schematische Schnittdarstellung durch eine erfindungsgemäße Strangformungsvorrichtung in einer ersten Ausführungsform,

Fig. 5

eine schematische Schnittdarstellung durch eine erfindungsgemäße Strangformungsvorrichtung in einer zweiten Ausführungsform,

Fig. 6

eine schematische Schnittdarstellung einer erfindungsgemäßen Strangformungsvorrichtung gemäß Fig. 5, allerdings an einer anderen Schnittposition und

Fig. 7

eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von doppellagigen Rohren oder alternativ Filtersträngen oder Zigarettensträngen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie in einer weiteren Ausführungsform in schematischer Darstellung.

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

Fig. 1

a schematic sectional view through a two-ply strip of material in a sectional plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the strips of material,

Fig. 2

a correspondingly produced inventive two-layered tube in a schematic sectional view,

Fig. 3

a device according to the invention for producing a hollow filter strand in a schematic representation,

Fig. 4

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view through a strand forming device according to the invention in a first embodiment, FIG.

Fig. 5

FIG. 2 a schematic sectional view through a strand forming device according to the invention in a second embodiment, FIG.

Fig. 6

a schematic sectional view of a strand forming device according to the invention according to Fig. 5 , but at a different cutting position and

Fig. 7

a device according to the invention for the production of double-layered tubes or alternatively filter strands or cigarette rods of the tobacco-processing industry in a further embodiment in a schematic representation.

In the drawings, the same or similar elements and / or parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that apart from a new idea each.

Fig. 1 shows in a schematic sectional view transversely to the longitudinal axis of two strips of material 11 and 12, the state of the first strip of material 11 and the second strip of material 12, after they have been joined together. It can be seen here that the first material strip 11 has on its upper side a position adhesive 17, for example a glue. Positioned on the position adhesive 17 is the second material strip 12.

The first strip of material 11 has left and right edges 13 and 14 and the second strip of material 12 left and right edges 15 and 16.

It has also been made on the first strip of material 11 a Nahtbeleimung 18, which serves to provide with the right above the first strip of material 11 protruding part of the second strip of material 12, a bond. Seam gluing strips may also be provided, such as a suture gluing strip 18 on one side of the first strip of material 11 and another suture gluing strip on the opposite side of the strip of material 11. The gluing 17 may be made at the same time as the gluing 18 or as previously indicated in hindsight, prior to the formation of the tube or tubular strand, in a format device.

After passing through the format device results in this constellation, a double-layered tubular strand or after the cutting of this strand a double-layered tube, which in cross section in Fig. 2 is shown schematically. Here then lies the first material strip portion 11 in the interior, wherein the edges 13 and 14 are arranged at impact or with little distance from each other.

This abutting region 21 is radially out of alignment with the abutment region 20 of the second wrapping material strip 12. There, the edges 15 and 16 are also provided in abutment or at a small distance from each other. The gaps of the butt portions 20 and 21 may also be provided with an adhesive. In the case of Fig. 2 However, no adhesive is provided. In contrast to the prior art results in a better roundness, since an overlap of the edge 16, for example, with the second wrapping material strip 12 just not provided, but an alignment or a substantially circular outer contour.

By displacing the impact regions 20 and 21 in the circumferential direction, a very secure closure of the produced double-layered tube 10 is made possible. In addition, this is an increased stability of the double-layered Tube 10 achieved because the vulnerabilities of the individual layers are spaced apart.

The thicknesses of the first material strip portion 11 and the second material strip portion 12 to each other may be different or substantially equal. For different thicknesses, it is preferred if the outer material strip section, namely material strip section 12, is thinner than the first material strip section 11. Inventive and preferred thicknesses are described above.

Fig. 3 schematically shows an apparatus according to the invention for producing a hollow filter strand or double-layered tubes 10 of the tobacco processing industry. In this embodiment, several variants of the device according to the invention are shown simultaneously.

From a reel, not shown, a correspondingly wide base material strip 24 is withdrawn in the conveying direction 34 and directed over rollers 41. It is followed by a cutting device 23 to a Materialstreifenzuführvorrichtung 22 at. In the cutting device 23, the base material strip 24 is cut longitudinally. The cutting device 23 is a slitter.

The cut strips of material in the form of a first strip of material 25 and a second strip of material 26 are conveyed in parallel via a further deflection roller 41, in order then to be separated from each other by means of a transverse conveyor 32 in the form of a deflection roller. The second strip of material 26 is substantially completely glued after a further deflection by means of a gluing device 27, at least over the entire length. For example, this gluing device 27 may omit the area of a seam, but need not necessarily do so.

The first strip of material 25 is conveyed separately from the second strip of material 26 and by means of the offset device 29 in the transverse direction to Staggered conveying direction, so that in the train roller pair 28, by means of which a union of the first material strip 25 with the second material strip 26 happens, an offset superimposition of the material strips 25 and 26 is achieved. The strips of material are, for example, at this point as in Fig. 1 shown schematically.

Subsequently, a heating device 35 is provided, by means of which the applied glue or the applied adhesive 17 is precured. In the event that a seam gluing has already taken place, the superimposed strips of material 25 and 26 are fed to a formatting device 30. If the seam gluing has not yet taken place, this takes place by means of the seam gluing device 36, which is arranged between the heating device 35 and the format device 30.

In the format device, the inlet finger 44 presses the strips of material down onto the format strip 43, which is guided endlessly through the format device 30 via corresponding deflection rollers 41.

In the format device, the strips of material are converted into a round shape or an oval shape in a known manner. The upper format is designed here as a heated upper format 37 in order to further bind off the glue or the adhesive 17.

Subsequently, correspondingly double-layered tubes in the desired length can be cut off from the strand 31 thus formed by means of the cutting device 38.

Alternatively, it may be provided at this point that not yet tubes are cut to length, but the tubular strand 31 is introduced into a stranding machine 40.

For this purpose, on the one hand, it may be provided simply to introduce the manufactured tubular strand into the stranding machine 40 and to place it there with an in Fig. 3 not shown heating the adhesive on to harden. For this case, a very fast production of corresponding tubes 10, which are cut to length from the then finally cured strand in the stranding machine 40, is possible.

Alternatively, for example, a filter tow 46 may be formed from a filter trough processing apparatus disclosed in U.S. Pat Fig. 3 not shown, but in Fig. 3 would be arranged to the right of the device shown, are guided above the format 30 on the device according to the invention and fed by a Zugrollenpaar 42 in the conveying direction 47 of the stranding machine 40. The filter turr 46 may then be placed around the tubular strand 31, for example.

In order for the filter tow to rest on the tubular strand 31, an adhesive, for example also PVA, is applied to the tubular strand 31 by means of an anchoring seam device 45. In the stranding machine 40, a wrapping material strip may be correspondingly wound around the strand of an inner tubular strand and an outermost filter tow in a formatting device to produce a corresponding filter.

A matching filter has an inner tube 10 around which is disposed, on the outside, a filter tow 48 around which a wrapping material 49 is disposed.

The sizing device 27 and the seam sizing device 36 can be used as flat nozzles, spin-spray nozzles or according to FIG EP 2 974 798 A1 be educated. It is here preferably a two-dimensional application of adhesive or glue made.

The heater 35 may optionally be provided. This essentially serves for pre-curing or pre-curing of the adhesive.

For precise alignment of the paper webs relative to each other, in particular to adjust the correct offset in width, appropriate Sensors can be provided which detect the position of the edges of the strips of material. It can then be provided corresponding control mechanisms to regulate the position of the strips of material to each other.

For easier rounding, especially of thick papers or boards, a pre-bending of the strip of material can be done immediately before the format device or immediately after the slitter.

The double-layered tube may have an inner diameter of, for example, 3 mm to 8 mm.

Fig. 4 schematically shows a sectional view of a formatting device of a strand forming device according to the invention. The format device 30 has a sub-format 60, in which a compared to the prior art less wide format tape 43 is introduced. At the lower format 60 close up two support strips 61 and 62, which specify the outer contour of a strand to be formed in their inner surfaces 71 and 73. The inner surfaces 71 and 73 correspond to a kind of extension of the inner surface 70 of the size strip 43.

In addition, a cover strip 63, which is designed as a heating bar, is provided, which has an inner surface 72, which also has a corresponding curvature in the contour, through which the outer contour of the strand to be formed is predetermined. In the passage opening 56 of the format device 30, a tubular strand is shown as an example, which is formed from a first material strip 25 and a second material strip 26. In the embodiment of Fig. 4 is an upper format 64 of two support strips 61 and 62 and a cover strip 63 is formed.

The two support strips 61 and 62 have stops 65 and 66 which limit the transverse axial position of the format strip 43.

Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of a format device 30 a Sectional shaping device according to the invention in sectional view. A sub-format 60 is provided which is adapted to receive the size strip 43 and corresponding cover strips 74 and 75 are provided which have inner surfaces 71 and 73 which, together with the inner surface of the size strip 43, form a contour defining the passage opening 56 limit the format device 30. This cut by the format device 30 is located quite at the end of the first part of a format device 30, that is, in an upstream part of the format device. In a downstream part, the format device 30 may then be as in FIG Fig. 6 look like this. There is in addition to the support strips 61 and 62 nor a cover strip 63 is provided. These three elements then form the upper format 64. The cover strip 63 can serve, for example, for heating or cooling the strand formed so as to allow adhesive to set faster.

In Fig. 5 The cover strips 74 and 75 also serve as support strips 61 and 62 and have corresponding stops 65 and 66 in order to limit or stabilize the transverse axial position of the format strip 43.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of a strand machine according to the invention of the tobacco processing industry. Similar to in Fig. 3 a base material strip 24 is deflected over some deflection rollers 41, cut in a cutting device 23 and separated into a first material strip 25 and a second material strip 26. The second strip of material 26 is then preferably glued over the whole area with a corresponding gluing device 27 or seam gluing device 36 and superimposed, brought together and glued to it just before a size device 30.

The format device 30 has the features according to the invention, which in particular with respect to the 4 to 6 are described. Accordingly, a sub-format 60 is provided and an upper format 64. In the sub-format 60 is a format tape 43 which is in Fig. 7 not shown, introduced. The upper format 64 has flanking to the lower format 60th Stops 65, 66 to limit the transverse axial position of the format tape 43. It is thus formed in the conveying direction 55, a strand 31, which is transferred to a Zugformatvorrichtung 81. In the draw form device 81, a wrapping material strip 80, which is glued by means of a gluing device 27 ', is wrapped in this example. The Zugformatvorrichtung 81 pulls the strand formed 31 in the conveying direction 55th

Shown in Fig. 7 is forming a hollow tube as a strand 31. At the entry point of the format device 30, tobacco material or filter material can also be applied to the strip of material, so that a tobacco rod or a filter strand can be formed.

All mentioned features, including the drawings alone to be taken as well as individual features that are disclosed in combination with other features are considered alone and in combination as essential to the invention. Embodiments of the invention may be accomplished by individual features or a combination of several features. In the context of the invention, features which are identified by "particular" or "preferably" are to be understood as optional features.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

tube

11

first strip of material strip

12

second strip of material section

13

edge

14

edge

15

edge

16

edge

17

position adhesive

18

seam adhesive

20

joint area

21

joint area

22

Materialstreifenzuführvorrichtung

23

cutter

24

Base material strips

25

first strip of material

26

second strip of material

27, 27 '

gluing device

28

Zugrollenpaar

29

offset device

30

format device

31

strand

32

cross conveyor

34

conveying direction

35

heater

36

Nahtbeleimungsvorrichtung

37

heated upper format

38

Cutting device

40

rod machine

41

idler pulley

42

Zugrollenpaar

43

format tape

44

intake finger

45

Anchor suture application device

46

filter tow

47

conveying direction

55

conveying direction

56

Through opening

60

under format

61

supporting strip

62

supporting strip

63

Cover strip that can be designed as a heating bar or cooling bar

64

upper format

65

attack

66

attack

70

inner surface

71

inner surface

72

inner surface

73

inner surface

74

cover strip

75

cover strip

80

Wrapping material strip

81

Zugformatvorrichtung

Claims (15)

Method for producing a strand of the tobacco processing industry with the following process steps: Conveying a first material strip (25) having a first width and a second material strip (26) having a second width, Gluing at least the second strip of material (26), gluing in particular occurring over the entire surface or approximately over the entire surface, staggered merging of the first and second strips of material (25, 26) so that the first and second strips of material (25, 26) are superimposed and glued together, - forming the superimposed strips of material (25, 26) in a tubular strand (31), characterized in that for forming the superimposed strips of material (25, 26) in a tubular strand (31) in a longitudinal axial conveying direction (55) conveyed format strip (43) is only partially wound around the superimposed strips of material (25, 26), namely less than or equal to 70% and more than or equal to 30% of the width of the superimposed strips of material (25, 26). A method according to claim 1, characterized in that first a base material strip (24) in the longitudinal axial conveying direction (34) is conveyed and then the base material strip (24) longitudinally cut into the first material strip (25) and the second material strip (26). A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the format strip (43) is stabilized in its transverse axial position. Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that for closing the superimposed strips of material (25, 26) a formatbandfreie guide and shaping surface (71, 72, 73) in a format device (30) is provided. Method according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the strand (31) by a Zugformatvorrichtung (81) in the longitudinal axial conveying direction (55) is pulled, in particular around the strand (31) in the Zugformatvorrichtung (81) another Wrapping material (80) is wound. Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the strand (31) is a cigarette rod, a filter strand or a hollow tube. Strand forming device of the tobacco processing industry, in which in a format device (30) a format strip (43) in a conveying direction (55) is conveyed and in the conveying direction (55) increasingly about a longitudinal direction in the conveying direction (55) is bent, characterized in that the format strip (43) has a width which is 40% to 70% of a circumference of an inscribed contour, in particular at the output of the format device (30), a through hole (56) of the format device (30). Strand forming device according to claim 7, characterized in that the inscribed contour of the passage opening (56) is a circle or an ellipse. Strand forming device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the format device (30) has a lower format (60) for receiving the format strip (43) and at least one support strip (61, 62), wherein the support strip (61, 62) on the Sub-format (60) is arranged and at least one stop (65, 66) for the format strip (43), in particular two support strips (61, 62) are provided, each having a stop (65, 66) for the format strip (43). form. Strand forming device according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the at least one support strip (61, 62) has an inner surface (71, 73) which is designed to form a strand (30). Strand forming device according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the at least one support strip (61, 62) and / or a cover strip (63) is or are formed as an upper format (64). Strand forming device according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that a heating bar or a cooling bar, in particular as a cover strip (63), is provided. Strand forming device according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that the inscribed contour of an inner surface (70, 71, 72, 73) of the format strip (43) and the at least one support strip (61, 62) and in the event that a cover strip (63) is provided, an inner Surface (72) of the cover strip (63), in particular at the output of the format device (30), the shape of the strand (31) pretends. Extrusion machine of the tobacco processing industry with a strand forming device according to one of claims 7 to 13. A stranding machine according to claim 14, characterized in that in the conveying direction (55) of the strand (31) downstream of the strand-forming device a Zugformatvorrichtung (81) is provided.

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