EP3481234A1 - Procédé de traitement de tabac, tabac traité et dispositif de l'industrie du tabac - Google Patents

Procédé de traitement de tabac, tabac traité et dispositif de l'industrie du tabac

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EP3481234A1
EP3481234A1 EP17734727.5A EP17734727A EP3481234A1 EP 3481234 A1 EP3481234 A1 EP 3481234A1 EP 17734727 A EP17734727 A EP 17734727A EP 3481234 A1 EP3481234 A1 EP 3481234A1
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tobacco
drying
tobacco material
extract
agglomerate
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Torsten Grigutsch
Peter Funke
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • A24B3/14—Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B15/00—Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
    • A24B15/18—Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
    • A24B15/24—Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by extraction; Tobacco extracts

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  • the invention relates to a method for processing tobacco material, treated tobacco material produced by such a method, as well as a device of the tobacco-processing industry for processing tobacco material.
  • tobacco dust and reject tobacco also accumulate during tobacco processing. In many cases, they are processed into reconstituted tobacco, for example tobacco foil. A corresponding method is apparent, for example, from DE 1 532 041. Accordingly, water and finely divided tobacco particles are mixed together, then brought into a predetermined shape and dried. Another method for the utilization of tobacco particles accumulating in a cigarette factory is disclosed in DE 1 767 340. Crushed tobacco is dissolved in water to provide an adhesive or binder useful for the recovery of tobacco particulates. an object of the invention, an alternative method of collecting tobacco material, an alternative processed tobacco material, and an alternative means of indicating to the tobacco processing industry to produce recycled tobacco material.
  • the object is achieved by a method for processing tobacco material, which is developed by the following steps:
  • the granular tobacco material produced by the said process is a very good alternative to conventional reconstituted tobacco, for example tobacco foil. It is also manufactured in a simple and efficient process.
  • the granular tobacco material is advantageously such that it can be used in cigarette making directly in the maker. Its density is comparable to that of finished tobacco blend.
  • the granular tobacco material is open-pored. It therefore not only has a relatively low density, but is also very receptive to flavorings. For this reason, it can be used for targeted taste control.
  • the tobacco material used as the starting material is in particular small tobacco material.
  • small tobacco material consists essentially during the production of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry, for example cigarettes, resulting tobacco waste. This is essentially cut tobacco and tobacco dust.
  • the tobacco material before it is mixed with the solvent, is comminuted.
  • the cut tobacco residues and tobacco leaf ribs produced during the production of tobacco products, for example cigarettes, are crushed into small tobacco material.
  • the step of bringing together the porous tobacco agglomerate with the dried solid components it is particularly provided that the two fractions are mixed together.
  • a homogeneous granular tobacco material is provided.
  • porous tobacco agglomerate is comminuted to a desired size or granulation.
  • extract is understood to mean the solvent into which the tobacco material is added and in which it is subsequently heated, including the constituents of the tobacco material which have been converted into this solvent by the tobacco material and correspondingly dissolved therein.
  • cellulose, starch and / or sugar is / are added before drying and agglomerating the extract.
  • a certain amount ratio is provided between the amount of extract mixed with these additives and the added amount or mass of cellulose, starch and / or sugar.
  • the solvent is water.
  • the tobacco material is also boiled out during the heating step. In other words, therefore, the tobacco material mixed with the water is heated to temperatures of at least approximately 100.degree. There are also provided temperatures which are above 1 00 C, for example, when the mixture is heated under pressure.
  • the flavoring ingredients from the tobacco material are converted to the solvent.
  • the duration of this process step is in particular between a few minutes and a few hours. For example, it is provided that the tobacco material is boiled in water or in an aqueous solution for several hours.
  • drying and agglomeration comprises the following further steps:
  • the step of drying and agglomerating comprises spray-drying the extract.
  • it becomes porous Tobacco agglomerate produced by spray drying.
  • a small-sized porous tobacco agglomerate is produced directly.
  • the step of comminuting the freeze-dried foamy tobacco material provided in the first-mentioned alternative method can therefore advantageously be dispensed with.
  • the dehydrated and dried solid components are mixed with the porous tobacco agglomerate to form a granular tobacco material.
  • this can be added directly, so without further treatment, the Thomastabak or tobacco blend in tobacco processing.
  • a possibly provided intermediate storage is not regarded as a further treatment and is provided as an option.
  • the object is further achieved by a treated tobacco material which is further developed by the tobacco material being prepared and granulated tobacco material produced by a method according to one or more of the aforementioned embodiments.
  • the tobacco material produced in this way has a similar density as tobacco blend on. It can therefore be easily added or added to the process of tobacco processing.
  • the granular tobacco material is suitable as a flavor carrier and can be specifically flavored enriched by the use of other flavorings or sauces. Its porous structure offers an ideal carrier matrix for such taste-bearing substances.
  • the object is further achieved by a device of the tobacco processing industry for processing tobacco material, this device being developed by:
  • a heatable container having a solvent supply device and a heater, the container being adapted to receive and heat the tobacco material present in the solvent,
  • a separation device adapted to separate solid components from the extract consisting of the solvent and the ingredients dissolved therein
  • an agglomerating apparatus adapted to dry and agglomerate the extract for producing a porous tobacco agglomerate
  • a drying device adapted to dry the solid components
  • a merging device for combining the tobacco agglomerate and the dried solid phase into a processed and granular tobacco material.
  • the tobacco industry has the same or similar advantages as those already mentioned with regard to the method of processing tobacco material, so that repetition should be avoided.
  • the device is easy to implement and offers an excellent result with efficient low design effort.
  • the device is characterized that it comprises a delivery device adapted to add cellulose, starch and / or sugar to the extract upstream of the agglomerating device.
  • the cellulose, starch and / or sugar promote foaming, especially during foaming of the extract to produce the foam.
  • the device of the tobacco processing industry is further developed in that the solvent supply device is adapted to supply water to the tobacco material as a solvent. Further, the heater and the heatable container are adapted to heat the tobacco material so that it is auskochbar or boiled. In other words, therefore, both the heating and the heatable container are adapted to heat the tobacco material including the solvent to a temperature of at least approximately 100 ° C. and in particular also to temperatures above it.
  • the agglomeration device comprises the following further units:
  • a frothing device adapted to produce a foam from the extract
  • a freeze-drying apparatus adapted to freeze-dry the foam
  • a crushing device configured to mill the freeze-dried foam to produce the porous tobacco agglomerate.
  • the agglomeration device is or comprises a spray-drying device.
  • This spray drying apparatus is adapted to atomize and dry the extract for producing the porous tobacco agglomerate.
  • the spray-drying apparatus is a drying tower, a fluidized bed, or a combination of these two units.
  • the frothing device is for example a whisk or stirrer, which is immersed in the heatable container, which is, for example, a bath or the like.
  • boiling solvent evaporates.
  • the concentration of the ingredients dissolved out of the tobacco material in the solvent increases. In other words, therefore, a concentration of the desired ingredients is carried out in the solvent.
  • the drying device comprises a drying and dewatering device, wherein the drying and dewatering device is adapted to mechanically dehydrate the solid components and freeze-dry the dehydrated solid components.
  • the mechanical dewatering is done for example by pressing or squeezing.
  • the device is advantageously developed in that it comprises a metering device which is adapted to add tobacco dust, sauces and / or flavorings to the extract upstream of the agglomeration device.
  • a metering device which is adapted to add tobacco dust, sauces and / or flavorings to the extract upstream of the agglomeration device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematically simplified flowchart of a method for processing tobacco material
  • FIG. 2 a) and b) further method steps of the method illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG.
  • FIG. 3 shows a device of the tobacco processing industry for processing tobacco material in a schematically simplified view
  • FIG. 5 micrographs of two particles of a porous tobacco agglomerate
  • FIG. 6 shows a further micrograph of a larger area of a detail of the surface of a particle of a porous tobacco agglomerate.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematically simplified flow diagram of a method for processing tobacco material.
  • the method as indicated by a downward arrow, for example, tobacco leaf material, ie. Tobacco leaf strips, whole tobacco leaves, committee tobacco, tobacco leaf ribs and / or tobacco dust supplied. It is also possible, for. B. incurred in the system cleaning Committee to feed the process as starting material.
  • the starting material is worked up conventionally, ie. solved, conditioned and mixed.
  • This tobacco material is cut or crushed in a first step (step S1). Subsequently, the shredded tobacco material is put into a solvent and heated therein (step S2).
  • a solvent for example, water is provided.
  • the tobacco material is in particular boiled out during heating, i. E. heated to a temperature of preferably at least approximately 100 ° C. It is further contemplated, for example, that during step S2, the tobacco material is heated together with the solvent to a temperature greater than 100 ° C, for example, when the process of heating in a closed vessel is under overpressure.
  • the method step S2 takes between a few minutes and a few hours. For example, the tobacco material is boiled in a bath for several hours, for example between one and four hours.
  • step S3 solid constituents are separated from an extract.
  • the extract consists of the solvent and the dissolved ingredients.
  • the solvent, including the ingredients dissolved therein, ie the extract, enters the left process branch, which is continued with process step S4.
  • Solid components such as tobacco fiber material get into the right process branch, which is continued with step S5.
  • the separation of the extract from the solid constituents in process step S3 takes place, for example, by means of a conveyor belt with a sieve belt.
  • the extract is concentrated and mixed according to the illustrated embodiment with other materials.
  • This addition is indicated by the horizontal and right arrow.
  • cellulose, starch, tobacco dust, sugar, sauces and / or flavorings are added to the extract. These are mixed with the extract, for example, in a heatable container in which a stirrer is, mixed and concentrated. Concentration occurs by evaporating excess solvent, especially water.
  • step S6 the extract for producing a porous tobacco agglomerate is agglomerated and dried.
  • the method step S6 is explained in more detail in connection with FIGS. 2a) and 2b).
  • the solid constituents are first mechanically dehydrated in method step S5 and freeze-dried in the subsequent method step S7.
  • the mechanical drainage is done for example by pressing.
  • the freeze-drying of the fiber fraction takes place, for example, in a drying chamber at a temperature of -2 ° C.
  • Both the dried solid components and the porous tobacco agglomerate are stored intermediately. This is done for the porous tobacco agglomerate in process step S8 and for the dried solid constituents in process step S9. Subsequently, the porous tobacco agglomerate and the dried solid components are combined to a prepared and granular tobacco material (process step S1 0).
  • the granular tobacco material is mixed with cut tobacco from the tobacco preparation, indicated by a horizontal arrow pointing to the right, in method step S 10.
  • the mixture thus provided can be fed directly to the further processing of the tobacco, for example a maker.
  • the prepared and granular tobacco material is mixed in step S1 0 with expanded tobacco and expanded rib section and / or with tobacco foil.
  • This process takes place for example in a mixing or Flavortrommel.
  • Fig. 2a) shows an embodiment of the known from Fig. 1 process step of drying and agglomeration (step S6). Namely, for drying and agglomerating the extract, spray drying takes place in process step S61. This takes place, for example, in a drying tower, in a fluidized bed or in a combination of both.
  • FIG. 2b shows further method steps S62 to S65, which form the process step of drying and agglomeration (step S6) shown in FIG. 1 according to a further exemplary embodiment.
  • the extract especially after this cellulose, starch and / or sugar was added, foamed in step S62. This takes place, for example, in a vessel in which a stirrer or mixer is located.
  • the foam thus produced is frozen (step S63).
  • the foam is then freeze-dried (step S64).
  • the thus prepared freeze-dried foam is comminuted in step S65 to provide porous tobacco agglomerate of the desired size or granulation.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 Particles of the freeze-dried foam or of the porous tobacco agglomerate are shown as microscopic images in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • 5 shows a micrograph of two particles of the tobacco agglomerate.
  • Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the porous surface of a particle of the tobacco agglomerate.
  • FIG. 3 shows a device 2 of the tobacco-processing industry for processing tobacco material, as is supplied to the method outlined in FIG.
  • the device 2 of the tobacco processing industry is set up in particular for carrying out such a method.
  • the device 2 comprises a heatable container 4, in which the preparing tobacco material 6 is added together with a solvent, for example water.
  • a solvent supply device 8 is provided, through which, for example, water is introduced into the container 4.
  • a heater 10 is provided for heating the tobacco material 6 and the solvent. The tobacco material 6 is boiled in the container 4 together with the solvent for, for example, several hours.
  • the separating device 14 comprises, for example, a conveyor belt with a screening belt.
  • the solid constituents then pass through the conveying path 1 6 to a drying device 1 8.
  • the drying device 1 8 is designed in particular as a drying and dewatering device. It is thus adapted to dehydrate the solid components mechanically, for example to press, and freeze-dry the dehydrated solids.
  • the dewatered and dried solid constituents 20 then pass via a conveying path 17 to a combining device 22.
  • the extract passes via the supply line 13 to an agglomeration device 24.
  • This is adapted to agglomerate the extract for producing a porous tobacco agglomerate.
  • the agglomeration device 24 is a spray drying device 26.
  • the extract is atomized and dried to produce the porous tobacco agglomerate.
  • the porous tobacco agglomerate 28 collects and is fed to the merging device 22 via a conveyor line 19.
  • the tobacco agglomerate 28, mixed with the dried solid components 20, is collected downstream of the merging device 22 in a container 30.
  • the storage container 30 so collects the processed granular tobacco material 32. Then it is mixed, for example, with cut tobacco from the tobacco preparation in a mixer, not shown, and fed to the further strand processing.
  • an optional metering device 46 is provided which is adapted to add tobacco dust, sauces and / or flavorings to the extract.
  • the possibility is created to specifically design the granular tobacco material 32 as a flavor carrier.
  • a feed device 34 is further provided upstream of the agglomeration device 24, in the supply line 1 3, a feed device 34 is further provided. This is designed to add cellulose, starch and / or sugar to the extract. This is particularly interesting for a device 2 of the tobacco processing industry, in which the agglomeration device 24 is designed as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the device 2 comprises as agglomeration device 24, a foaming device 36, which is adapted to produce a foam from the extract, which is supplied via the feed line 1 3 of the foaming device 36.
  • a foaming device 36 which is adapted to produce a foam from the extract, which is supplied via the feed line 1 3 of the foaming device 36.
  • a whirl or stirrer 38 is provided, which is rotated at high speed.
  • the frothing device 36 is followed by a freezer 40, which is set up to freeze the foam supplied by the frothing device 36 and via the feed line 1 3 '. Further downstream and through a further supply line 13 "connected to the freezer 40, a freeze-drying device 42 is provided For example, the previously frozen foam is freeze-dried at a temperature of -2 ° C.
  • the porous tobacco material thus obtained is exemplified in the micrographs of FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the freeze-drying device 42 is followed by a comminution device 44.
  • the freeze-dried foam passes through a further feed line 13 '' to it and the freeze-dried foam is comminuted to the desired size or granulation to produce the porous tobacco agglomerate 28.
  • the porous tobacco agglomerate 28 finally becomes that known from FIG Merging device 22 supplied.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de traitement de tabac (6), un tabac traité (32) et un dispositif (2) de l'industrie du tabac. Selon un procédé de traitement de tabac (6), le tabac est chauffé dans un solvant et des matières solides sont séparées d'un extrait composé de solvants et de constituants dissous dans ceux-ci. L'extrait est aggloméré et séché pour la production d'un agglomérat de tabac poreux (28), et les matières solides sont séchées. L'agglomérat de tabac poreux (28) et les matières solides séchées (20) sont réunis en un tabac traité et granulaire (32).
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