EP3510877A3 - Device and method for inspecting rod-shaped items for the tobacco industry - Google Patents

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EP3510877A3
EP3510877A3 EP19150463.8A EP19150463A EP3510877A3 EP 3510877 A3 EP3510877 A3 EP 3510877A3 EP 19150463 A EP19150463 A EP 19150463A EP 3510877 A3 EP3510877 A3 EP 3510877A3
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Akram El Jarad
Piotr KOLESNIKOFF
Manfred Folger
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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
    • A24C5/32—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
    • A24C5/3412—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes by means of light, radiation or electrostatic fields
    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/0295—Process control means

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  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)

Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung (32) und ein Verfahren in der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie zum optischen Prüfen von stabförmigen Artikeln (2). Die stabförmigen Artikel (2) sind jeweils eine Zusammenstellung aus mehreren Segmenten (6a..6e). Die Vorrichtung (32) umfasst ein Förderorgan (34) zur queraxialen Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel (2), welches eine Vielzahl von Aufnahmemulden (36) umfasst, in denen die stabförmigen Artikel (2) aufnehmbar sind. Die Vorrichtung (32) umfasst ferner eine Bilderfassungsvorrichtung (18), mit der die in den Aufnahmemulden (36) angeordneten stabförmigen Artikel (2) während der queraxialen Förderung erfassbar sind. Die Bilderfassungsvorrichtung (18) umfasst eine Kameraanordnung (14) mit einer Mehrzahl von Kameras (16a..16e) zur Bilderfassung, die in einer Längserstreckungsrichtung (A) der Aufnahmemulden (36) nebeneinander angeordnet sind. Die Kameras (16a..16e) umfassen ein entozentrisches Objektiv (4a..4e). Das Bildfeld (20a, 20b) der Kameras (16a..16e) umfasst jeweils einen zentralen Abbildungsbereich (22a, 22b), in dem das Objektiv (4a..4e) verzeichnungsfrei abbildet, der von einem Abbildungs-Randbereich (24a, 24b) mit größerer Verzeichnung umgeben ist. Die Kameras (16a..16e) sind derart angeordnet, dass die zentralen Abbildungsbereiche (22a, 22b) benachbarter Kameras (16a..16e) einander überlappen. Eine Verarbeitungseinheit (38) ist dazu eingerichtet, die von zumindest zwei Kameras (16a..16e) in den zentralen Abbildungsbereichen (22a, 22b) erfassten Bilddaten zu einem gemeinsamen Bild der Kameraanordnung (14) zu verrechnen.The invention relates to a device (32) and a method in the tobacco processing industry for optical testing of rod-shaped articles (2). The rod-shaped articles (2) are each a compilation of several segments (6a..6e). The device (32) comprises a conveying member (34) for the transverse-axial conveying of the rod-shaped articles (2), which comprises a plurality of receiving troughs (36) in which the rod-shaped articles (2) are receivable. The device (32) further comprises an image acquisition device (18) with which the rod-shaped articles (2) arranged in the receiving troughs (36) can be detected during the transverse axial conveyance. The image acquisition device (18) comprises a camera arrangement (14) with a plurality of cameras (16a..16e) for image acquisition, which are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction (A) of the receiving troughs (36). The cameras (16a..16e) comprise an entocentric objective (4a..4e). The image field (20a, 20b) of the cameras (16a..16e) in each case comprises a central imaging region (22a, 22b) in which the objective (4a..4e) images without distortion and which is separated from an imaging edge region (24a, 24b). surrounded with greater distortion. The cameras (16a..16e) are arranged such that the central imaging regions (22a, 22b) of adjacent cameras (16a..16e) overlap one another. A processing unit (38) is set up to calculate the image data captured by at least two cameras (16a..16e) in the central imaging regions (22a, 22b) to form a common image of the camera arrangement (14).

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