EP3576553B1 - Verfahren und system zur herstellung von mehrsegmentigen stabartigen artikeln der tabak verarbeitenden industrie - Google Patents

Verfahren und system zur herstellung von mehrsegmentigen stabartigen artikeln der tabak verarbeitenden industrie Download PDF

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EP3576553B1
EP3576553B1 EP18711684.3A EP18711684A EP3576553B1 EP 3576553 B1 EP3576553 B1 EP 3576553B1 EP 18711684 A EP18711684 A EP 18711684A EP 3576553 B1 EP3576553 B1 EP 3576553B1
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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
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1835—Multiple rod making devices
    • 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
    • A24C5/32—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
    • A24C5/345—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
    • 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
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/28—Cutting-off the tobacco rod
    • 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
    • A24C5/475—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for composite 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
    • A24D3/0229—Filter rod forming processes
    • 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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  • the object of the invention is a method and a system for manufacturing of multi-segment articles of the tobacco industry.
  • articles for smokers In the tobacco industry, articles for smokers, generally rod-like articles, containing a tobacco or a material formed from by tobacco processing are manufactured, whereas the articles for smokers are usually provided with a filter tip.
  • a filter tip may be made of one kind of filter material or of multiple different filter materials, and its task is to filter the smoke or to transmit the aerosol which is generated in such articles.
  • the articles for smokers are most frequently manufactured on machines on which a continuous rod containing the said tobacco and/or filter elements is formed, after which such continuous rod is cut by means of a cutting head into semi-finished rods which usually have a double length and are cut into two semi-finished parts, i.e. two semi-finished articles, in further manufacturing operations on a filter tipping machine.
  • the filter tipping machine is known among others from the patent US5054346A and from the patent application DE3706753A1 .
  • the cut semi-finished articles are axially parted, and filter-tip rods of a double length are placed between them.
  • the filter-tip rods may be made of a filter material or of a tube-shaped material. After sticking a section of the wrapping material on the end piece of each semi-finished smoking article (each element of the smoking article) and the double filter-tip rod, the rod created in such a way, being a double smoking article, is cut into two individual finished articles.
  • the filter tipping machine feeds the wrapping material sections continuously, i.e.
  • the object of the invention is a method for manufacturing of multi-segment rod-like articles of the tobacco industry in an apparatus for the manufacturing of multi-segment or segment rods comprising the steps of: feeding rod-like segments of at least one kind constituting a multi-segment rod-like article; putting together rod-like segments in a segments train on a wrapping material; manufacturing a continuous segment or multi-segment rod containing the rod-like segments wrapped by the wrapping material, whereas the segments are pushed together or cavities are left between the segments; and cutting the continuous segment or multi-segment rod into multi-segment or segment rods containing any combination of rod-like segments, double rod-like segments and halves of rod-like segments, whereas at the time of cutting of the continuous multi-segment rod the multi-seament or the segment rods move in a longitudinal direction; then changing conveying direction of the multi-segment or the segment rod from the longitudinal direction to a transverse direction, and fixing the end segments to the multi
  • the method of manufacturing is characterised in that after the change of the conveying direction of the multi-segment or the segment rod from the longitudinal direction to the transverse direction, and before fixing the end segment, a step of checking a quality the manufactured multi-segment or the segment rods is performed at a measuring unit and defective multi-segment or the segment rods are rejected, next feeding the multi-segment or the segment rods into a compensation unit for storing multi-segment or the segment rods and for compensating the rejection of multi-segment or the segment rods, and then feeding the multi-segment or the segment rods from the compensation unit to the end segment fixing apparatus so that the end segment fixing apparatus is continuously fed with multi-segment or the segment rods.
  • the method according to the invention is characterised in that before feeding the multi-segment or segment rods to the measuring unit a step of checking quality of the multi-segment or segment rods is performed at the multi-segment or segment rod manufacturing apparatus, and rejecting defective multi-segment or segment rods.
  • the object of the invention is a production system for the manufacture of multi-segment rod-like articles comprising: an apparatus for manufacturing multi-segment or segment rods comprising rod-like segments of at least one kind or double rod-like segments or halves of rod-like segments delivered and conveyed in a longitudinal direction, whereas the segments in a continuous multi-segment or segment rod from which the multi-segment or the segment rods are cut are pushed together or cavities are left between the rod-like segments; an apparatus for changing the conveying direction of the multi-segment or the segment rod from the longitudinal to a transverse direction; a measuring unit for checking the quality of manufactured multi-segment or segment rods; a rejection unit for rejecting defective multi-segment or segment rods; and an end segment fixing apparatus adapted to manufacture multi-segment rod-like articles by fixing the end segments to the multi-segment or segment rods conveyed in the transverse direction.
  • the production system is characterised by comprising a compensation unit for storing multi-segment or segment rods, situated between the measuring unit and the end segment fixing apparatus, adapted to compensate the rejection of multi-segment or segment rods so that the end segment fixing apparatus is continuously fed with the multi-segment or segment rods.
  • the system according to the invention is characterised in that the multi-segment or the segment rod manufacturing apparatus is provided with a measuring unit and a rejection unit for rejecting defective segment or multi-segment rods.
  • the term 'rod-like segment' and 'segment' may refer to a segment having a final length which will not be divided, a segment which will be divided at a later production stage and a segment which has been previously divided.
  • the expression 'continuous segment rod' means a continuous rod comprising segments or double segments of at least one kind.
  • the expression 'continuous multi-segment rod' means a continuous rod comprising segments or double segments of at least two kinds.
  • the expression segment rod' means a rod comprising one segment, a half of a segment or a double segment.
  • the expression 'multi-segment rod' means a rod comprising at least two segments of different kinds, halves of such segments or such double segments.
  • the expression 'multi-segment article' means an article comprising at least two segments of different kinds, halves of such segments or such double segments.
  • a production system 1 for manufacturing multi-segment rod-like articles shown in Fig. 1 comprises a multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 and an end segment fixing apparatus 3, whereas in particular the end segment may be a filter tip segment in the manufactured multi-segment rod-like articles.
  • the multi-segment rods manufactured by the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 comprise segments which in whole or after being cut will constitute a part of the multi-segment rod-like articles manufactured by the production system 1.
  • the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 may be a modular apparatus, whereas the number of modules depends on the number of rod-like segments of which the manufactured multi-segment rods consist.
  • the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 may be provided with two feeding modules 2A and 2B for the feeding with two kinds of rod-like segments of the types A and B.
  • the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 may be provided with feeding modules 2A, 2B and 2C for the feeding with three kinds of rod-like segments (rod-like elements) of the types A, B and C, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1 .
  • the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 may be any multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus, also an apparatus for manufacturing multi-segment rods consisting of a greater number of rod-like segments.
  • the apparatus 2 is an apparatus manufacturing multi-segment rods in the linear technology, at first forming a continuous multi-segment rod CR which is subsequently cut into individual multi-segment rods 6, fed in a longitudinal direction T1.
  • the end segment fixing apparatus 3 is an apparatus at which the rods are conveyed in a transverse direction T2.
  • the production system 1 described above may work in a similar way when the apparatus 2 is provided with one feeding module and is adapted to manufacture segment rods of continuous segment rods comprising segments of one kind.
  • Fig. 2 shows a fragment of the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 adapted to manufacture multi-segment rods 6 of the continuous multi-segment rod CR comprising rod-like segments of types A, B and C.
  • the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 is provided with a forming unit 4 designed to form the continuous multi-segment rod CR.
  • the forming unit 4 comprises wrapping elements designed to wrap the wrapping material 7 and a head designed to feed the glue.
  • Example rod-like segments of the types A, B and C are placed in a fixed sequence on a strip of the wrapping material 7 and are wrapped in the wrapping material 7 so as to manufacture the continuous multi-segment rod CR in which the rod-like segments of the types A, B and C are arranged coaxially one after another.
  • the segments of the types A, B and C may be arranged both without and with gaps between the segments.
  • segments in the continuous segment rod may also be arranged both without and with gaps so that unfilled cavities in finished rod-like articles are formed between the segments.
  • Fig. 3 shows an example sequence of a train ST of rod-like segments of the types A, B and C in the apparatus 2 for manufacturing multi-segment rods 6.
  • the continuous multi-segment rod CR moving in a longitudinal direction T1 is cut by means of a cutting head 5 into multi-segment rods 6 shown in Fig. 4 .
  • the multi-segment rods 6 comprise such quantity of rod-like segments of the types A, B and C which is necessary to manufacture at least two finished multi-segment rod-like articles 25 shown in Fig. 5 , thus they are semi-finished products.
  • the multi-segment rod 6 consists of two halves of a segment of the type A, two segments of the type B and a segment of the type C.
  • the multi-segment rod manufacturing apparatus 2 may be provided with a not shown measuring unit designed to check the quality of the manufactured multi-segment rods 6 and a rejection unit designed to reject defective multi-segment rods 6.
  • a multi-segment rod-like article 25 manufactured by the production system 1 comprises rod-like segments of the types A, B, C and D, whereas the end segment of the type D is attached in the end segment fixing apparatus 3.
  • An example multi-segment rod-like article 25 consists of a half of a rod-like segment of the type A, a rod-like segment of the type B, a half of a rod-like segment of the type C and a half of the end segment of the type D.
  • the rod-like segment of the type A may be designed for being lit, and the material contained in it, after being lit, may be used to heat the adjoining rod-like segment of the type B being an element generating an aerosol.
  • the rod-like segment of the type C contains a tobacco material.
  • the end segment of the type D is a filter-tip segment.
  • the end segment of the type D may be a filtering element or a tube-shaped element.
  • a transferring apparatus 8 designed to change the movement direction of the multi-segment rods 6 from the longitudinal direction T1 to the movement in a transverse direction T2 ( Fig.1 ).
  • the transferring apparatus 8 accomplishing such function is known for example from the patent US 3,567,011 wherein the tobacco rods being cut off are transferred to the grooves of the drum conveyor.
  • the transferring apparatus 8 is also known from the American patent US 4,465,083 .
  • the multi-segment rods 6 flow from the transferring apparatus 8 to the measuring unit 9 in the form of a stream 11 of individual multi-segment, rods 6 manufactured on the apparatus 2.
  • the stream 11 flows from the drum conveyor 10 belonging to the transferring apparatus 8 to the measuring unit 9 in which the multi-segment rods 6 may be transferred in the grooves of the drum conveyors.
  • Any measuring device may be used in the measuring unit 9, for example the measurement by means of X-radiation may be used.
  • the defective multi-segment rods 6 are rejected by means of the rejection unit 9A rejecting defective multi-segment rods 6; the rejection of defective multi-segment rods 6 was designated as a stream 12 of rejected rods which have failed the quality check.
  • the rejection of defective multi-segment rods 6 may take place for example by means of compressed air which may throw defective multi-segment rods out of the grooves of the drum conveyor.
  • the multi-segment, rods 6 of good quality are transferred to a compensation unit 13 in the form of a flow 14, whereas the flow 14 may be a stream of individual multi-segment rods 6 or a mass flow of the multi-segment rods 6.
  • the multi-segment rods 6 are further transferred to the end segment fixing apparatus 3, whereas the flow 15 may be a stream of individual multi-segment rods 6 as well as a mass flow of the multi-segment rods 6.
  • the multi-segment rods 6 are fed onto the first drum conveyor 16 in the end segment fixing apparatus 3, whereas the feeding takes place continuously, i.e.
  • the multi-segment rods 6 may be fed in the form of a mass flow feeding the storage container 19 from which the multi-segment rods are delivered to the grooves of the drum conveyor 16.
  • the drum conveyor 16 receiving the multi-segment rods 6 from the storage container 19 may be doubled.
  • Fig. 4b shows the end segment fixing apparatus 3 provided with two drum conveyors 16, 16' and two storage containers 19, 19' receiving the mass flow 15.
  • the multi-segment rods 6 pass trough successive stages of the process as a result of which finished multi-segment rod-like articles 25 are manufactured.
  • the flow 18 of multi-segment rod-like articles 25 from the last drum conveyor 17 may be transferred for example to the packer.
  • the flow 18 may have the form of a stream of the individual rod-like articles 25 or the form of a mass flow of the rod-like articles 25.
  • the compensation unit 13 and the end segment fixing apparatus 3 the multi-segment rods 6 and the multi-segment rod-like articles 25 are conveyed in the transverse direction T2.
  • the course of the process taking place in the end segment fixing apparatus 3 was illustrated in a simplified way in Fig. 7 with reference to the multi-segment rod-like article 25.
  • the multi-segment, rods 6 are centred in order to determine the centres of the multi-segment rods 6 in one plane and cut into two parts 6A by means of a rotary knife 20, which was shown in Fig. 5 in Section a.
  • the cut halves of the multi-segment rod 6 are elements 6A of the rod-like article which are coaxially parted, for example according to the solution disclosed in the patent US 7,296,579 B1 and shown in Fig.5 in Section b.
  • the multi-segment rod-like articles 25 formed as a result of cutting of the double rods 23 move in two streams S1 and S2.
  • the streams S1 and S2 may be joined as disclosed in the patent US4090602A and transferred further in the form of one stream S on the drum conveyor 44 to the outlet of the filter-tip segment fixing apparatus from where they will be collected and delivered, for example to the packer,
  • Fig. 6 shows a similar process as shown in Fig. 5 , whereas the continuous segment rod CR' comprises segments E which are spaced in such a way that between them an unfilled cavity V is situated.
  • the segment rod 6' comprises one rod-like segment E and two cavities with a length equal to a half of the cavity V
  • the multi-segment rod-like article 25' comprises a half of the end segment of the type D, a half of the segment of the type E and a cavity with a length equal to a half of the length of the cavity V.
  • the multi-segment rod-like article 25' has the form of a paper core provided with a two-segment filter.
  • Fig. 7 shows a similar process as shown in Fig. 5 , whereas the continuous segment rod CR" comprises segments F which are spaced in such a way that between them a cavity W is situated.
  • the segment rod 6" comprises two halves of a rod-like segment F and the cavity W, while the multi-segment rod-like article 25" comprises a half of the end segment of the type D, a half of the segment of the type F and a cavity with a length equal to a half of the length of the cavity W.

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  1. Das Verfahren zur Herstellung von mehrsegmentigen stabförmigen Gegenständen (25, 25', 25") der Tabakindustrie
    in einer Vorrichtung (2) zum Herstellen von Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstäben (6', 6"), umfassend die Schritte:
    Zuführen von stabförmigen Segmenten mindestens einer Art (A, B, C, E, F), die einen mehrsegmentigen stabförmigen Gegenstand (25, 25', 25") bilden;
    Zusammenfügen der stabförmigen Segmente (A, B, C, E, F) in einem Segmentfolge (SF) auf einem Umhüllungsmaterial (7);
    Herstellung eines Mehrsegmentstabes (CR) oder eines Endlossegmentstabs (CR', CR"), der die stabförmigen Segmente (A, B, C, E, F) enthält, die von dem Umhüllungsmaterial (7) umhüllt sind,
    während die Segmente (A, B, C, E, F) zusammengeschoben oder Hohlräume zwischen den Segmenten gelassen werden; und
    Schneiden des Mehrsegmentstabs (CR) oder des kontinuierlichen Segmentstabs (CR', CR") in Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstäbe (6', 6"), die eine beliebige Kombination von stabförmigen Segmenten (A, B, C, E, F), doppelte stabförmige Segmente (A, B, C, E, F) und Hälften von stabförmigen Segmenten (A, B, C, E, F), während zum Zeitpunkt der Schneiden des durchgehenden Mehrsegmentstabs (CR) oder des durchgehenden Segmentstabs (CR', CR") die Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) oder die Segmentstäbe (6', 6") bewegen sich in Längsrichtung (T1);
    Ändern der Förderrichtung der Mehrsegmentstabe (6) oder der Segmentstabe (6', 6") von der Längsrichtung (T1) in eine Querrichtung (T2), und
    Fixieren von Endsegmenten (D) an den Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder den Segmentstäben (6', 6"), die in der Querrichtung (T2) in einer Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3) befördert werden, die zum Herstellen von mehrsegmentigen stabförmigen Gegenständen (25, 25', 25") geeignet ist,
    ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    nach dem Wechsel der Förderrichtung des Mehrsegmentstabs (6) oder des Segmentstabs (6', 6") von der Längsrichtung (T1) in die Querrichtung (T2) und vor dem Fixieren des Endsegments (D) an einer Messeinheit (9) ein Schritt der Qualitätsprüfung der gefertigten Mehrsegmentstäben (6) bzw. der Segmentstäbe (6', 6") durchgeführt wird und defekte Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) bzw. Segmentstäbe (6', 6") werden abgelehnt,
    anschließendes Zuführen der Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder der Segmentstäbe (6', 6") zu einer Ausgleichseinheit (13) zum Lagern der Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) oder der Segmentstäbe (6', 6") und zum Ausgleichen der Abstoßung der Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder der Segmentstäbe (6', 6"), und dann
    Zuführen der Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder der Segmentstangen (6', 6") von der Ausgleichseinheit (13) zu der Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3), so dass die Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3) kontinuierlich zugeführt wird die Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder die Segmentstäbe (6', 6").
  2. Das Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass vor dem Zuführen der Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) oder der Segmentstäbe (6', 6") zu der Messeinheit (9) ein Schritt des Prüfens der Qualität der Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder der Segmentstäbe (6', 6") und ein Schritt des Aussortierens fehlerhafter Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstäbe (6', 6") an der Vorrichtung (2) zum Herstellen von Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstangen (6', 6").
  3. Produktionssystem (1) zur Herstellung von mehrsegmentigen stabförmigen Gegenständen (25, 25', 25"), umfassend:
    eine Vorrichtung (2) zum Herstellen von Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstäben (6', 6") mit stabförmigen Segmenten (A, B, C, E, F) mindestens einer Sorte oder doppelten stabförmigen Segmenten (A, B, C, E, F) oder Hälften von stabförmigen Segmenten (A, B, C, E, F), die geeignet sind, Segmente in einer Längsrichtung (T1) in einer kontinuierlichen Mehrsegmentstange (CR) oder Segmentstab (CR', CR"), und ferner angepasst, um Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder die Segmentstäbe (6', 6") zu schneiden und zusammenzuschieben oder Hohlräume zwischen den stabförmigen Segmenten (A, B, C, E, F),
    eine Vorrichtung (8) zum Ändern der Förderrichtung des Mehrsegmentstabs (6) oder des Segmentstabs (6', 6") von der Längsrichtung (T1) in eine Querrichtung (T2),
    eine Messeinheit (9) zur Überprüfung der Qualität von gefertigten Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstäben (6', 6"),
    eine Abtrenunngseinheit (9A) zum Abtrennen defekter Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) oder Segmentstäbe (6', 6"), und
    eine Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3), die so angepasst ist, dass sie mehrsegmentigen stabförmigen Gegenstände (25, 25', 25") herstellt, indem die Endsegmente (D) an den Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder den Segmentstäben (6', 6") befestigt werden, in Querrichtung (T2) gefördert,
    ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Messeinheit (9) und die Abtrenunngseinheit (9A) zwischen der Vorrichtung (8) zur Änderung der Förderrichtung des Mehrsegmentstabs (6) bzw. der Segmentstabs (6', 6") und dem Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3) angeordnet sind und
    dass das Produktionssystem (1) eine zwischen der Messeinheit (9) und der Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3), angepasst, um die Zurückweisung der Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) oder der Segmentstäbe (6', 6") zu kompensieren, so dass die Endsegmentbefestigungsvorrichtung (3) kontinuierlich mit den Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder die Segmentstäbe (6', 6") zugeführt wird.
  4. Das System nach Anspruch 3 ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung (2) zum Herstellen von Mehrsegmentstäben (6) oder Segmentstäben (6', 6") mit einer Messeinheit und einer Abtrennungseinheit zum Abtrennen fehlerhafter Segmentstäbe (6', 6") oder Mehrsegmentstäbe (6) versehen ist.
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