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EP1704785A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour la production d'articles de l'industrie du tabac - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour la production d'articles de l'industrie du tabac Download PDF

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EP1704785A1
EP1704785A1 EP06111657A EP06111657A EP1704785A1 EP 1704785 A1 EP1704785 A1 EP 1704785A1 EP 06111657 A EP06111657 A EP 06111657A EP 06111657 A EP06111657 A EP 06111657A EP 1704785 A1 EP1704785 A1 EP 1704785A1
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Fiorenzo Draghetti
Edoardo Soglia
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/28—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
    • 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
    • A24C5/31—Machines of the continuous-rod type with special arrangements coming into operation during starting, slowing-down or breakdown of the machine, e.g. for diverting or breaking the continuous rod

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  • the present invention relates to a method and to a system for the manufacture of tobacco products.
  • a conventional system of the type in question appears normally as a line comprising a plurality of machines linked one to the next in cascade.
  • such a line typically comprises a cigarette maker at the upstream end and, proceeding downstream along the feed direction followed by the products, a filter tip attachment machine, then a packer, a cellophaner for overwrapping packets, a cartoner by which packets are wrapped in multiples, and a further cellophaner or equivalent machine by which the cartons are overwrapped.
  • Such lines can also be equipped with temporary storage units or "buffers”, interposed between cascaded machines and serving to compensate any imbalances in output between these same machines, as well as allowing one machine to keep operating for a given period of time in the event of another machine connected directly to this same machine being shut down temporarily due to a fault or for maintenance purposes.
  • buffers temporary storage units
  • An example of the aforementioned situation would be that of a stoppage occurring on a line equipped with a cigarette maker and a filter tip attachment machine connected directly one to another.
  • a stream of tobacco particles supplied by one feed unit, and a continuous strip of paper supplied by another unit are directed into a garniture section along which the paper is wrapped progressively around the stream of tobacco to form a continuous cigarette rod.
  • the cigarette rod Emerging from one end of the garniture section, the cigarette rod is caused by the cigarette maker to advance along a predetermined feed path, passing through a succession of quality control devices and into a cutting station where it is divided up by a rotary cutter device into discrete cigarette sticks of prescribed length.
  • transfer means Operating downstream of the cutter device are transfer means by which the cigarette sticks are taken up and conveyed to the infeed of the filter tip attachment machine.
  • the filter tip attachment machine comprises a succession of rotating drums furnished with aspirating flutes accommodating the single cigarette sticks; as the sticks progress from the infeed to the outfeed stage of the machine, they are paired with respective filter plugs to form respective filter cigarettes.
  • a cut-off device operating between the garniture section and the rotary cutter will slice through the continuous cigarette rod and divert it away from the line so it cannot reach the filter tip attachment machine.
  • cut-off device The operation of the cut-off device will also be invoked in the event of the filter tip attachment machine being forced to shut down suddenly, due to a fault or for maintenance purposes.
  • a further example of the difficulty in question is afforded by the portion of the production line made up of the packer and the cellophaner.
  • a stoppage occurring at the cellophaner for whatever reason will in turn force a stoppage of the packer, resulting in loss of time and waste of wrapping materials and cigarettes alike, as the packets currently being assembled must be discarded before normal operation can be resumed.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for manufacturing tobacco products, by which the drawbacks described above can be minimized and eliminated.
  • numeral 1 denotes a system or line for manufacturing tobacco products, comprising a plurality of machines connected one to another.
  • the system 1 comprises a cigarette maker 2 turning out cigarette sticks 3, a filter tip attachment machine 4 turning out filter cigarettes, and a packer 5 turning out packets 28, to which the filter tip attachment machine 4 is connected by way of a cigarette buffer denoted 6.
  • the packer 5 is connected to a cellophaner 7 by which the packets 28 are overwrapped. Packets 28 emerging from the cellophaner 7 are directed into a cartoner 8 and assembled in multiple packs, which thereupon are conveyed to a further cellophaner or overwrapper 9 and enveloped in cellophane or paper.
  • the cigarette maker 2 is driven by a relative motor denoted 10, the packer 5 is driven by a motor denoted 11 and the cartoner 8 is driven by a motor denoted 12.
  • the motors 10, 11 and 12 are connected to a master control unit denoted 13.
  • sensing means 14, 15 and 16 associated respectively with the filter tip attachment machine 4, the packet cellophaner 7 and the carton overwrapper 9, such as will respond to a break in the operation of the relative machine by relaying a signal to the control unit 13.
  • the cigarette maker 2, packer 5 and cartoner 8 are definable, for reasons that will become clear in due course, as production machines turning out tobacco products, whilst the filter tip attachment machine 5, the cellophaner 7 and the overwrapper 9 are also definable as users of these same products.
  • the cigarette maker 2 is composed of a feed device 17 supplying tobacco particles, a feed unit 18 designed to gather and advance the particles in two streams 19, a feed unit 20 advancing a continuous strip of paper 21 decoiled from a roll 22, and a garniture section 23 along which two continuous cigarettes rods 24 are formed.
  • the outfeed end of the garniture section 23 is equipped with a cut-off device 25 by which the two continuous cigarette rods 24 can be severed and diverted toward a tobacco reclaiming device, not illustrated in the drawings.
  • quality control devices shown schematically as blocks denoted 26, and a rotary cutter 27 by which the two continuous rods 24 are divided up into cigarette sticks 3 of predetermined length.
  • the filter tip attachment or user machine 4, comprises a transfer unit 29 by which the cigarette sticks 3 are taken up and placed on a first drum or roller 30 of a plurality of rollers 31 furnished with aspirating flutes proportioned to accommodate the single sticks 3.
  • the cigarette sticks 3 are assembled with respective filter plugs 32 dispensed from a feed hopper 33, to form filter cigarettes 34.
  • ejector means 35 Located at a given point between the outfeed of the cigarette maker 2 and the infeed of the filter tip attachment machine 4, and more exactly between the rotary cutter 27 and the transfer unit 29, are ejector means 35 by which cigarette sticks 3 can be diverted into a recovery vessel shown schematically as a block denoted 36.
  • the cigarette maker 2 and filter tip attachment machine 4 are set in motion at a given operating speed by the respective motors, and the cigarette sticks 3 are directed by the transfer unit 29 onto the rollers 30 and 31 of the filter tip attachment machine 4, whereupon each successive stick 3 is fitted with a respective filter plug 32 to create a succession of filter cigarettes 34.
  • the control unit 13 in turn outputs a signal to the motor 10 of the cigarette maker 2, causing its speed to drop to a first level lower than normal operating speed.
  • a further signal is sent by the control unit 13 to the ejector means 35, which will proceed to divert the sticks 3 turned out by the cigarette maker 2 while operating at lower speed, directing them into the recovery vessel 36.
  • the master control unit 13 comprises time measurement means 37 serving to monitor the duration of the stoppage affecting the filter tip attachment machine 4, and comparison means 38 by which the duration of the stoppage monitored via the time measurement means 37 is compared with a predetermined reference value.
  • the master control unit 13 will generate an output signal piloting the motor 10 of the cigarette maker 2 to resume normal operating speed, and a further signal deactivating the ejector means 35.
  • the method is also applicable to other pairs of production and user machines making up the system 1.
  • control unit 13 receives a signal from the sensing means 15 and responds by generating output signals that will reduce the speed of the motor 11 driving the packer 5, as well as activating means 39 by which the packets 28 emerging from the packer 5 are ejected.
  • the aforementioned pair of machines might include a filter maker turning out plugs or composite filters, connected on the outfeed side to a user machine that could again be the filter tip attachment machine 4,
  • the method according to the present invention is especially advantageous when applied to the cigarette maker 1 and filter tip attachment machine 4 of the system 1.
  • the procedure is such that normal operation of the system 1 can be restored following a stoppage of the downstream machine 4 lasting no longer than a predetermined duration, without any need for manual operations on the cut-off device 25 as required in prior art systems.
  • the cigarette maker 2 similarly can be equipped with sensing means 40 designed to relay a signal to the master control unit 13 indicating the inactive state of the machine 2, whereupon the unit 13 will respond by executing exactly the same comparisons and functions as described above.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
EP06111657A 2005-03-24 2006-03-23 Procédé et dispositif pour la production d'articles de l'industrie du tabac Withdrawn EP1704785A1 (fr)

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