WO1985004714A1 - Improvements in or relating to the testing of tobacco firmness - Google Patents
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- TITLE IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE TESTING OF TOBACCO FIRMNESS.
- This invention relates to the testing of tobacco filling power and its object is to measure firmness of a cigarette tobacco stream.
- a typical test consists of placing a 50g sample of cut tobacco, equilibrated to a standard moisture content, in a vertical 60mm diameter cylinder and compressing it axially for 5 minutes with a freely moving piston of 3 kg. weight.
- the volume of the tobacco at the end of 5 minutes divided by the sample weight, i.e. the specific volume in ml/g, is known as the filling power.
- This method does not give a representative value of filling power when the same tobacco is used in cigarettes for two reasons:
- the cigarette is typically 8 mm diameter, so that strands that have a length of similar magnitude will produce different mechanical effect when contained in a cylinder of 60 mm diameter.
- the axial compression produces radial forces in the cylinder which inhibit free compression by the piston due to the friction between the tobacco and the cylinder walls.
- the filling power is not the most suitable measurement for a cigarette which is manufactured to a constant volume and weight, i.e. constant specific volume.
- a more relevant measurement is the long term firmness or residual radial pressure after a fixed time, when a fixed weight of cut tobacco has been compressed to a fixed cigarette volume.
- An object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for measuring the long term firmness or residual radial pressure of an elongate volume of cigarette tobacco or a cigarette rod.
- a method of measuring the firmness of a cigarette tobacco having elongate form comprising compressing a sample length of the tobacco transversely of the length thereof into a circular cross-section of cigarette reference size, measuring the compressed load (P) after a predetermined interval by which time the compressive load has levelled off, and ascertaining the load/area relationship which represents the desired residual radial pressure representing long term firmness.
- the test by applying load which tends towards a radial compression results in a more accurate assessment of the filling power.
- V is the specific volume or inverse of density
- K is the bulk modulus of elasticity of units N/m 2 per unit volumetric strain and is a measure of the firmness of the sample.
- V and K are sensitive to the shape of the sample and accordingly in the present invention the measurements are effected on a measurement volume which simulates the shape of a cigarette or preferably a plurality of cigarettes e.g., four.
- the sample preferably has a length corresponding to the length of several cigarettes e.g., 4 or 5 cigarettes, preferably about 300 mm.
- the invention further comprises an apparatus for carrying out this method comprising a) a first female die member having a U-shaped slot therein,
- a second male die member having a semi-circular sectioned groove therein capable of forming with said U-shaped slot a cavity of cylindrical section having a cigarette reference size, c) means to move the dies relative to each other between open and closed positions, and d) means to measure the force of compression between the dies.
- upper and lower dies are provided, the lower die is seated on load measuring cells connected to a common readout device and has a U-shaped groove into which the upper die is slidingly engaged, the upper die being vertically movable by a pair of screw devices that are connected together for simultaneous operatiorv and the movement being measured by a transformer device.
- FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus made in accordance with the invention
- FIGURE 2 is a sectional view of the cooperating dies of the apparatus with a dynamic model superimposed thereon.
- a frame 10 has a platform 11 on which two load cells 13, 14 are fixed e.g., Sangamo Weston Load cells D 96/50.
- a lower female die 16 rests on the cells 13, 14 and has a slot 17 the bottom of which has the transverse shape and size of one half of a cigarette and a length equal to three cigarettes.
- the slot has a tapered opening 18 at its upper end to facilitate entry of the tobacco sample.
- An upper male die 20 is shaped at its under edge with a semi-circular groove 21 corresponding transversely to the other half of a cigarette and of the same length as the lower die.
- the upper die is a flat rectangular member having a thickness nearly equal to the width of the U-shaped slot 17 so as to be slidable in it.
- the upper die 20 does not touch the sides of the slot 17 so as not to affect the loading measurement.
- the upper die is fixed to the lower ends of two stems 23, 24 of screw devices 25, 26 operable by thumb screws 27, 28 which are connected together by a belt 30 which is preferably a toothed belt so that they provide a parallel vertical motion to the upper die 20.
- the cells 13, 14 are connected to a digital readout 31.
- the upper die 20 is also connected to the stem 33 of a linear variable displacement transformer 34 which is carried by a part 10A of the frame 10 and is., connected to a multimeter 35.
- the compression load on the tobacco is measured by the cells 13, 14 and displayed on the digital readout 31 (e.g., Sangamo C44) in Newtons.
- the relative vertical displacement between the upper and lower dies is sensed by the linear variable displacement transformer 34 which transduces displacement to d.c. voltage which is displayed on the multimeter 35.
- Tobacco behaves according to the model as shown in FIGURE 2.
- the force is proportional to piston velocity (Newtons/unit velocity) and in the springs K e and K r the force is proportional to displacement (New tons/unit displacement).
- the viscous dashpots decrease their viscosity as the moisture content of the tobacco increases. So that at low moistures the dashpots resist motion and firmness is predominantly the finger firmness determined by spring rate K e . At high moistures, the dashpots are soft and firmness is predominantly the residual firmness determined by the lower rate spring K r .
- a fixed weight m of equilibrated tobacco filler T equivalent to four or five cigarettes is spread into the lower die 16 and the upper die 20 is lowered until the tobacco is compressed into a cylindrical cigarette shape of diameter D, typically 8 mm .
- the vertical force P on the lower die has substantially levelled off and is read.
- This force represents the residual force in springK r .
- the residual force P can be used as a comparative measurements for a fixed die size and fixed weight of tobacco. By dividing the measurement by the projected area A of the cylinder the residual radial pressure of the filler is obtained.
- the upper die 20 is then given a small further displacement of approx. 1% of diameter, i.e. typically 8u and the additional force P noted.
- the force divided by the displacement D gives the spring rate of K E .
- the measurement P can be used as a comparative measurement for a fixed die size, weight of tobacco and small displacement.
- the small displacement results in a small change A x D in the volume v of the cigarette
- Finger firmness finger elasticity x V
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Abstract
A method of measuring the firmness of a mass of cigarette tobacco having elongate form comprising compressing a sample length of the tobacco transversely of the length thereof into a circular cross-section of cigarette reference size, measuring the compressed load (P) after a predetermined interval by which time the compressive load has levelled of, and ascertaining the load/area relationship which represents the desired residual radial pressure representing long term firmness. An apparatus for measuring the firmness of a cigarette tobacco comprises a first female die member (16) having a U-shaped slot (17) therein, a second male die member (20) having a semi-circular sectioned groove (21) therein capable of forming with said U-shaped slot a cavity of cylindrical section having a cigarette reference size, means (23-30) to move the dies relative to each other between open and closed positions, and means (13, 14) to measure the force of compression between the dies.
Description
TITLE: IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE TESTING OF TOBACCO FIRMNESS.
This invention relates to the testing of tobacco filling power and its object is to measure firmness of a cigarette tobacco stream.
During the manufacture of cut tobacco or 'filler' formaking cigarettes, it is necessary to make measurements of the cut tobacco to predict the firmness of the cigarettes that will be made from it so that the manufacturing process can be controlled. The usual measurement is filling power. In the known cylinder volume method for testing the filling power of cut tobacco, a typical test consists of placing a 50g sample of cut tobacco, equilibrated to a standard moisture content, in a vertical 60mm diameter cylinder and compressing it axially for 5 minutes with a freely moving piston of 3 kg. weight. The volume of the tobacco at the end of 5 minutes divided by the sample weight, i.e. the specific volume in ml/g, is known as the filling power.
This method does not give a representative value of filling power when the same tobacco is used in cigarettes for two reasons:
First, the cigarette is typically 8 mm diameter, so that strands that have a length of similar magnitude will produce different mechanical effect when contained
in a cylinder of 60 mm diameter.
Second, the axial compression produces radial forces in the cylinder which inhibit free compression by the piston due to the friction between the tobacco and the cylinder walls. Furthermore, the filling power is not the most suitable measurement for a cigarette which is manufactured to a constant volume and weight, i.e. constant specific volume. A more relevant measurement is the long term firmness or residual radial pressure after a fixed time, when a fixed weight of cut tobacco has been compressed to a fixed cigarette volume.
An object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for measuring the long term firmness or residual radial pressure of an elongate volume of cigarette tobacco or a cigarette rod.
It is also desirable to be able to predict the short term firmness or finger firmness, i.e. the immediate radial pressure for a given small displacement or squeeze, as sensed by the smoker.
According to the present invention a method of , measuring the firmness of a cigarette tobacco having elongate form comprising compressing a sample length of the tobacco transversely of the length thereof into a circular cross-section of cigarette reference size, measuring the compressed load (P) after a predetermined interval by which time the compressive load has
levelled off, and ascertaining the load/area relationship which represents the desired residual radial pressure representing long term firmness.
In the present invention the test by applying load which tends towards a radial compression results in a more accurate assessment of the filling power.
The principle involved is based on the parameters V and K where V is the specific volume or inverse of density and K is the bulk modulus of elasticity of units N/m2 per unit volumetric strain and is a measure of the firmness of the sample. The invention takes into consideration that V and K are sensitive to the shape of the sample and accordingly in the present invention the measurements are effected on a measurement volume which simulates the shape of a cigarette or preferably a plurality of cigarettes e.g., four.
The sample preferably has a length corresponding to the length of several cigarettes e.g., 4 or 5 cigarettes, preferably about 300 mm.
The invention further comprises an apparatus for carrying out this method comprising a) a first female die member having a U-shaped slot therein,
b) a second male die member having a semi-circular sectioned groove therein capable of forming with said
U-shaped slot a cavity of cylindrical section having a cigarette reference size, c) means to move the dies relative to each other between open and closed positions, and d) means to measure the force of compression between the dies.
In a preferred constructional form of the invention upper and lower dies are provided, the lower die is seated on load measuring cells connected to a common readout device and has a U-shaped groove into which the upper die is slidingly engaged, the upper die being vertically movable by a pair of screw devices that are connected together for simultaneous operatiorv and the movement being measured by a transformer device. The invention will now be further described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus made in accordance with the invention, and FIGURE 2 is a sectional view of the cooperating dies of the apparatus with a dynamic model superimposed thereon.
A frame 10 has a platform 11 on which two load cells 13, 14 are fixed e.g., Sangamo Weston Load cells D 96/50. A lower female die 16 rests on the cells 13, 14 and has a slot 17 the bottom of which has the transverse shape and size of one half of a cigarette
and a length equal to three cigarettes. The slot has a tapered opening 18 at its upper end to facilitate entry of the tobacco sample. An upper male die 20 is shaped at its under edge with a semi-circular groove 21 corresponding transversely to the other half of a cigarette and of the same length as the lower die. The upper die is a flat rectangular member having a thickness nearly equal to the width of the U-shaped slot 17 so as to be slidable in it. The upper die 20 does not touch the sides of the slot 17 so as not to affect the loading measurement.
The upper die is fixed to the lower ends of two stems 23, 24 of screw devices 25, 26 operable by thumb screws 27, 28 which are connected together by a belt 30 which is preferably a toothed belt so that they provide a parallel vertical motion to the upper die 20. The cells 13, 14 are connected to a digital readout 31.
The upper die 20 is also connected to the stem 33 of a linear variable displacement transformer 34 which is carried by a part 10A of the frame 10 and is., connected to a multimeter 35.
The compression load on the tobacco is measured by the cells 13, 14 and displayed on the digital readout 31 (e.g., Sangamo C44) in Newtons. The relative vertical displacement between the upper and lower dies is sensed by the linear variable displacement
transformer 34 which transduces displacement to d.c. voltage which is displayed on the multimeter 35.
Tobacco behaves according to the model as shown in FIGURE 2. In the dashpots r and c the force is proportional to piston velocity (Newtons/unit velocity) and in the springs Ke and Kr the force is proportional to displacement (New tons/unit displacement). The viscous dashpots decrease their viscosity as the moisture content of the tobacco increases. So that at low moistures the dashpots resist motion and firmness is predominantly the finger firmness determined by spring rate Ke. At high moistures, the dashpots are soft and firmness is predominantly the residual firmness determined by the lower rate spring Kr. In use, a fixed weight m of equilibrated tobacco filler T equivalent to four or five cigarettes is spread into the lower die 16 and the upper die 20 is lowered until the tobacco is compressed into a cylindrical cigarette shape of diameter D, typically 8 mm .
After approximately 10 minutes, the vertical force P on the lower die has substantially levelled off and is read. This force represents the residual force in springKr. The residual force P can be used as a comparative measurements for a fixed die size and fixed weight of tobacco. By dividing the measurement by the projected
area A of the cylinder the residual radial pressure of the filler is obtained.
The upper die 20 is then given a small further displacement of approx. 1% of diameter, i.e. typically 8u and the additional force P noted. The force divided by the displacement D gives the spring rate of KE.
The measurement P can be used as a comparative measurement for a fixed die size, weight of tobacco and small displacement.
Alternatively, the small displacement results in a small change A x D in the volume v of the cigarette, so the short term elasticity or finger elasticity can be described as the bulk modulus of elasticity K =Pxv It is natural that firmness will increase with bulk density, so a firmness index can be defined based on the specific bulk volume V = v or inverse of density valid for small changes in v or m.
Residual firmness = residual pressure x P x V = P V Joules/kg.
Finger firmness = finger elasticity x V
=VK Joules/kg.
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1. A method of measuring the firmness of a cigarette tobacco having elongate form comprising: a) compressing a sample length of the tobacco transversely of the length thereof into a circul ar cross-section of cigarette reference size; b ) m easuring the compres sed load (P ) af ter a predetermined interval by which time the compressive load has levelled off ; c) ascertaining the load/area relationship which represen ts the desired residual radial pres sure representing long term firmness.
2. A method as cla imed in Claim 1 , wherein after compression of the tobacco into said circular cross-section is maintained for said predetermined interval a further small corapressive displacement is made and the change in pressure and the displacement are measured, whereby the short term firmness (K) can be calculated from the formulaK= P/ D x v/A2 where P = change in" load, D = change in diameter of the sample , v = the volume of a cigarette, and A is the projected area of the cylindrical volume.
3. An apparatus for measuring the firmness of a cigarette tobacco comprising: a) a first female die member having a U-shaped slot therein; b) a second male die member having a semi-circular sectioned groove therein capable of forming with said U-shaped slot a cavity of cylindrical section having a cigarette reference size; c) means to move the dies relative to each other between open and closed positions; and d) means to measure the force of compression between the dies.
4. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 3, wherein means are provided to measure the relative displacement of the dies towards each other.
5. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 3 or 4, wherein said second die is arranged above said first die and the force measuring means comprise measuring cells which support said first die.
6. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 4, wherein said means for moving the dies relative to each other comprise a pair of screw devices.
7. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 6, wherein a belt is provided between said screw device to ensure that parallel vertical motion is imparted to the second die.
8. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 6 or 7, wherein said means for measuring the relative displacement of the dies comprises a linear variable displacement transformer mechanically connected to said second die.
9. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 5, wherein said first die is provided with tapered entry leading into the U-shaped slot to facilitate entry of the sample.
10. An apparatus as claimed in Claim 9, wherein the second die is a flat rectangular member having a thickness such as to provide a clearance on each side between the slot walls.
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