A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES

• Main Authors: SIKORA, Leszek, CIESLIKOWSKI, Bartosz
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 31.05.2017
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS

The system for manufacturing rod-like articles, comprising a first measuring unit (5) for measuring at least one quality parameter of the manufactured rod-like articles (7), which measures with a first measuring accuracy, whereas the said quality parameter has a predefined range of acceptable values of the parameter, a device for dividing a stream of the rod-like articles into a first stream including the rod-like articles having said at least one quality parameter which falls within the range of the acceptable values of the parameter and into a second stream of the rod-like articles, having the said at least one quality parameter which does not fall within the range of the acceptable values of the parameter, a first transferring device (22), which receives the first stream of the rod-like articles and transfers this stream as an output stream of the rod-like articles manufacturing system, wherein it is moreover equipped with a device for a repeated inspection of the said quality parameter, including a measuring conveyor (17) which receives the second stream of the rod-like articles and a second measuring unit (24) which effects a repeated measurement of the said quality parameter of the rod-like article with a second measuring accuracy higher than the first measuring accuracy of the first measuring unit, whereas the device for the repeated inspection of the said quality parameter belongs to the repeated quality inspection path, a second transferring device (25) which transfers the inspected rod-like article to the output stream of the rod-like articles on the first transferring device, when the result of the repeated inspection of the said at least one quality parameter for an individual rod-like article falls within the range of the acceptable values of the said parameter.