METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING RECONSTITUTED PLANT-BASED FILMS

• Main Authors: ASTOLPHE, Marcel, URIO, Mateus Barbian, IODICE, Bianca
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.07.2022
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; FIBROUS RAW MATERIALS OR THEIR MECHANICAL TREATMENT; HUMAN NECESSITIES; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING ORCHEWING; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SNUFF; TEXTILES; TOBACCO; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G

The present invention refers to a method and respective system for producing reconstituted vegetable strips, whose said process comprises of milling steps of the vegetable materials to achieve specific particle sizes between 10 to 200 MESH; mixture of cellulose fibers in an intensive mixer to 1 to 10 min; mixture of vegetable material to a binding compound added to the nanocellulose fibers; adding at least one humectant agent and water to the mixture; submitting the mixture to a shearing step through a pre-lamination system comprised of at least two linear and parallel lamination rollers; submitting a strip to a mixture in an intensive mixer for obtainment of an homogeneous mass; lamination of the mixture between at least two linear and parallel lamination rollers, obtaining a continuous strip with a specific thickness; drying the vegetable strip through its passage through a thermal chamber in a specific temperature, between 90°C and 900°C, through a conveyor belt; and cutting and final processing of the dry strip to obtain the final product.