EP2241204A1 - Dispositif d'ébarbage du tabac pour une machine à fabriquer les cigarettes - Google Patents

Dispositif d'ébarbage du tabac pour une machine à fabriquer les cigarettes Download PDF

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EP2241204A1
EP2241204A1 EP10157600A EP10157600A EP2241204A1 EP 2241204 A1 EP2241204 A1 EP 2241204A1 EP 10157600 A EP10157600 A EP 10157600A EP 10157600 A EP10157600 A EP 10157600A EP 2241204 A1 EP2241204 A1 EP 2241204A1
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trimmer
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paddle wheel
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Matthias Erdmann
Bernhard Jürgens
Andreas Schubert
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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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
    • A24C5/1842—Trimming devices

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  • the invention relates to a trimming device for trimming a fiber strand of a strand machine of the tobacco processing industry, with a spatial arrangement of at least two, in its outer region at least one pocket having Trimmerlismn for removing excess fibers from the fiber strand and for introducing sections of reinforcements in the fiber strand, and with at least one paddle wheel for removing excess fibers from at least one of the at least two trimmer discs.
  • a fiber strand may be a strand of tobacco fibers.
  • a stranding machine of the tobacco-processing industry may, for example, be a double-strand machine for the production of cigarettes or double-filter cigarettes.
  • the tobacco strand which is normally thickened with the aid of a suction strand conveyor, is trimmed with the aid of a trimming device, also called an equalizer.
  • the trim device is intended to set the cigarette weight ultimately desired in the finished cigarette by the abovementioned excess decrease of excess tobacco and at the same time make the above-mentioned head reinforcement.
  • the trimming device to the features mentioned above, wherein size and shape of the trimmer discs are dependent on the format of the cigarette ultimately desired.
  • the at least one pocket on the at least two trimmer discs is used - as already indicated above - to reinforce the edge ends or mouthpiece ends of the tobacco sticks, wherein the number of pockets in the arrangement or on the respective trimmer disk depends in particular on the tobacco rod length and on the type of head reinforcement can be chosen.
  • the paddle wheel for example, arranged below the trimmer discs beats or separates excess fibers from tobacco. In this case, the tobacco thus far separated, for example, via a return conveyor belt and a vibrating chute to the distributor back in a tobacco storage of the strand machine are returned.
  • the invention further relates to a method for controlling a trimming device for trimming a fiber strand of a strand machine of the tobacco processing industry, in particular for controlling a trimming device of the type mentioned.
  • a trimming device of the type mentioned is, for example, from the DE 38 37 201 A1 known which of the US 4,883,076 equivalent.
  • this known device for head reinforcement two arranged in a plane with the tobacco rod clamping disks are used, which serve as Trimmerusionn for excess removal of the tobacco rod and at their peripheries have pockets in which therefore an excess remains on the tobacco rod, so that later in the Compressing the strand leads to a more dense site.
  • the above invention can also be used for double-strand machines in which two trimming devices of the type mentioned in the introduction are used in order to be able to trim two fiber strands at the same time.
  • the two trimming devices can be arranged, for example, in quick succession along the respective fiber strands.
  • the use of two trimmers is known, for example, from the publication "30546: Trimming apparatus, research disclosure, September 1989 No. 305, Emsworth Design Inc., 121 West 19 Street, New York, NY 10011, USA".
  • Object of the present invention is to improve trim devices and methods of the type mentioned.
  • Embodiments of the present invention in particular the provision of an excess number of individual drives over the number of trimmer disks and paddle wheels in the arrangement, offer the particular advantage of being able to provide automatic calibration of the trimming device.
  • individual drives for the at least two trimming disks, the at least one paddle wheel and an adjusting device for adjusting the distance of the at least two trimmer disks to each other it is possible, for example by means of a corresponding electronic control fully automatic such calibration by simply controlling the corresponding Carry out individual drives.
  • the calibration or the synchronization of the trimmer discs to each other before calibration or synchronization or alignment of the paddle wheel is made to at least one of the trimmer discs.
  • embodiments of the invention offer the further advantages that thanks to the use of individual drives instead of machine drives, no oil, in particular no gear oil, is present in tobacco-near areas. Corresponding contaminations can therefore be completely excluded.
  • embodiments of the invention offer the considerable advantage that when the trimmer discs and / or the paddle wheel wear out, they can be readjusted or readjusted automatically, so that no manual readjustment is required.
  • a single drive for driving the at least two trimming discs and the at least one paddle wheel is provided, and a first further single drive for changing the spatial arrangement of the at least two trimming discs and the at least one paddle wheel is provided ,
  • the first further individual drive is designed as an adjusting motor and for changing the spatial arrangement is in operative connection with a first adjusting device for adjusting the distance of the at least two trimmer discs to each other.
  • the individual drives for driving the at least two trimming disks and the at least one paddle wheel can be operated independently of one another, in particular also be operated with different numbers of revolutions.
  • a second further individual drive for changing the spatial arrangement of the at least two Trimmerin and the at least one paddle wheel is provided.
  • the second further individual drive is provided for the at least one paddle wheel.
  • the second further individual drive for the at least one paddle wheel is designed as an adjusting motor and is in operative connection with a second adjusting device for adjusting the distance of the at least one paddle wheel to at least one of the at least two trimmer discs.
  • the at least two trimmer discs are arranged at an angle to each other.
  • the first and / or the second adjusting device allows a linear adjustment and / or an adjustment via a pivot point.
  • a control device which controls the trimming device at least with the individual drives for driving the at least two trimming disks and the at least one paddle wheel and the first further individual drive for changing the spatial arrangement of the at least two Trimmer discs and the at least one paddle wheel is in operative connection.
  • control device is in operative connection with all the individual drives of the trimming device.
  • control device is designed for performing an automatic calibration, with the automatic calibration of the at least two TrimmerIMOn to the at least one paddle wheel and / or the at least two Trimmerusionn, in particular the pockets of the at least two Trimmerusionn , is feasible to each other.
  • control device is designed for carrying out the automatic calibration process such that the automatic calibration of the at least two trimming disks to the at least one paddle wheel can be carried out only after the automatic calibration of the at least two trimmer disks relative to one another.
  • the control device executes an automatic adjustment of the at least two trimmer disks to one another depending on parameters predetermined by the control device, in particular parameters of a cigarette to be formed from the fiber strand.
  • control device is designed to execute an automatic adjustment process of the distance of the at least one paddle wheel to at least one of the at least two trimmer discs.
  • the automatic calibration of the at least two trimming disks to the at least one paddle wheel is performed only after the automatic calibration of the at least two trimmer disks to each other.
  • an automatic adjustment of the at least two trimmer disks relative to one another is performed as a function of parameters predetermined by the control device, in particular parameters of a cigarette to be formed from the fiber strand.
  • an automatic adjustment of the at least two trimmer disks relative to one another is carried out as a function of parameters predetermined by the control device, in particular parameters of a cigarette to be formed from the fiber strand.
  • Trimming device 19 shown schematically removes excess tobacco from the tobacco rod, which is then placed on a run in synchronism cigarette paper strip 21.
  • the cigarette paper strip 21 is withdrawn from a reel 22, passed through a printing unit 23 and placed on a driven format tape 24.
  • the format tape 24 transports the tobacco rod and the cigarette paper strip 21 through a format 26, in which the cigarette paper strip 21 is folded around the tobacco rod, so that still protrudes an edge which is glued by a Glimapparat, not shown in a known manner. Then the bond is closed and dried by a Tandemnahtplätte 27.
  • a thus formed cigarette rod 28 passes through a strand density measuring device 29, which the device 19th controls, and is cut by a knife apparatus 31 in double-length cigarettes 32.
  • the double-length cigarettes 32 are transferred from a transfer device 34 having a controlled arm 33 to a transfer drum 36 of a filter attachment machine 37, onto the cutting drum 38 of which they are divided into single cigarettes with a circular blade.
  • Conveyor belts 39, 41 promote excess tobacco in a arranged under the reservoir 4 container 42, from which the recycled tobacco is removed from the vertical conveyor 5 again.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic perspective view of the first embodiment 19 as a trimming device 19 of the invention, which in the in Fig. 1 shown cigarette rod machine 50 can be used.
  • trimming device 19 for trimming a fiber strand in, for example, the stranding machine 50 of FIG. 1 has a spatial arrangement of at least two, in their outer region in each case six pockets 60a, 60b having trimmer disks 62a, 62b for removing excess fibers from the fiber strand and for introducing sections of reinforcements in the fiber strand.
  • the trimmer device 19 further includes a paddle wheel 64 for removing excess fibers from the trimmer disks 62a, 62b.
  • Individual drives 66a, 66b, 67 and 68 are respectively provided for the two trimmer disks 62a, 62b and the paddle wheel 64.
  • the individual drive 66a drives the trimmer disk 62a, the individual drive 66b, the trimmer disk 62b, the individual drive 67 as adjusting motor, a first adjusting device 69, and the individual drive 68 drives the paddle wheel 64.
  • the individual drives 66a, 66b and 68 in particular a rotation of the trimmer discs 62a, 62b and the paddle wheel 64 is caused.
  • the first further individual drive 67 configured as an adjusting motor, a distance of the trimmer disks 62a, 62b, symbolically represented by the double arrow 70, is set or adjusted relative to one another via the first adjusting device 69, which is operatively connected to the individual drive 67.
  • the trimming device 19 of the FIG. 2 a second further individual drive 72, which, like the first further individual drive 67, is suitable for changing the spatial arrangement of the two trimmer disks 62a, 62b and the paddle wheel 68.
  • the second further individual drive 72 does not set the paddle wheel 64 in rotation but is designed as an adjusting motor in order to adjust the distance of the paddle wheel 64 from the paddle wheel 64 in operative connection with a second adjusting device 74 Adjust trim discs 62a, 62b.
  • the second further individual drive 72 can also be omitted and optionally replaced by a mechanical, ie non-motorized and non-automatic adjustment for height adjustment of the combination paddle 64 and single drive 68.
  • the paddle 64 in a manner to the trimmer discs 62, 62b adjust, the over or under speeds are made possible.
  • the individual drives 66a, 66b of the trimmer disks 62a, 62b are fastened to the stranding machine 50 via holders 76a, 76b.
  • the trimming device 19 has a control device 78 which is connected to the individual drives 66a, 66b, 67, 68, 72 for controlling the same via corresponding connection cables 80 (or alternatively, but not shown wireless).
  • the controller 78 is configured to perform an automatic calibration of the trimmer disks 62a, 62b to the paddle wheel 64 and the trimmer disks 62a, 62b to each other. During the calibration or synchronization of the trimmer disks 62a, 62b, in particular the pockets 60a, 60b are synchronized with one another.
  • the automatic calibration process with the aid of the control device 78 preferably takes place in that the automatic calibration of the two trimmer disks 62, 62b to the paddle wheel 64 is performed only after an automatic calibration or synchronization of the two trimmer disks 62a, 62b or the pockets 60a, 60 to one another.
  • the control device 78 is further configured such that it can perform an automatic calibration, synchronization or adjustment of the trimming device 19 as a function of parameters which correspond to the control device 78 with respect to the cigarettes formed from the fiber strand affected by the trimmer 19 or lead to them ,
  • the corresponding format can be adjusted fully automatically by the control device by means of corresponding adjustment processes of the individual drives 66a, 66b, 67, 68 and 72 via the connections 80.
  • the control device has a software program located in a memory 82, a computer unit 84 connected to the memory 82 for processing the data in the memory Memory 82 stored software program, a connected to the computer unit 84 and the cables 80 output unit for outputting corresponding, generated by the computer unit 84 control commands to the individual drives 66a, 66b, 67, 68 and 72.
  • the controller may include input means, not shown, for inputting commands, such as a touch-sensitive screen and / or a conventional keyboard.
  • Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the trimmer disks 62a, 62b are arranged at an angle to each other.
  • the in FIG. 3 illustrated embodiment of the trimming device according to the invention can be used in a double-strand machine, since the angling of the trimmer discs 62a, 62b, the trimmer 19 can be arranged so that they can not interfere with the web of a second, in shape and position only schematically illustrated tobacco rod 88.
  • the trimmer disks 62a, 62b may additionally or alternatively be of different diameters, in particular also in the form as they are known in the art, for example DE 3837201 A1 is shown, be formed.
  • the paddle wheel 64 of the above-described embodiments of the invention may additionally or alternatively also be formed in a manner such that it has recesses or pockets which are formed to match the pockets 60a and / or 60b of the trimmer disks 62a, 62b.

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EP4640079A1 (fr) 2024-04-08 2025-10-29 Körber Technologies GmbH Dispositif et procédé de fabrication d'un boudin de l'industrie du tabac
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