Capsule monitoring in filters for the tobacco processing industry

0001The invention relates to a method for monitoring the quality of the feed of a filter or a filter strand of the tobacco processing industry with capsules which have a liquid filling.

0002New cigarette products to be marketed as an essential component of the filter have one or more capsules, which are or are filled with a liquid, eg menthol. The capsule, immediately before the cigarette is ignited, is broken by the smoker by pressure on the filter, thereby releasing the liquid and unfolding the flavor of the liquid. For this to be ensured, it is necessary to ensure the quality of the cigarette product. The capsule, when the cigarette product is sold, must be filled and properly positioned in the filter.

0003<patcit id="pcit0001" dnum="WO2009099793A2"><text>WO 2009/099793 A2</text></patcit> Discloses a system and method for analyzing a filter element. The determination of an object insertion status is produced by means of a sensor element, whereby the detection of at least one presence of a filter element, an absence of a filter element, a correct introduction of an object into the filter element, an incorrect insertion of an object into the filter element, of a correct object in the filter element Or an incorrect object in the filter element.

0004<patcit id="pcit0002" dnum="EP2207027A2"><text>EP 2 207 027 A2</text></patcit> (Prior art according to Article 54 (3) EPC) shows a method and a device for measuring the mass or density and / or for measuring the moisture in a plurality of portioned units in a non-metallic carrier material. A microwave measuring device consisting of a microwave resonator for generating a resonance mode in a locally limited measuring range and an evaluation unit for evaluating at least one variable of the resonance mode are provided. The microwave measuring device measures the at least one size of the resonance mode if only the carrier material is present without a portioned unit in the measuring range and if the portioned unit is at least partially in the measuring range.

0005It is an object of the present invention to provide a high quality of a cigarette product in which at least one capsule filled with a liquid is present in a filter.

0006This object is achieved by the subject matter of claim 1.

0007A microwave measuring method is used for quality monitoring of a plurality of filters or a filter strand of the tobacco processing industry, into which or in the capsules with liquid filling are introduced.

0008By using a microwave measuring method, the quality of the manufactured filter or the produced filter strand with inserted capsules can be monitored very precisely.

0009Quality monitoring may include the number of capsules, the position of the capsules, and / or the condition of the capsules. The number of capsules is used to determine whether the correct number of capsules has been inserted or whether one capsule is missing or too many capsules have been inserted or no capsule inserted. With regard to the position of the capsule, it is in particular checked whether the capsule is correctly positioned in the longitudinal-axial direction of the strand or of the filter. When checking the condition of the capsules, it is determined whether the respective capsule is completely filled or is only partially filled, whether the respective capsule is empty or whether it has run out. In the event that the capsule has run out, correspondingly liquid is distributed in the filter strand or in the filter, Which can be very well determined, in particular, by the micrometer method. The quality monitoring also includes whether the correct capsule is inserted, for example, instead of filling with menthol, a different filling can be provided, which can also be determined, in particular, by means of the microwave measuring method.

0010For example, the position of the capsules in the filter strand or in the filters is regulated. For this purpose, for example, the position of the capsules is measured and compared with a desired position. In the case of deviation from the desired position, a corresponding control signal is applied to an insertion device of the capsules into the filter strand, which ensures, for example, that the phase of the insertion device is changed, for example by introducing the insertion device of fast or slow capsules into a filter strand.

0011The object is achieved by a method for monitoring the quality of the feed of a filter or a filter strand of the tobacco processing industry with capsules which have a liquid filling, wherein the filter or the filter strand is passed through a microwave measuring field of a microwave resonator, and wherein, A change in the microwave field is measured in the microwave resonator and the quality of the charge and / or the quality of the capsules introduced into the filter or the filter strand is determined by means of the change. In the context of the invention, feeding is understood to mean in particular the introduction of capsules into a filter or filter strand.

0012Particularly preferably, a microwave resonator is used which is used in <patcit id="pcit0003" dnum="DE19854550B4"><text>DE 198 54 550 B4</text></patcit> And the resonator housing mentioned there.

0013The operating frequency is between 2 and 30 GHz, in particular the working frequency is preferably in a range from 2 to 10 GHz, in particular preferably between 5 and 6.5 GHz. Preferably, the operating frequency is in the range of an ascending or descending edge of a curve of the measuring intensity above a frequency. Such a curve can be obtained by coupling microwaves with a tunable frequency into the microwave resonator and measuring the respectively resulting measuring strength or signal strength of the coupled-out microwave which has been decoupled from the microwave resonator. In this case, a curve is produced as in FIG<figref idrefs="f0004">FIG</figref> shown. Within the scope of the invention, the term measurement strength or signal strength also includes the term amplitude.

0014The working frequency is then not placed in the maximum of this frequency response but on an edge. As a result, changes in the frequency response can be detected more clearly. In addition, such a single-point measurement, that is to say a measurement at a frequency, is characterized by a very high processing speed.

0015The measurement is then carried out in such a way that a microwave with a frequency which corresponds to the operating frequency is coupled into the microwave resonator and the corresponding signal of the coupled-out microwave is measured. Preferably, the measurement strength or amplitude, or additionally the gradient, can be measured at the working frequency so that a more accurate statement can be given about the quality of the inserted capsules. The slope is, for example, the slope of the measured frequency response at the operating frequency or the change in the signal over time. Preferably, the change is a signal change of the microwave field and / or a change in the slope of a signal of the microwave field at the operating frequency.

0016Preferably, the change is time-dependent and / or location-dependent. This means, in particular, that a moving filter strand or a moving filter is measured, so that the changes in the microwave field are given by time-changing measuring conditions or the change results in relation to the strand or the filter in the longitudinal-axial direction.

0017Preferably, a determination is made of the number, the position and / or the state of the capsules.

0018Preferably, by checking the condition of the capsules, it is determined whether the capsules are completely filled, partially filled, empty and / or leaked, and / or whether they are the desired capsules.

0019Preferably, the process is carried out in a filter stringing machine of the tobacco processing industry and / or in a filter transfer section of the tobacco processing industry. For the purpose of carrying out this process in a filter transfer section, reference is made to the patent application filed on the same day as the present patent application with the German Patent and Trademark Office entitled "Method and device for checking the quality of filter rods provided with capsules".

0020The invention also relates to a method for operating a filter straightening machine of the tobacco processing industry. The invention relates to a method for operating a filter straightening machine of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the filter strand contains capsules which are filled with a liquid by means of an inserting device and wherein the filter is cut from the filter strand by means of a cutting device Feeding device and cutting device, or the speed of a format tape is regulated relative to the phase of the cutting device.

0021In the context of this invention, the interphase between the insertion device and the cutting device is understood to mean the distance of a capsule inserted by an insertion device to the section of a cutting device, in particular in relation to a filter produced Of the filter strand by the cutting device. This phase is preferably a multiple of the number of filters which are cut from the filter string by the cutting device and which fit into the path of the filter strand between the cutting device and the inserting device.

0022The speed of the format tape can, for example, be adapted if, when the format tape is worn, a wrapping material strip arranged on the format tape has a slippage to the format tape. In this case, the speed must be controlled accordingly in order, inter alia, to be brought into line with the phase of the cutting device, so that the cuts are carried out by the filter strand in the correct place.

0023Preferably, for controlling the phase, the distance of the at least one capsule relative to the cut produced by the cutting device is determined in a cutting position, the distance of the cutting position relative to the at least one capsule being controlled. Preferably, an average value of the distance of the cutting position from the at least one capsule is formed and the phase is regulated to the average value. As a result, a slowly adjusting slippage in the extruder can be counteracted, for example, between a format tape and the filter strand.

0024The invention also relates to a filter stranding machine of the tobacco processing industry with a format device for shaping a filter strand which is longitudinally axially guided by the format device, an inserting device being inserted into the filter strand upstream from the format device and having a cutting device, Characterized in that a phase controller is provided for controlling the phase between the cutting device and the loading device or the phase of the cutting device to the speed of a format tape.

0025Preferably, a microwave measuring device is provided, by means of which the position of the inserted capsule relative to the respective cut can be determined. Preferably, the microwave measuring device comprises a resonator housing which can be passed through by the filter strand. Furthermore, the microwave measuring device is preferably used to determine the quality of the capsules introduced into the strand. Preferably, a discharge system for defective filters is also provided, which then discharges the cut-off filters of single or multiple use lengths, while, for example, the inserted capsules are faulty such as leakage, empty, only half-filled or at an incorrect position or an incorrect number of capsules, for example No capsule is present in a cut-off filter.

0026Preferably, the filter stranding machine is a multi-strand machine, in particular two-strand machine. In this case, the bearing regulation of the capsules between the insertion device and the cutting device is preferably carried out in each case by means of a microwave measuring device per strand. Preferably, the position of the capsules can also be regulated by two filter strands or a plurality of filter strings relative to one another, so that preferably only one cutting device is necessary for two or more filter strings. Alternatively, provision may also be made for providing a cutting device for each filter strand which is then controlled separately in its phase.

0027The invention is described below without limiting the general idea of ​​the invention by means of exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings. Reference is expressly made to the drawings with regard to all the details according to the invention, which are not explained in further detail in the text. Show it:<dl id="dl0001"><dt>FIG</dt><dd>A schematic plan view of a filter string machine with a filter drum processing unit,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>Measuring curves on each of two filters, which are arranged one against the other and each have a fourfold usage length,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>Measuring curves on each of two filters, which are arranged one against the other and each have a fourfold usage length,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>Measuring curves on each of two filters, which are arranged one against the other and each have a fourfold usage length,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>Measuring curves on each of two filters, which are arranged one against the other and each have a fourfold usage length,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>A schematic diagram of the amplitude over the frequency for two different fillings of a microwave measuring device,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>A schematic diagram of the amplitude over the frequency for two different fillings of a microwave measuring device,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>A schematic representation of a part of a filter stranding machine according to the invention,</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>5 shows a schematic representation of a part of a further filter stranding machine according to the invention, and FIG</dd><dt>FIG</dt><dd>3 shows a schematic three-dimensional representation of a part of a further filter stranding machine.</dd></dl>

0028In the following figures, identical or similar elements or corresponding parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that a corresponding new idea is omitted.

0029In <figref idrefs="f0001">FIG</figref> A schematic plan view of a filter tow processing unit 120 and a filter stranding machine 140 is shown. This is an arrangement in which the conditioning unit 120 and the filter stringing machine 140 are arranged approximately in a row one behind the other. In the conditioning unit 120, the filter tow strip 61 is stretched, spreaded, and then sprayed with droplets of plasticizer, eg triacetin, after removal from the filter towball 110 so that the surfaces of the threads or fibers of the material strip are dissolved so that they stick. The thus prepared material strip 61 is subsequently conveyed and transferred to a filter straightening machine 140 with a so-called inlet straightener 141 and a downstream format device 53 or format fitting.

0030An insertion wheel 42 is schematically shown between the inlet funnel 141 and the format device 53, which introduces corresponding capsules, which are filled with liquid, for example with menthol, into the material strip 61 at the filter top. This takes place in a region in which the filter material strip 61 rests on a format belt 52. Behind the format device 53, which forms a filter strand 40 from the filter tow 61, a microwave resonator 45 is provided, through which the strand is passed. In the microwave resonator 45, the filter strand 40 is checked for its quality, for example, whether the correct quality is being tested, for example whether the correct number of capsules is present in the filter strand,

0031This is followed by a cutting device 46, which cuts off the filter strand filter 41. The filters 41 usually have a multiple use length. Should the quality check by the microwave resonator 45 have resulted in the respective filter 41 in that the quality does not correspond to the specifications, these corresponding filters 41 can be sorted out by means of the blow-out device 51.

0032<figref idrefs="f0002">FIG</figref> 10 shows a schematic diagram in which the measuring strength 10 is plotted in arbitrary units via a clock 11. On the one hand, a measuring signal for a correct filling 12 of two contiguous filters of fourfold use length was measured. Each filter of simple usage length then contains a capsule. This is arranged with the correctly filled filters approximately at bar 20, at bar 65, at bar 115, at bar 155, etc. Instead of the indicated clocks, a time-dependent abscissa can also be plotted or an abscissa dependent on the location. In the case of a time-dependent abscissa, this can be indicated, for example, in seconds or milliseconds. The position of the respective maxima in the measurement signal then depends on the speed, With which the two filter rods placed one against the other are guided through the resonator. This should of course be done at a constant speed.

0033It is also described in <figref idrefs="f0002">FIG</figref> Also a measurement signal 13 for two missing capsules is shown, the position of the missing capsules being indicated by 14 and 14 '. It can clearly be seen that the measuring signal 12 for correct filling at this point clearly differs from the measuring signal 13 for two missing capsules.

0034In <figref idrefs="f0002">FIG</figref> A corresponding diagrammatic representation is shown, wherein a measurement signal 12 for correct filling is also given here for comparison, and wherein, in the case of the further measurement signal 15 with incorrectly positioned capsules, it can be seen that at least four incorrectly positioned capsules have been measured. These are shown with the reference numerals 16 to 16 '".

0035<figref idrefs="f0003">FIG</figref> Also shows a corresponding measurement diagram in which on the one hand a measuring signal 12 for correct filling is shown and also a measurement signal 17 for an incorrect number of capsules. Namely, five capsules are inserted into the left-hand filter of four-fold use length, the positions of the five capsules being indicated by 18, respectively. In the right-hand filter of fourfold use, it can be seen that the position of the corresponding capsules is not correct for each capsule.

0036In <figref idrefs="f0003">FIG</figref> A corresponding measurement diagram is schematically shown in which, in addition to the measured signal 12 for correct filling, a measurement signal 19 for outflowed capsules is also shown. At positions 20 and 20 ', the capsules are correspondingly extended. This can be seen by a significantly smaller measuring signal and also by a broadened measuring signal. On the basis of the width, it can be very precisely determined that the capsules have run out.

0037In <figref idrefs="f0004">FIG</figref> A diagram of the measurement strength in arbitrary units 10 over the frequency 21 is shown schematically. Two frequency responses are shown, namely a first frequency response 22 and a second frequency response 23. These frequency responses result when different microwave resonators are filled.

0038For example, the frequency response 22 can be predominant if only the filter top is arranged in the measuring range of the microwave resonator, and the second frequency response 23 if a corresponding capsule filled with a liquid is arranged in the measuring range of the microwave resonator. The amplitude or the measuring intensity 10 is then measured correspondingly at the operating frequency 26.

0039A measuring strength or a signal 27 for the first frequency response is measured for the first frequency response 22, ie, the filling of the microwave resonator with the filter top, and a second measurement strength or a signal 28 for the second frequency response is measured when a corresponding capsule is filled. This is the simplest and fastest case of the evaluation according to the invention, whereby the amplitude or the measuring strength is measured per se at a fixed frequency for the respective measuring curves.

0040The magnitude of the amplitude changes as a function of the stringency, in particular the filling of the capsule. In this respect, no resonance curve is detected and no change in the resonance frequency or a change in the width of the resonance curve, which would result in increased measurement expenditure and very complex evaluations, but only the amplitude, ie, the measuring strength at the operating frequency.

0041A frequency-modulated signal can instead be coupled into the microwave resonator so that, in addition to the amplitude or the measuring intensity 10, an amplitude change or a slope of the amplitude at the operating frequency can additionally or alternatively be used for the evaluation. This is in<figref idrefs="f0004">FIG</figref> Schematically. In this way, an additional measurement resolution can be obtained in critical cases. Thus, for example, as shown in FIG<figref idrefs="f0004">FIG</figref> In the case of different filter components, the measuring strength at the operating frequency 26 is not different, as is shown at the third frequency path 24 and at the fourth frequency path 25 at the operating frequency 26, where a signal 29 for the third and fourth frequency path is used for both frequency paths results. Here, the possibly necessary information from the slope 30 for the third frequency response and the slope 31 for the fourth frequency response at the operating frequency 26 can be used. The operating frequency 26 is here approximately 5.8 GHz. The maximum signal strength or measuring strength 10 of the third frequency response 24 is at a frequency of 6 GHz.

0042<figref idrefs="f0005">FIG</figref> 12 shows schematically a part of a filter stranding machine according to the invention. A filter strand 40 is arranged along the longitudinal axis 57, that is to say longitudinally axially, in FIG<figref idrefs="f0005">FIG</figref> From right to left. In the filter strand 40, two capsules 43 and 44 are introduced into the filter strand at substantially equidistant intervals to form two further capsules 43 and 44 by means of an insert wheel 42 in this exemplary embodiment. The filter strand 40 then has juxtaposed capsules 43 and 44 between which some filter tow may also be arranged.

0043The filter strand 40 filled with the capsules 43 and 44 then passes through a microwave resonator 45 in which, inter alia, the quality of the filter strand and the filling with capsules 43 and 44 are checked. In addition, the microwave resonator 45 serves to determine the position of the capsules 43 and 44. Finally, a cutting device 46, which is designed as a rotating measuring carrier, cuts the strand 40 into a double-length filter 41. If it is found in the microwave resonator 45 that the quality of the filter rods produced is doubled Operating length 41 is not correct, these are blown out by a blow-out device 51.

0044The control and regulation of the corresponding components of the filter string machine 60 is illustrated below:<ul><li>The rotational speed of the insert wheel 42 is controlled by a phase-controlled drive system 47. This outputs a corresponding control signal to the insertion wheel or the actuator of the insertion wheel 42. The respective rotational position of the injector wheel is fed back as an actual position to the drive system 47, which provides a phase actual value of a bearing regulation 48. The lag control 48 delivers a phase set value to the drive system 47. This is indicated by the corresponding dashes with arrows showing the respective components in<figref idrefs="f0005">FIG</figref> Connecting.</li></ul>

0045In addition, the microwave resonator 45 transmits an actual position of the capsules 43 and 44 inserted in the strand 40 both to the positioning system 48 and to a quality monitoring and statistics system 50. In the case of an incorrect position, the quality monitoring and statistical system serves to emit an ejection signal to the blow-out device 51 so that corresponding filters 41 with incorrectly positioned capsules 43 and 44 are blown out.

0046In addition, the position control 48 outputs a phase setpoint value to a phase-controlled drive system 49 for the measuring carrier 46. The actual phase value is fed back from the drive system 49 to the positioning system 48. The measuring carrier or the actuator of the knife carrier 46 is connected to the drive system 47 correspondingly.

0047In ideal and error-free production, the insert wheel 42 for the capsules 43, 44 as well as the knife carrier 46 are set correctly once in their phase positions so that the cut takes place at the desired location relative to the capsules. By wearing a format tape, which is also used, for example, in<figref idrefs="f0006">FIG</figref> or in <figref idrefs="f0001">FIG</figref> , A slow slippage between filter string 40 and format tape 52 may occur during production. The result of this is a slow systematic running away of the capsules relative to the cutting position of the filters 41. This problem can be solved with the aid of the measuring system by the fact that the phase position between the insertion wheel 52 and the knife carrier 46 by a cut- Is adjusted.

0048In <figref idrefs="f0006">FIG</figref> Another schematic embodiment of a filter stranding machine 60 according to the invention is shown. Correspondingly, the component insertion wheel 42, microwave resonator 45 and the cutting device 46 are also shown. The insertion wheel 42 has recesses, into which, in this exemplary embodiment, only one capsule 43 is inserted. This is in contrast to the embodiment according to FIG<figref idrefs="f0005">FIG</figref>, In each of which are provided double bottoms, into which the two different or identical capsules are inserted side by side. The capsules are held correspondingly, for example, by suction air, until they are transferred into the strand 41.

0049Subsequently to the insertion wheel 42 in FIG <figref idrefs="f0006">FIG</figref> A format device 53, which has, inter alia, a format belt 52. A format device is also used in the embodiment according to FIG<figref idrefs="f0005">FIG</figref> But not shown there.

0050The phase control takes place as a function of a position measurement value of the inserted capsule 43 into the strand 40, which is generated by the microwave resonator 45 and is fed to a phase controller 55. The phase controller 55 controls the phases of the insert wheel 42 relative to the cutting device 46 so that the correct cutting position 54, which is at a predetermined distance from the inserted capsule 43, can always be maintained.

0051<figref idrefs="f0007">FIG</figref> 13 shows schematically and three-dimensionally a part of a filter stranding machine according to the invention in a further embodiment. A two-strand machine is shown, ie, a filter string machine for processing two filter strings 40 and 40 '. Correspondingly, two injector wheels 42, 42 'are also provided which are each driven by corresponding drive systems 47, 47'. In this case too, the insert wheels 42, 42 'serve to introduce capsules 43 into the filter strands 40, 40'.

0052A bobbin is also shown, from which the wrapping material 62, 62 'is peeled off after cutting. The wrapping material 62, 62 'is fed to two format belts 52, 52'. The format belts 52, 52 'are driven by means of drive systems 64, 64'. The filter strings 40, 40 'are placed on the format tapes 52, 52' and are fed by format devices 53, 53 ', in which the wrapping material strips 62, 62' are wound around the filter strings and are also closed.

0053This is followed by a seam plate device 63 in which the wrapping material strip seams or the adhesive for sealing the seams are dried, in particular by the action of heat. Subsequently, the strands 40, 40 'pass through a microwave resonator 45' which has two passage openings for a respective strand 40, 40 '. The microwave resonator 45 'may be a microwave measuring device consisting of two microwave resonators decoupled from each other. In particular, decoupling allows a very good measurement accuracy for the respective strand. In this way, a method according to the invention for monitoring the quality of the feed of a filter or of a respective filter strand of the tobacco processing industry with capsules,

0054The microwave resonator 45 or the microwave resonator device 45 is followed by two cutting devices 46, 46 'which are each driven by drive systems 49 and 49'.

0055The position control of the corresponding driven components, namely the insert wheels 42, 42 ', the format belts 52 and 52' as well as the cutting device 46 and 46 ', is controlled by means of corresponding drive systems 47, 47'; 64, 64 'and 49, 49'. The regulation of the format belts 52 and 52 'in particular comprises a speed control.

0056The storage regulation 48 receives from the microwave resonator 45 'the position of the respective capsules 43 in the respective strands. This position is further processed to control variables which are used to drive the drive systems. In this way, the phase of the cutting devices 46, 46 'can be regulated or controlled. Correspondingly, the phase of the cutting devices 46, 46 'can also be controlled or regulated relative to the speed or speeds of the format belts 52 and 52'. Finally, it is possible to control or regulate the phase of the insert wheels 42, 42 'relative to the speed of the format belts 52 and 52'. As far as this is concerned, a speed, in particular the rotational speed, may also be implied. It is particularly preferred if the position of the capsules 43 inserted into the filter strands 40, 40 'is controlled or regulated in such a way that the capsules are always arranged at the same level in the conveying direction of the strands 40, 40' relatively in the two strands 40, ' lie. In this case, the cutting devices 46 and 46 'can cut the strings at the same time, and a synchronization of the running of the filter strings 40, 40' as well as the further processing of the cut-off filters takes place. In the event that the cutting speed or the rotational speed of the cutting device or the cutting device is the guiding variable of the control, both strands can be cut with a cutting device.

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0057<dl id="dl0002" compact="compact"><dt>10</dt><dd>Measured value [arbitrary units]</dd><dt>11</dt><dd>clock</dd><dt>12</dt><dd>Measuring signal for correct filling</dd><dt>13</dt><dd>Measuring signal for two missing capsules</dd><dt>14, 14 '</dt><dd>Position of the missing capsules</dd><dt>15</dt><dd>Measurement signal for incorrectly positioned capsules</dd><dt>16, 16 ', 16 ", 16'"</dt><dd>wrong position</dd><dt>17</dt><dd>Measuring signal for five capsules</dd><dt>18</dt><dd>Positions of the five capsules</dd><dt>19</dt><dd>Measuring signal for spilled capsules</dd><dt>20, 20 '</dt><dd>Position of a discharged capsule</dd><dt>21</dt><dd>frequency</dd><dt>22</dt><dd>First frequency response</dd><dt>23</dt><dd>Second frequency response</dd><dt>24</dt><dd>Third frequency response</dd><dt>25</dt><dd>Fourth frequency response</dd><dt>26</dt><dd>Operating frequency</dd><dt>27</dt><dd>Signal for first frequency response</dd><dt>28</dt><dd>Signal for second frequency response</dd><dt>29</dt><dd>Signal for third and fourth frequency response</dd><dt>30</dt><dd>Slope for third frequency response</dd><dt>31</dt><dd>Slope for fourth frequency response</dd><dt>40, 40 '</dt><dd>filter rod</dd><dt>41</dt><dd>Cut filter of double use length</dd><dt>42, 42 '</dt><dd>insertion wheel</dd><dt>43</dt><dd>capsule</dd><dt>44</dt><dd>capsule</dd><dt>45, 45 '</dt><dd>microwave</dd><dt>46, 46 '</dt><dd>cutter</dd><dt>47, 47 '</dt><dd>drive system</dd><dt>48</dt><dd>position control</dd><dt>49, 49 '</dt><dd>drive system</dd><dt>50</dt><dd>Quality monitoring and statistical system</dd><dt>51</dt><dd>Blow-out</dd><dt>52, 52 '</dt><dd>format tape</dd><dt>53, 53 '</dt><dd>format device</dd><dt>54</dt><dd>cut position</dd><dt>55</dt><dd>phase controller</dd><dt>56</dt><dd>loading position</dd><dt>57</dt><dd>longitudinal axis</dd><dt>60</dt><dd>Filter rod machine</dd><dt>61</dt><dd>filter tow</dd><dt>62, 62 '</dt><dd>Wrapping material strip</dd><dt>63</dt><dd>Nahtplättvorrichtung</dd><dt>64, 64 '</dt><dd>drive system</dd><dt>110</dt><dd>Filtertowballen</dd><dt>120</dt><dd>conditioning unit</dd><dt>140</dt><dd>train unit</dd><dt>141</dt><dd>feed hopper</dd></dl>