Method for the production of reconstituted vegetable substances and/or reconstituted alkaloid substances, characterised in that it comprises the steps of: separately producing a powdered material with a predetermined particle size and comprising powders of said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances preferably mixed with vegetable fibres and/or other powdered additives, and a high viscosity and water-based humectant gel; mixing the powdered material based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances with the humectant gel so as to obtain a pasty compound based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances, substantially solid and with a low water content; extruding the pasty compound based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances so as to produce an extruded dough section based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances, substantially solid and with a low water content; cutting the extruded section based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances so as to produce a succession of solid and compact small blocks/slabs (100) of dough based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances; rolling the various dough blocks/slabs based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances (100) in succession so as to form a single dough sheet based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances (101) of predetermined thickness, substantially solid and strip-like; and lastly drying the dough sheet based on said vegetable substances and/or alkaloid substances (101) so as to obtain a sheet of said reconstituted vegetable substances and/or reconstituted alkaloid substances (102), solid and compact and of predetermined thickness.
A24B 3/14 - Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakesForms of such products
A24B 15/12 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco
A24B 15/14 - Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes of reconstituted tobacco made of tobacco and a binding agent not derived from tobacco
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOBACCO PASTE AND RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO, TOBACCO-CONTAINING FILM, AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO
The present invention relates to a method for producing a tobacco paste and reconstituted tobacco, a tobacco-containing film, film portions and film shreds, and a system for producing reconstituted tobacco. The method for producing a tobacco paste (10) comprises the following steps: - preparing a powdered material (11) having a predefined particle size, preferably a particle size smaller than 350 μm, particularly preferably between 5 μm and 250 μm or between 120 μm and 300 μm, wherein the material preferably comprises tobacco powder (12); - preparing a highly viscous, water-based binder gel (13), which in particular has a viscosity of at least 1000 cP, preferably between 10,000 cP and 50,000 cP, a water content of at least 50%, preferably between 60% and 80%, and at least one binder, for example guar meal and/or carboxymethylcellulose (CMC); - mixing the powdered material (11) with the binder gel (13) to form a tobacco paste (10) which is in particular substantially solid, wherein the tobacco paste (10) has a low water content or moisture content of preferably at most 50%.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Machines for use in the tobacco industry; machines for use
in the manufacture of tobacco, cigarettes and cigars;
tobacco handling machines; machines and apparatus for
preconditioning, conditioning, bulking, blending, cutting,
shredding, stem rolling, moistening, lifting, conveying
and/or wrapping tobacco and/or tobacco products; machines
and apparatus for adjusting the moisture content of tobacco;
conveyors; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Process control devices for use in the tobacco industry;
weighing, measuring and control apparatus and instruments;
moisture meters; pressure, temperature and fluid flow
control devices for use in the tobacco industry; parts and
fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Apparatus and instruments for drying, heating and cooling of
tobacco; apparatus and instruments for drying and heating;
parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Design, planning, technological consultancy, and advice
relating to tobacco blending and processing machinery and
equipment; information and advisory services relating to the
design and planning of tobacco blending and processing
machinery and equipment; research and development in the
field of tobacco including tobacco blending and processing,
cigarette design and manufacture, tobacco-smoke chemistry,
tobacco quality assurance and tobacco testing; information
and advisory services relating to the aforesaid research and
development services.
Drying plant for particulate materials comprising: a drying duct which is provided with a substantially horizontal rectilinear starting section, a rectilinear ascending final section which extends upwards with a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the vertical, and a curved intermediate section which connects the rectilinear starting section to the rectilinear final section; a hot gas generator designed for supplying to the inlet of the rectilinear starting section of the drying duct a flow of process gas at high temperature; a particulate feeding device which is structured so as to be able to feed/introduce into the rectilinear starting section of the drying duct a flow of particulate material to be dried substantially without relevant leaks of process gas from the drying duct; and a bypass duct which branches from the rectilinear starting section of the drying duct upstream of the particulate feeding device, and then re-joins the drying duct at the curved intermediate section, so as to feed back into the drying duct the process gas diverted inside it.
F26B 3/08 - Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by convection, i.e. heat being conveyed from a heat source to the materials or objects to be dried by a gas or vapour, e.g. air the gas or vapour flowing through the materials or objects to be dried so as to loosen them, e.g. to form a fluidised bed
A24B 3/04 - Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco
An apparatus is provided for breaking down cigarettes to separate the filter portion from the tobacco portion. The apparatus includes a conveying duct (2) that conveys cigarettes in an orientation such that the longitudinal axes of the cigarettes and the conveying duct are substantially in alignment; cigarette - accommodating means (11) comprising at least one channel, the channel being configured to accommodate a cigarette, such that the longitudinal axes of the cigarette and the channel are substantially in alignment; and means for lining up the channel with the conveying duct, to allow a cigarette to be delivered from the conveying duct to the channel. The apparatus further includes a stopping surface (14) adjacent to the cigarette - accommodating means, the stopping surface being arranged to support a cigarette such that the cigarette remains partly accommodated within the channel. The stopping surface (14) is positioned such that when the cigarette is partly accommodated within the channel and supported against the stopping surface, the filter portion of the cigarette protrudes from the cigarette - accommodating means. The apparatus further includes separation means (21) for separating the protruding filter portion from the tobacco portion.
Tobacco handling machines for preconditioning and conditioning, bulking and blending cutting, stem rolling, moistening, lifting, conveying and wrapping tobacco, and structural parts therefor; threshing machines
Tobacco handling machines for preconditioning and conditioning, bulking and blending, cutting, stem rolling, moistening, lifting, conveying and wrapping tobacco, and structural parts therefor; threshing machines
Tobacco handling machines for preconditioning and conditioning, bulking and blending cutting, stem rolling, moistening, lifting, conveying and wrapping tobacco, and structural parts therefor; threshing machines
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
TOBACCO HANDLING MACHINES FOR PRECONDITIONING AND CONDITIONING, BULKING AND BLENDING CUTTING, STEM ROLLING, MOISTENING, LIFTING, CONVEYING AND WRAPPING, AND PARTS THEREFOR [ MOISTURE METERS AND TOBACCO WEIGHING MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC CONTROLS FOR TOBACCO WEIGHING MACHINES ] COMMERCIAL GAS OR ELECTRIC HEATERS AND DRYERS FOR USE IN PROCESSING TOBACCO, AND PARTS THEREFOR
