CN103504473B - The method and apparatus that the bar heterogeneity of the material strips of the tobacco industry is identified - Google Patents

The method and apparatus that the bar heterogeneity of the material strips of the tobacco industry is identified Download PDF

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CN103504473B
CN103504473B CN201310235096.5A CN201310235096A CN103504473B CN 103504473 B CN103504473 B CN 103504473B CN 201310235096 A CN201310235096 A CN 201310235096A CN 103504473 B CN103504473 B CN 103504473B
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A24D3/0204Preliminary operations before the filter rod forming process, e.g. crimping, blooming
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The present invention relates to the method and apparatus that the bar heterogeneity for the material strips to the tobacco industry is identified, placed an object on predetermined object space in material strips and convey material strips by least two bar measurement apparatus Ys run with different frequency after object is put into, material strips are divided into object section and dead zone section to be tested and assessed to measurement signal.In addition the present invention relates to the set frame of the tobacco industry, purposes and software program.For in the present inventive method, the measurement signal in object section and dead zone section of bar measurement apparatus is tested and assessed with different assessment methods respectively, position determination and/or quality monitoring are carried out at least one object from the temporal change of at least one measurement signal in measurement signal with object algorithm in object section and use at least one dead zone section algorithm in the section of dead zone, with it come identify that bar is heterogeneous and/or person's detection material strips in bar uniformity and/or at least one additive especially softening agent amount.

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The method and apparatus that the bar heterogeneity of the material strips of the tobacco industry is identified
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of object for being used to especially be put into the bar heterogeneity of the material strips of the tobacco industry, defective Object and/or the method that is identified of foreign matter, wherein it is outstanding to place an object into material strips on predetermined object space In its tobacco rods or filtering rod and after the object is put into by least two with different frequencies come the bar that runs Measurement apparatus conveys the material strips with carrying out Y, and the bar measurement apparatus is especially merged into combined strip measurement apparatus, Wherein the material strips are divided into predetermined including one or more respectively to be tested and assessed to measurement signal The object section of object space and the dead zone section without predetermined object space.
In addition, the object being especially put into the present invention relates to a kind of bar heterogeneity of the material strips for the tobacco industry, There is object to be put into device for the device that defective object and/or foreign matter are identified, the device, is put into by means of the object Device object can be put on predetermined object space to be either put into material strips especially tobacco rods or filtering rod, The different frequency of the arranged downstream of device at least two is wherein put into the object along the conveying direction of the material strips Rate is especially merged into combined strip measurement apparatus the bar measurement apparatus running or can run, the bar measurement apparatus, The material strips can be conveyed or convey by the combined strip measurement apparatus priority Y, which includes test and appraisal Device, the assessment device are configured to draw the material strips to test and assess to the measurement signal of the bar measurement apparatus It is divided into the object section including one or more predetermined object space respectively and without predetermined object space Dead zone section.Finally, the present invention relates to a kind of set frame of the tobacco industry, a kind of purposes and a kind of software program.
The present invention relates to the bar form articles for the tobacco industry particularly for the material strips of cigarette with filter tip, especially tobacco The manufacture and inspection of bar or filtering rod.The tobacco rods or filtering rod are dimensioned after its manufacture to be blocked to be single Tobacco rod filter stick in other words.The filtering rod is dimensioned the filter stick blocked or tobacco rod as main group in other words Into part and the object that is had an impact to cigarette characteristic or filter tip characteristic including one or more.
Background technology
It is being related to filter stick in other words in the case of filtering rod, the object especially has the capsule of firm jacket, The capsule is equipped with liquid.The liquid generally comprises fragrance material or aromatic substance such as peppermint in such a case Brain.In order to be used, smoker the capsule is opened before smoking by being expressed on filter tip this mode and Then by cigarette lighter.Liquid is discharged by this mode on the capsule that is expressed in the filter tip so that the liquid Fragrance evaporate.This processing mode provides a kind of especially strong or fresh taste results.Corresponding capsule one As there is about 3.5mm diameter, but can also be smaller.
As an alternative, hard object is also used as object within the scope of the invention, can equally used smaller Or bigger particle, such as by activated carbon, the extrudate spheroid that either other filtering materials or additive are formed or The object of cylindricality.
A kind of object that can be used for placing an object into material strips with higher speed accordingly is put into device such as Illustrated in the German patent application that the numbering of the applicant is 10 2,011 017 615.2, the public affairs of the patent application Content is opened to cover in current application by quoting content intact.Device is put into for wherein using this object The transporting velocity close with the transporting velocity of the material strips without the object being put into can also be obtained by being put into for the material strips of object. Therefore a kind of cigarette carton is such as manufactured, method is first to shake loose tobacco on bar conveyer, and parcel institute is brought with lapping State tobacco rods and then blocked from the tobacco rods upper fixed ruler cun with more times of the cigarette using length.The tobacco rods or The formation of person's filtering rod and subsequent cutting for the bar are sized to block in other words to be carried out with higher speed.For 10m/s bar speed ratio is more typical for cigarette now and filter manufacturing machine, wherein entering for 100mm section lengths The cutting beat that lines per second is 100 times.
In addition know, contactlessly measure the bar characteristic of tobacco rods and filtering rod.Therefore, for example, measurement cigarette carton in cigarette The humidity and density of grass, for especially density to be adjusted.In addition in the feelings for unexpected and the short time signal fluctuation occur The presence of foreign matter is inferred under condition, is rejected wherein being next segmented corresponding bar.
This is carried out in the cigarette-making machine in modern times by means of MMU microwave measurement unit, and the MMU microwave measurement unit has extremely A few microwave resonator housing, makes the tobacco rods be passed through from the microwave resonator housing.It is also known that with considerably lower Frequency measure bar characteristic.Therefore, disclosed from the B4 of DE 10 2,004 063 228 a kind of for determining product especially cigarette The measurement apparatus of dielectric characteristic especially humidity and/or density of grass, cotton or other fiber products, the measurement apparatus Device with measurement capacitor, for producing high frequency field in the measurement capacitor, the high frequency field is by being arranged in The product stated in the measurement space of measurement apparatus is affected.
Within the scope of the invention, " high frequency " " HF " this concept is meaned in the boundary of microwave range in principle in other words The frequency less than 300MHz.The usual frequency is more than 10kHz, preferably greater than 100kHz.The further preferred frequency is outstanding It is at least 1MHz, further preferably greater than 5MHz for tobacco, because too low frequency can only be more and more restricted Sufficiently accurate measurement is carried out in measurement range.
The example of micro-strip measurement apparatus and capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus is also from the numbering 10 2011 of the applicant 083 049.9 and numbering be 10 2,011 083 052.9 German patent application in obtain disclosure, this two parts of patent applications Disclosure is covered in the application content intact by quoting.
The content of the invention
In view of this prior art, task of the invention are, come for the material strips for being equipped with object of the tobacco industry Say and checked the different aspect of bar quality and especially identified that the bar of object and foreign matter on being put into is heterogeneous.
This task of the present invention is used to identify that the bar heterogeneity of the material strips of the tobacco industry is especially put into by a kind of Object, the method for defective object and/or foreign matter be resolved, wherein object is put on predetermined object space Enter into material strips especially tobacco rods or filtering rod and after object is put into by least two with different frequencies come The bar measurement apparatus of operation conveys the material strips with carrying out Y, and the bar measurement apparatus is especially merged into combined strip survey Device is measured, wherein being divided into the material strips advance including one or more respectively to be tested and assessed to measurement signal The object section of the object space of determination and the dead zone section without predetermined object space, the improvements of methods described exist In being entered respectively with different assessment methods to the measurement signal in the object section and dead zone section of the bar measurement apparatus Row test and appraisal, wherein with a kind of object algorithm from least one measurement signal in the measurement signal in the object section Position determination and/or quality monitoring are carried out in temporal change at least one object and in the dead zone section using extremely A kind of few dead zone section algorithm, the bar in bar heterogeneity and/or the detection material strips is identified with the dead zone section algorithm The amount of uniformity and/or at least one additive especially softening agent.
The present invention is based on such basic conception, i.e., the described apparatus control for being put into pattern with machine beat and object Device possesses information, and described information can be realized for micro-strip measurement apparatus signal or capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus The test and appraisal of signal, the test and appraisal separate simultaneously according to the object section with the object being put into and the dead zone section without the object being put into And thus, it is possible to realize different analyses.Here, with object algorithm such as by more than in object section in the object section The situation of previously given threshold level not only check the presence of object, and with the determination of the position of the object and Widely analyzed with the deviation for deviateing nominal position if necessary.Deviation nominal position in the position more than the object Deviation when, excluded it can be stated that being next segmented the bar of correlation from further process.
In the dead zone section without object, with another Job evaluation mode, it is not for another Job evaluation mode The accurate position of object is determined, but either detects at least one of universal bar uniformity and/or detection material The amount of additive especially softening agent.Thus the presence situation of the foreign matter in the dead zone section can also be identified.Equally can be by The object being mistakenly put into the section of dead zone or the object identification entered when being put into the section of dead zone are foreign matter.Because Object is not provided with the section of dead zone, so should also treat as foreign matter.Next the material strips of correlation can be segmented Excluded from further process.
By at least one micro-strip measurement apparatus and/or pass through at least one electric capacity preferably as bar measurement apparatus The high frequency bar measurement apparatus of formula conveys the material strips.It is possible thereby to at least two different frequencies come to the material strips Analyzed, it is different so as to significantly occur in the change in bar the uniformity either existing reaction of foreign matter or object Measurement signal.If for example use micro-strip measurement apparatus and capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus, then can also be such as Detected in the section of dead zone the different compositions of the material strips share such as humidity and softening agent input quantity and such as The density of bar for filtering rod.
Because the material strips successively pass through from described two measurement apparatus, it is advantageous to provide, in order to be surveyed Comment, by the temporal movement of at least one measurement signal in the measurement signal or the test and appraisal staggered in time come To between the measurement signal due between the bar measurement apparatus along spacing existing for bar conveying direction depending on The temporal offsetting occurred in the case of current material strips transporting velocity is corrected.As an alternative, can also phase Ground is answered individually to be handled single measurement signal and the measurement result has been produced corresponding measurement with corresponding The bar segmentation of signal is interrelated.
Dead zone section algorithm and object algorithm also refer to, for described two measurement apparatus in the dead zone section and object Algorithm different from each other is used to be tested and assessed for different measurement signals in section.Especially using micro-strip measurement dress It will be shown when putting with capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus be adapted to the microwave measurement letter with sening as an envoy to test and appraisal individualising parameters Number and high frequency(HF)The situation of the characteristics of measurement signal.
At least one measurement apparatus in the bar measurement apparatus is advantageously run with variable frequency, wherein in institute State the frequency different from the dead zone section that use and test and assess in object section.In this way, can such as For the dead zone section on additive amount ratio either material strips humidity or density measurement realize optimization simultaneously And position measurement in the object section on the object or its other parameter such as deterioration extent, compactedness and Optimization is realized in terms of size.
Preferably at least temporarily first measurement is run simultaneously with Article 2 measurement apparatus especially high frequency bar measurement apparatus to fill Especially micro-strip measurement apparatus is put, wherein the frequency of first measurement apparatus is bigger than the frequency of the Article 2 measurement apparatus Factor 10 to 900.Obtain the more information on material strips and its content in this way, described information is used to know Other bar is heterogeneous or other strip material characteristics.
It is preferred that humidity and/or the amount of additive especially softening agent are especially extraly determined in the dead zone section.Thus exist Not only identified in the dead zone section bar heterogeneity such as foreign matter either landing or the object or softening agent that are mistakenly put into The structure for causing filtering rod change and the droplet that thus causes filtering rod unusable is formed, and detect humidity simultaneously And/or the amount of additive.This can also be carried out in the range of two kinds of detecting and evaluating algorithms for dead zone section utilized simultaneously.Therefore A kind of heterogeneous algorithm such as can only previously given threshold value, it is heterogeneous there is bar when more than the threshold value and on Internal substance measurement carry out known to combined type measurement, from the combined type measurement in come detect the material strips it is different in Amount containing material, or this can carry out together, wherein the threshold value for being such as used to bar heterogeneity be identified also depends on institute State the universal uniformity of the material strips in the section of dead zone.
It is preferred that the lacking of object, density, quality and/or damaged condition are extraly determined in the object section.
The task of the present invention is especially put into also by a kind of bar heterogeneity for identifying the material strips of the tobacco industry The device of object, defective object and/or foreign matter is resolved, and there is the device object to be put into device, by means of the thing Body, which is put into device object and can be put on predetermined object space, is either put into material strips especially tobacco rods or mistake Filter in bar, wherein being put into the arranged downstream of device at least two in the object along the conveying direction of the material strips with not With frequency come the bar measurement apparatus running or can run, the bar measurement apparatus is especially merged into combined strip measurement dress Put, can convey or convey the material strips by the combined measuring device priority Y, which includes survey Comment device, the assessment device be configured in order to the measurement signal of the bar measurement apparatus is tested and assessed and by the material strips It is divided into the object section including one or more predetermined object space respectively and without predetermined object space Dead zone section, described device thes improvement is that the assessment device is configured to respectively with different assessment methods to institute The measurement signal stated in object section and dead zone section is tested and assessed, wherein in order to be tested and assessed in the object section with one kind Object algorithm carries out position determination from the temporal change of at least one measurement signal in the measurement signal to object And/or quality monitoring, and at least one dead zone section algorithm is used in the dead zone section, identified with the dead zone section algorithm Bar is heterogeneous and/or at least one of bar uniformity in detection material strips and/or material strips additive especially soften The amount of agent.
Thus, described device be especially configured to implement it is described above in the present inventive method.On methods described The advantages of mentioning, characteristic and feature are thus also applied for the device by the present invention.
A preferably at least bar measurement apparatus is configured to micro-strip measurement apparatus and/or at least one measurement apparatus It is configured to capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus.
Equally advantageous at least one measurement apparatus in the bar measurement apparatus be configured to variable frequency come Operation, wherein the control device or assessment device be configured in the object section with the dead zone section not With frequency come run it is described with variable frequency come the bar measurement apparatus run.It is possible thereby to the bar measurement that frequency of use is variable The measurement that device is carried out most preferably matches with the desired measurement parameter for the object section and dead zone section.
It is preferred that described device be configured to perform it is described above in the present inventive method.
The present invention task also by the tobacco industry a kind of set frame especially tobacco rods manufacturing machine or filtering rod system The machine of making is resolved, and the set frame has the device described above by the present invention.Thus the set frame has with before Device and method identical feature, advantage and characteristic described above described by face.
In addition, the task of the present invention is by the way that at least two different detecting and evaluating algorithms are used for bar measurement apparatus in tobacco Measurement signal in the different sections of the material strips of the processing industry this purposes that test and assess is resolved, wherein in specific thing Placed an object on body position in the material strips, wherein in order to be tested and assessed and be divided into the material strips includes respectively The object section of one or more predetermined object space and the dead zone section without predetermined object space, wherein Object algorithm is used in the object section, with the object algorithm from least one measurement signal in the measurement signal Position determination and/or quality monitoring are carried out in temporal change to object and in the dead zone section using at least one empty Section algorithm, the heterogeneity of the bar in the material strips and/or bar uniformity and/or at least one are detected with the dead zone section algorithm The amount of kind additive especially softening agent.
Finally, task of the invention is resolved by a kind of software program with program code segments, by means of described Program code segments assessment device especially computer especially microcontroller, by the present invention device described above on perform Shi Zhihang is by method described above of the invention.
Thus the purposes and the software program have identical with method and apparatus as described above The feature relevant with the present invention, advantage and characteristic.
The further feature of the present invention can be one from the specification by embodiments of the present invention and claim and accompanying drawing Rise and find out.The combination of single feature or multiple features can be realized by embodiments of the present invention.
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The present invention is said referring to the drawings by means of embodiment in the case where not limiting universal inventive concept below It is bright, wherein on all details by the present invention not explained in detail in explanatory note please clearly referring to the drawings.Accompanying drawing is shown It is as follows:
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the cigarette-making machine of the type " PROTOS " of the applicant;
Fig. 2 is that the schematical cross section of a pair of bar measurement apparatus by the present invention illustrates;
Fig. 3 is the schematical perspective view of a pair of bar measurement apparatus by the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of signal transacting;
Fig. 5 is another schematic diagram by the signal transacting of the present invention;And
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram by the device of the present invention.
In the accompanying drawings, corresponding identical or similar element and/or part are denoted by the same reference numerals, thus The introduction being correspondingly not repeated.
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1 machine
2 set frames
3 filter tip attachments
4 dispenser units
5 pre-distributors
6 conveyers
7 coated papers units
8 opium pipe units
9 measurement apparatus
10 blades and handover unit
11 control panels
12 tipping paper units
20 combined strip measurement apparatus
21 common housings
22 enter pipe
23 protection pipes
30 micro-strip measurement apparatus
31 microwave resonators
32 microwave resonator housings
33 coupling input antennas
34 coupling output antennas
The flange of 35 tapers
36 undercutting positions
37 measurements-, temperature control-and power electronics
40 capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus
41 measurement capacitors
42 capacitor casings
43rd, 44 electrode surface
The flange of 45 tapers
46 undercutting positions
47 measurements-, temperature control-and power electronics
The measurement signal of 51 first measurement apparatus
The measurement signal of 52 Article 2 measurement apparatus
53 moving algorithms(Schiebealgorithmus)
54 test and appraisal
55 machine beats
61 object sections
62 dead zone sections
63 carry the measurement signal amplitude of object
The 64 measurement signal amplitudes without object
65th, the boundary of 66 object sections
67th, the boundary of 68 dead zone sections
71 material strips
72 objects being put into
73 defective objects
74 foreign matters
75 conveying directions
80 devices
81 inputs and display device
82 equipment control devices
83 assessment devices
85a object algorithms
85b bar consistency algorithms
85c foreign matter algorithms
86 algorithms selections and switching mechanism
88 impulsers
90 are used for the control signal of switching
91 cutoff signals.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 schematically shows double bar-cigarette-making machines of the type " PROTOS " of the company from the applicant, should Double bar-cigarette-making machines are made up of in " L-shaped " configuration a double bar manufacturing machines 2 and a filter tip attachment 3.Scheming Show that together with the cover plate of closure, details is not shown in the machine 1 for simplicity in 1.
Several stations of cigarette manufacture are briefly introduced below.The manufacturing process of two continuous tobacco rods is in double bar systems Make in machine 2 and start in the dispenser unit 4 of double branches with pre-distributor 5, the pre-distributor 5 especially includes one big Inclination angle conveyer and two stow pit shaft and other known component.Loose tobacco-containing material is wherein conveyed to one first And an Article 2 conveyer 6 abreast stretched and from being shaken loose below onto the bar conveyer, so as to be formed Two tobacco rods, two tobacco rods are maintained on the bar conveyer by means of sucking air.It is being attached to the bar The tobacco-containing material is conveyed towards the direction of the first and second opium pipe units 8 in the case of on conveyer 6.There, exist respectively The still unlimited tobacco rods of winding are brought with coated papers in coated papers unit 7, are glued on longitudinal seamed edge to the wrapping paper tape. The tobacco rods are then configured to two in two opium pipe units 8 has the tobacco of continuous closing of circular cross section The sizing material of bar and the lapping band solidifies.
After the shaping of the tobacco rods, by being used for the spy to corresponding tobacco-containing material bar with one or more The measurement apparatus 9 of the measuring unit that property measures is sent the tobacco rods.Therefore such as in an optical manner to the bag Paper is wrapped up in be checked and measure bar humidity and rod density.Control for double bar manufacturing machines 2 is carried out by control panel 11.
There are blade and handover unit 10 in the outlet side of double bar manufacturing machines 2, will in the blade and handover unit The bar, which is sized, to be blocked to be single with more times of the tobacco rods using length, makes single tobacco rods from the defeated of Y Send the conveying direction that directional steering is X direction and be transferred into the filter tip attachment 3.The filter tip tipping Machine 3 especially also has tipping paper unit 12, tipping paper of being left behind from the tipping paper unit 12, it is cut and glued.Connect Get off and wind the single tipping scraps of paper around the tobacco rods and double filtration plug in defined region, by by the cigarette Careless bar and double filtration plug are joined to one another.Finally the dual cigarette that so produces is cut and by its list central Transport individually.
The combined strip measurement apparatus 20 that can be used by the present invention is schematically shown with cross section in fig. 2.Should Combined strip measurement apparatus 20 has a common housing 21, and the housing is extended there through by protection pipe 23, passes through the protection Pipe is sent material strips such as filtering rod or tobacco rods, wherein the material strips are before it is passed through from the protection pipe 23 Pipe 22 is entered to enter by the bar of the interior diameter with taper first.
The combined strip measurement apparatus 20 successively mutually has the He of micro-strip measurement apparatus 30 everywhere along bar conveying direction Capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40.The micro-strip measurement apparatus 30 is 10 such as equivalent to the numbering such as in the applicant Micro-strip measurement apparatus as described in 2011 083 049.9 German patent application.This micro-strip measurement dress Put has microwave resonator 31 in microwave resonator housing 32.For couple input and couple output in 5 with 9GHz it Between frequency range in microwave coupling input antenna 33 and coupling output antenna 34 extend into the microwave resonator 31. The microwave resonator 31 is basically shaped as cylindricality, wherein microwave resonator of the protection pipe 23 at center from the cylindricality Passed through in 31.In the flange 35 for having two tapers at the center of the protection pipe 23, it is 10 that it, which is acted on equally in numbering, Described in 2011 083 049.9 German patent application and its disclosure relevant with this should be included together Into the application.There are undercutting position 36, the undercutting position in the downstream of the flange 35 of the taper and upstream along bar direction Interior diameter widen once again relative to the tip of the flange 35 of the taper, this causes this point, i.e., described microwave field is along axle To direction that is along the material strips direction without widely out and it is ensuing typically without entering In capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40.
The common housing 21 on the micro-strip measurement apparatus 30 additionally include it is multiple have measurement, temperature control and The cavity of power electronics 37, measurement, temperature control and the power electronics are thus integrated into the micro-strip measurement dress Put in 30.This has additional advantage, i.e., described drive electronic and measuring apparatus have and the identical of microwave resonator 31 Temperature and thus generate temperature regulation effect for whole micro-strip measurement apparatus 30.
The ensuing capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40 has measurement capacitor 41, and the measurement capacitor then has There are capacitor casing 42 and electrode surface 43,44.By in 10MHz and the high-frequency alternating current about between 500MHz Pressure is loaded on the electrode surface 43,44.A kind of numbering of corresponding capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus from the applicant To obtain disclosure in 10 2,011 083 052.9 German patent application, its disclosure relevant with this should equally lead to Reference is crossed to cover in current patent application.The capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40 is on the He of electrode surface 43 44 also have the flange 45 of taper, make the geometry of the measurement capacitor 41 and the microwave with the flange 45 of the taper The geometry of resonator 31 matches.The micro-strip measurement apparatus 30 and the capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40 Measurement signal thus also on the microwave resonator 31 and measurement capacitor 41 and the thus geometric form of alternating electromagnetic field Shape can be directly compared to each other.The flange 45 with the corresponding taper for undercuting position is so that described in this case Axially direction of the high frequency field along material strips also not widely from it is described measurement capacitor 41 in out and typically without Enter in the microwave resonator 31.
The capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40 also has the survey being integrated in the cavity of the common housing 21 Amount, temperature control and power electronics 47.All power electronics, the measurement electronic equipment of whole combined strip measurement apparatus 20 Thus all it is integrated in the combined strip measurement apparatus 20 with temperature control.
Fig. 2 combined strip measurement apparatus 20 is schematically shown with perspective view in figure 3.Observer sees the tool There are micro-strip measurement apparatus 30 and bar to enter pipe 22 and be inside capable of the combined strip measurement dress of observable protection pipe 23 Put 20 front.There is the capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40 behind the combined strip measurement apparatus 20.It is single Housing is connected to become a common housing.
Figure 4 illustrates the signal transacting of first measurement apparatus and the measurement signal 51,52 of Article 2 measurement apparatus First aspect.These measurement signals can come from different types of bar measurement apparatus or use from two same types not With frequency come the bar measurement apparatus run.The section with object of material strips passes through from first measurement apparatus first, First measurement signal 51 of first measurement apparatus has a kind of signal intensity curve, is arranged in first measurement apparatus Second measurement signal 52 of Article 2 measurement apparatus in downstream there is temporal offsetting relative to the signal intensity curve Δt.In order to be tested and assessed to these measurement signals, computer is especially configured in the signal handling equipment for being especially configured to numeral Assessment device in moving algorithm(Schiebealgorithmus)53 eliminate this temporal offsetting, so as to use Make described two measurement signals 51,52 in match with one another in time after the moving algorithm 53.Then by these by school Positive measurement signal 51,52 is conveyed to assessment device 54.Further the test and appraisal by the present invention are illustrated further below. Not only for all using machine for the test and appraisal and for the correction of the movement temporal offsetting described in other words Device beat 55.
Figure 5 illustrates the temporal change curve of measurement signal 51, the amplitude of the temporal change curve by The influence of the situation of object is whether there is into the material strips.Therefore higher measurement signal amplitude 63 is corresponding with the object simultaneously And relatively low measurement signal amplitude 64 is corresponding with the empty section of material strips.Should on object because equipment control device possesses This be present in which section of the material strips and in which section should not be such case information, so in order to Tested and assessed and measurement signal 51 is arrived into object section 61 and dead zone section 62, wherein the thing in the embodiment illustrated in fig. 5 Body section 61 includes two respectively to be included being between the object section 61 in object therein and the dead zone section 62 Intermediate gaps part.The dead zone section 62 is not included in being entirely between the object section 61 in this case Between space, but including some corresponding sections, the remaining shadow to measurement signal of the object described in these corresponding sections Sound is being decayed, so as to be anticipated that the signal intensity curve of substantial constant in the dead zone section 62.Therefore, the object areas Section 61 and the dead zone section 62 have different boundary 65-68.Avoided in this way in the dead zone section 62 due to Violent signal amplitude fluctuations caused by object.According to the present invention, used in the dead zone section 62 and in the object areas Different detecting and evaluating algorithms in section 61.This is directed not only to for different boundary values to be used for the bar heterogeneity or uniformity to material strips Measurement situation carries out detecting this aspect, and is related to the specific in the range of required novelty of be put into object Accurate position determines.
Fig. 6 schematically shows the device 80 by the present invention, and bar heterogeneity can be identified by means of described device 80. This passes through the group with micro-strip measurement apparatus 30 and capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus 40 that such as shows in figs 2 and 3 Box-like bar measurement apparatus 20 conveys the material strips 71 with the object 72 being put into along bar conveying direction 75.As extra different Matter shows foreign matter 74.In addition, object 73 is defective.The object such as can be capsule herein, the capsule damaged and Its liquid content is lost.The object can be produced than unspoiled in the measurement signal change curve by Fig. 5 in tip The small measurement signal amplitude of object 72.
Described device 80 has the input being connected with the equipment control device 82 and display device.The apparatus control The reception signal especially at impulser of device 82, the impulser can be the displacement transducer of high precision, angle Sensor or similar sensor.The equipment control device 82 also possesses machine cadence signal, generally with the machine beat Signal makes different strip device component synchronizations processed to the length for needing to be sized the material strips segmentation blocked.
There is provided assessment device 83, the data processing that the assessment device can also be integrated into the equipment control device 82 is set In standby.The assessment device 83 especially data processing equipment, that is, especially computer, are performed soft on the computer Part program, the software program can then have an algorithms of different, that is, object algorithm 85a, bar consistency algorithm 85b and different Thing algorithm 85c.Other algorithms such as moving algorithm can also be used, the moving algorithm uses the machine beat.Continuously Ground uses the latter.In addition algorithms selection and switching mechanism 86 are provided with, by means of the algorithms selection and switching mechanism according to current The situation that to have bar segmentation to be analyzed be dead zone section or object section is selected, it should which which kind of detecting and evaluating algorithms is used for into this area Section.
Therefore, the algorithms selection and the one side of switching mechanism 86 are connected with impulser 88, and on the other hand The algorithms selection and switching mechanism 86 received at the equipment control device 82 for switching control signal 90 and cut Signal 91 is cut, for determining the accurate timing for the object section and the dead zone section.The control for being used to switch Signal 90 includes also relating to the information of object section this respect on being related to dead zone section.In addition, the assessment device 83 obtains The information of this respect on which position should be on object.Thus the object algorithm 85a is checked for, and object is It is no to be arranged within the boundary that allowed on defined position.
Other algorithm 85b, 85c are used for the droplet for finding foreign matter, especially metallic particles, the object of landing or softening agent Either implement uniformity on the softening agent input quantity in the density in tobacco rods or filtering rod, humidity and such as filtering rod Measure and it is checked.
Position in the object section and in the object algorithm 85a is determined by for the bar measurement apparatus The analysis of the temporal change curve of one or two measurement signals is carried out.Therefore, can be in spy as a measure The temporal change curve of the previously given measurement signal within fixed boundary, if so as to the tool in the object section The measurement signal of body is not above upper limit and lower bound variable in time and above and below standards change curve Limit, then predicate such case and meet standard, so as to which object space be determined by this way.Institute can also be quickly determined State the maximum of signal.The rising edge and trailing edge of corresponding measurement signal can equally be analyzed, for described in determination Object space.Corresponding method is known.Having for describing first being described, previously given to standards change curve Method with the upper limit correspondingly changed and the change curve of Lower Limits, it is also considered that being measured for corresponding into signal Short time and high frequency the fluctuation with small fluctuating range occurred for signal.Corresponding to followed by use in other words The advance rule of the standards change curve of the actual change curve of the measurement signal of the preferable object placed in material strips It is fixed, can be that the object carries out position determination herein, traditional application scheme of manner of comparison is exceeded with threshold value can not then enter The row position determines.
All features mentioned, also include the feature only learnt from accompanying drawing and it is single with other features Feature disclosed in combination all individually and in combination is considered as feature important for purposes of the invention.By the reality of the present invention The mode of applying can be realized by the combination of single feature or multiple features.

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1. the material strips for identifying the tobacco industry(71)Advise object on the conjunction that is put into(72), defective object(73) And/or foreign matter(74)The heterogeneous method of bar, wherein placing an object into material strips on predetermined object space (71)In and after object is put into by least two with different frequencies come the bar measurement apparatus run(30、40)To indulge Axially convey the material strips(71), wherein in order to measurement signal(51、52)Tested and assessed and by the material strips(71) Be divided into includes the object section of one or more predetermined object space respectively(61)With without predetermined object The dead zone section of position(62), it is characterised in that respectively with different assessment methods to the bar measurement apparatus(30、40)Institute State object section(61)With dead zone section(62)In measurement signal(51、52)Tested and assessed, wherein in the object section(61) In with object algorithm(85a)From the measurement signal(51、52)In at least one measurement signal temporal change in it is right At least one object carries out position determination and/or quality monitoring and in the dead zone section(62)It is middle to use at least one dead zone section Algorithm(85b、85c), with the dead zone section algorithm(85b、85c)To identify bar heterogeneity, and/or the detection material strips (71)In bar uniformity and/or at least one additive amount.
2. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that measured and filled by least one micro-strip as bar measurement apparatus Put(30)And/or pass through at least one capacitive high frequency bar measurement apparatus(40)To convey the material strips(71).
3. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that in order to be tested and assessed, pass through the measurement signal(51、52)In At least one measurement signal the test and appraisal staggered in time, in the measurement signal(51、52)Between due to described Bar measurement apparatus(30、40)Between along bar conveying direction(75)Existing spacing is conveying speed depending on current material strips The temporal offsetting occurred in the case of degree is corrected.
4. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that the bar measurement apparatus is run with variable frequency(30、 40)In at least one measurement apparatus, wherein in the object section(61)It is middle to use and/or test and assess and in the sky Section(62)Middle different frequency.
5. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that temporarily, at least run first simultaneously with Article 2 measurement apparatus Bar measurement apparatus, wherein the frequency of first measurement apparatus factor 10 bigger than the frequency of the Article 2 measurement apparatus arrives 900。
6. the method as described in claim 5, it is characterised in that the Article 2 measurement apparatus is configured to high frequency bar measurement apparatus (40).
7. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that in the dead zone section(62)In extraly determine the wet of additive Degree and/or amount.
8. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that in the object section(61)In extraly determine object lack Less, density, quality and/or damaged condition.
9. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that the material strips(71)It is tobacco rods or filtering rod.
10. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that described two to measure dress with different frequencies come the bar run Put(30、40)It is merged into a combined strip measurement apparatus(20).
11. the method as described in claim 5, it is characterised in that first measurement apparatus is micro-strip measurement apparatus.
12. the method as described in claim 7, it is characterised in that the additive is softening agent.
13. the material strips for identifying the tobacco industry(71)The heterogeneous device of bar(80), there is object to be put into device, borrow Help the object and be put into device to place an object into material strips on predetermined object space, wherein along the material Material strip(71)Conveying direction(75)The arranged downstream of device at least two is put into the object with different frequencies to transport Capable bar measurement apparatus(30、40), the material strips are conveyed by the bar measurement apparatus priority Y(71), wherein wrapping Assessment device is included(83), the assessment device is configured in order to the bar measurement apparatus(30、40)Measurement signal(51、52) Tested and assessed and by the material strips(71)Be divided into includes the object of one or more predetermined object space respectively Section(61)With the dead zone section without predetermined object space(62), it is characterised in that the assessment device(83)Construction is used In respectively with different assessment methods to the object section(61)With dead zone section(62)In measurement signal(51、52)Surveyed Comment, wherein in order to tested and assessed and in the object section(61)In with a kind of object algorithm(85a)From the measurement signal (51、52)In at least one measurement signal temporal change in position determination and/or quality monitoring are carried out simultaneously to object And in the dead zone section(62)It is middle to use at least one dead zone section algorithm(85b、85c), bar is identified with the dead zone section algorithm The heterogeneous and/or detection material strips(71)In bar uniformity and/or at least one additive amount.
14. the device as described in claim 13(80), it is characterised in that at least one measurement apparatus(30、40)It is configured to Micro-strip measurement apparatus(30)And/or at least one measurement apparatus(30、40)It is configured to capacitive high frequency bar measurement Device(40).
15. the device as described in claim 13(80), it is characterised in that the bar measurement apparatus(30、40)In at least one Individual bar measurement apparatus is configured to be run with variable frequency, wherein control device(82)Or the assessment device(83)Structure Make in the object section(61)It is middle with the dead zone section(62)Middle different frequency is described with variable to run Frequency is come the bar measurement apparatus run(30、40).
16. the device as described in claim 13(80), it is characterised in that the device is configured to perform and arrived by claim 1 Method any one of 12.
17. the device as described in claim 13(80), it is characterised in that described device is used to identify that thing is advised in the conjunction on being put into Body(72), defective object(73)And/or foreign matter(74)Bar it is heterogeneous.
18. the device as described in claim 13(80), it is characterised in that the material strips are tobacco rods or filtering rod.
19. the set frame of the tobacco industry(2), there is the device as any one of claim 13 to 18(80).
20. the set frame as described in claim 19(2), it is characterised in that the set frame is tobacco rods manufacturing machine or mistake Filter bar manufacturing machine.
21. by least two different detecting and evaluating algorithms(85a、85b、85c)For to bar measurement apparatus(30、40)Add in tobacco The material strips of industry(71)Different sections(61、62)In measurement signal(51、52)The purposes tested and assessed, wherein in spy The material strips are placed an object on fixed object space(71)In, wherein in order to tested and assessed and by the material strips(71) Be divided into includes the object section of one or more predetermined object space respectively(61)With without predetermined object The dead zone section of position(62), wherein in the object section(61)It is middle to use a kind of object algorithm(85a), with the object algorithm From the measurement signal(51、52)In at least one measurement signal temporal change in object carry out position determination And/or quality monitoring and in the dead zone section(62)It is middle to use at least one dead zone section algorithm(85b、85c), with the dead zone Section algorithm detects the material strips(71)In bar is heterogeneous and/or bar uniformity and/or the amount of at least one additive.
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