CN110663994B

CN110663994B - Multi-segment product manufacture for the tobacco processing industry

Info

Publication number: CN110663994B
Application number: CN201910589237.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: T.迈因斯; J.迈尔; N.霍夫曼
Original assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
Current assignee: Kolber Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-07-02
Filing date: 2019-07-02
Publication date: 2022-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-02
Also published as: DE102018115933A1; PL3590362T3; EP3590362A1; EP3590362B1; CN110663994A; EP3590362B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a machine for producing rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry. The invention is characterized in that the intermediate stage (43) is externally abutted to the partial products (42), and subsequently the intermediate section (43) and the partial products (42) are jointly inverted about the transverse axis and abutted to the other partial products (42 ') such that the intermediate section (43) is arranged between the partial products (42, 42').

Description

Multi-segment product manufacture for the tobacco processing industry

Technical Field

The invention relates to a method for producing rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry. The invention also relates to the use of a turning drum in a machine of the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products comprising a plurality of segments. The invention also relates to a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine has a first product path in which a first rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry, which is composed of a plurality of segments, is transported or conveyable in a transverse axial direction and is cut or can be cut into a first and a second partial product, wherein the machine has a second product path in which a further rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry is transported or conveyable in a transverse axial direction, wherein the second product path is arranged downstream of the first product path in the transport direction of the first product.

Background

EP 3231300 a1 discloses a method for producing filter cigarettes, in which filter rods are conveyed in a transverse axial direction, are wrapped centrally with a wrapping material, are cut, turned through 180 ° and are spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal axial direction in order to be subsequently conveyed to a filter tipping machine. Filter cigarettes are thus produced which have a double wrapping at their tobacco-side end.

In the tobacco processing industry, there is a clear need for a variety of different rod-shaped products. These products can be, in particular, multi-segment filters, rod-shaped tobacco products, to which filter segments or spacing segments are attached, or so-called heat-not-burn products.

In particular for very sensitive segments located at the outermost end of rod-shaped products, handling (bearbeiitung) or processing (Verarbeitung) in many conveying mechanisms can lead to damage or impaired quality (Qualit ä tseinbu beta ben).

Disclosure of Invention

The aim of the invention is to produce rod-shaped products for the tobacco processing industry in a protective manner, which products are formed from a plurality of segments, wherein one of the sensitive segments is located on the outside or is arranged at the end of the rod-shaped product. For this purpose, a method, an application (Verwendung) and a corresponding machine are described.

This object is achieved by a method for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, comprising the following method steps:

according to a first variant:

-conveying the first rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry to a conveyor, which conveys the first products in a transverse axial direction, wherein the first products have at least three segments, and wherein the first products are wrapped with a wrapping material;

-cutting the first product into a first and a second partial product in a transverse axial direction, wherein the first and second partial products each have at least two segments;

-the intermediate section is butted onto the first portion of product, so that in the longitudinal axial direction the intermediate section, the first portion of product and then the second portion of product are arranged one after the other, or,

according to a second variant:

-feeding the intermediate section to a conveyor device which conveys the intermediate section transversely to the axial direction;

-conveying the first rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry into a conveyor, which conveys the first products in a transverse axial direction, wherein the first products have at least three segments, and wherein the first products are wrapped with a wrapping material;

-abutting the partial products onto the end of the intermediate section, wherein the first partial product is brought into abutment with the intermediate section,

according to the two variants, the following further method steps are carried out:

-turning the intermediate section and the first portion of products together so as to change the orientation (orienting) of the intermediate section and the first portion of products by 180 ° about the transverse axis; and

-wrapping the intermediate section and at least a part of the sections of the first and second portions of product, which sections are contiguous with the intermediate section, with a further wrapping material.

The method according to the invention makes it possible to direct the outer sensitive section to the outside only a short time after the inversion, so that only few further machining or processing steps are carried out with this outer section. This sensitive or sensitive segment is thus treated very protectively.

Within the scope of the present invention, the intermediate segment may comprise a single (einzelnes) segment or a plurality of segments. For example, the intermediate segment may be composed of two outer, homogeneous segments and other kinds of segments between them. In order to provide such a combined intermediate segment, a third product run may be provided, which provides other kinds of segments between them.

Within the scope of the invention, the joint inversion of the intermediate section and the first portion of product is carried out as follows: so that the end faces of the intermediate section and the first portion of product that face each other before inversion still face each other after inversion.

Preferably, the second portion of product is also inverted so that the orientation of the second portion of product changes 180 ° about the transverse axis. Within the scope of the present application, the turning over of the second portion of product is performed as follows: such that the end face of the second portion of product that was on the outside before inversion faces the end face of the intermediate section after inversion.

Within the scope of the present invention, a 180 ° turn around the transverse axis means a turn around the transverse axis, i.e. an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first or second partial product or of the intermediate section. Within the scope of the invention, the turning over of the second portion of products and the simultaneous turning over of the first portion of products and the intermediate section can also be carried out in such a way that the second portion of products and the first portion of products are combined with a classification (Staffeln) of the intermediate section, a mutual displacement (Vorbeischieben) and a reclassification (zuru ü ckstaffeln).

Preferably, the first and second partial products are located jointly in the trough of the conveying means before and after the inversion, i.e. arranged one after the other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped products. The turning is preferably performed on a turning drum.

If the first and second partial products are preferably spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction, in particular by the length of at least one intermediate section, before the intermediate section is docked, the intermediate section can be introduced between the first and second partial products in a very protected manner without a large displacement stroke being required for pushing the first partial product, the second partial product and the intermediate section together.

Instead of one turning drum, a plurality of drums for turning can also be used, wherein, within the scope of the invention, a turning drum can also refer to a plurality of drums for turning. For example, a combination of a conveying drum on which the two partial products and the intermediate section are first arranged in the trough can be used, wherein, for example, the first partial product and the intermediate section are removed from the conical drum and are fed out again from the other conical drum onto the conveying drum. Devices for turning over stick-shaped products are disclosed, for example, in DE 3445945 a1, EP 0627175B 1 and DE 19920760 a 1.

Preferably, the first portion of products, the intermediate section and the second portion of products are arranged coaxially with each other after turning.

Preferably, a first rod-shaped product having at least three segments is cut out of rod-shaped products having at least five segments in a first product run and is subsequently graded with further first rod-shaped products having at least three segments in a first product run and arranged in lateral axial alignment.

The first product run is in particular an arrangement of conveying and processing drums, by means of which, for example, rod-shaped products of a plurality of segments wrapped with wrapping material are removed from a store, cut, then graded and moved longitudinally and axially, so that they are arranged in a transverse axial alignment for subsequent discharge onto a conveying drum or collecting drum, on which they are subsequently cut, for example once again centrally, for further processing steps. The turning over of at least one of the cut rod-shaped products may be seen as a further processing step. The second product path can have corresponding means, such as transport and processing drums, and is used to process and transport the intermediate section, so that it is joined to the first partial product as a double-length product. The second product run may be arranged such that the first portion of products is turned over jointly with the intermediate section.

The product sequence can also be formed by appropriate conveying and processing devices, by means of which filter tips or other rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry are removed from the magazine and conveyed accordingly and processed or processed in order to provide segments of the material of appropriate length. A second product run may thus be provided, for example, in which segments or intermediate segments are provided, which may be double-length filter segments, for example.

Preferably, the intermediate section is fed to the first and second partial products in a second product run, wherein the intermediate section is cut, graded and arranged in transverse axial alignment with other intermediate sections, in particular in the second product run, for subsequent butt-joint to the first partial products.

Preferably, the collecting section of the first partial product, the intermediate section and the second partial product is moved in the longitudinal direction after the first partial product and the intermediate section have been jointly inverted, so that the intermediate section is located in particular centrally on a central processing line which is oriented transversely to the conveyed rod-shaped product and the partial products.

The object is also achieved by a use of a reversing drum in a machine of the tobacco processing industry for producing rod-shaped products comprising a plurality of segments, wherein the reversing drum is arranged at the end of a second product run or directly behind the second product run, wherein a first product run is provided which is arranged upstream relative to the second product run, wherein the first product run is designed for processing and transporting rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry having a plurality of segments laterally, wherein an intermediate segment is produced or provided in the second product run, which intermediate segment is provided for being arranged externally on the rod-shaped products provided by the first product run, such that the intermediate segment is arranged or is located between two rod-shaped products provided by the first product run after being turned 180 ° about the lateral axis in the reversing drum.

The second product sequence is preferably a final product sequence in which a segment of rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry is fed to other segments or rod-shaped partial products.

By using a corresponding turning drum according to the invention, a very protective handling of products can be achieved, which after turning have sensitive segments located on the outside.

The object is also achieved by a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine has a first product run in which a first rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry, which is composed of a plurality of segments, is transported or can be transported in a transverse axial direction, and wherein a further rod-shaped product can be docked or can be docked externally to a first partial product in a second product run, so that a sequence of further rod-shaped products, first partial products and second partial products is produced in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the products, wherein the second product run is arranged downstream of the first product run in the transport direction of the first product, characterized in that at the end of the second product run, or directly following the second product run, a reversing drum is provided which is designed to receive the further rod-shaped product and the first partial product, and turned 180 ° about the transverse axis and so that they lie longitudinally axially aligned with the second portion of product after turning (enablene). In a further embodiment, the cutting device is a cutting device, by means of which the first rod-shaped product is cut or can be cut into the first and second partial products, wherein the cutting device is provided with a cutting device, in particular a classifying drum, and/or a moving device, in particular a moving drum.

These product courses preferably have a plurality of rollers, in particular transport rollers and/or treatment rollers.

A very efficient and compact machine can be achieved if, in addition to the turning drum, a spreader roller is provided, wherein the spreader roller is arranged upstream of the turning drum, wherein the turning drum directly adjoins the spreader roller, or only a further roller is arranged between the turning drum and the spreader roller.

The turning drum is preferably configured to both turn the first portion of products over another rod-shaped product and turn the second portion of products over. This preferably takes place simultaneously, that is to say, the partial products and the further rod-shaped product, which are arranged coaxially one behind the other, are also arranged coaxially one behind the other after the turning over.

Preferably, the product rows are designed as modules, wherein the transport and handling devices of the product rows are each arranged in a common frame, rack (gelust) and/or rack (Schrank) and have transfer units which are connected to one another when connecting the two product rows.

For this purpose, reference is made in particular to the machine of the applicant under the name "Merlin". See also WO 03/024256 a2 or EP 2335503B 1, among others.

Within the scope of the invention, another stick-shaped product may also be considered as an intermediate section.

Further features of the invention can be derived from the description of an embodiment according to the invention together with the claims and the drawings. Embodiments according to the invention may implement individual features or a combination of features.

Drawings

Without limiting the general idea of the invention, the invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of example, wherein all details according to the invention which are not described in detail in the text are explicitly referred to in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a machine for manufacturing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the rod-shaped products, precisely on the machine shown in FIG. 1, which are processed from the initial products into the final products;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a machine according to the invention for producing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry; and

fig. 4 is a schematic top view of rod-shaped products, specifically on the machine shown in fig. 3, which are processed from starting products into final products.

In these figures, identical or similar elements and/or components are provided with the same reference numerals, respectively, so that a renewed description is omitted, respectively.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a machine 10 according to the invention for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry. In a first filter process (Filterlauf) 61, a quadruple length of product 40 (see fig. 2) from a warehouse (Magazin) or stock (Vorrat) 11 is taken out by means of the take-out drum 12. The quadruple length product 40 has five different segments, three of which are, for example, double in this case. These segments, i.e. double and single long segments 50, 52, may be: tobacco rods (Tabakstock), hollow segments, blank segments, tube segments, tobacco film segments, filters or filter elements with activated carbon particles, such as filter acetate elements (filterings), which may also contain, for example, capsules (Kapsel) containing aromatic substances (Aromastoff). There are many variations possible here. It is particularly feasible that the segments 50 have tobacco rods. The mechanisms shown in fig. 1, which are designed primarily as rollers, each rotate in the direction of the arrow.

The single length segment is indicated by 50 and 52 in fig. 2 and 4.

On the take-off drum 12, a quadruple-length product 40, which is arranged in a flute (Mulden) and is conveyed in the transverse axial direction, is cut centrally and transferred (ubergeben) onto a classifying drum (staffeltromel) 14. In this way double-length products 41, 41' are produced. The cut double-length products 41, 41' are graded on the grading drum 14. The double-length products 41, 41' to be sorted are transferred onto the moving drum 15 and are moved there longitudinally, so that they are arranged in alignment transversely to the axial direction one after the other (hunter). The double products 41, 41 'arranged in a longitudinal alignment one behind the other are discharged (abgeben) onto the transport drum 16 and from there onto the cutting drum 17, on which the double products 41, 41' are cut centrally by the circular knife 13. This produces partial products 42 and 42' which are arranged longitudinally axially to one another, for example in the flutes of the cutting drum 17. The partial products 42, 42' are transferred from the cutting cylinder 17 onto the transport cylinder 18.

The partial products 42, 42' are transferred from the conveying drum 18 onto a collecting drum (zusmammenstelltrommel) 19, wherein, from the second product run 62, the intermediate section 43 is externally (au β en) docked (anlegen) to the first partial product 42. A second product run (Produktlauf) 62 takes corresponding, not shown, eight-fold-length segments, for example filter segments, from the store or stock 21 by means of the take-off roller 22. There, the double-long segments are cut centrally by the circular knife 13 in order to be transferred onto the classifying drum 24 and classified there. Next, the intermediate segment 43 is transferred onto the moving drum 25 and there moves in the groove of the moving drum 25 in a transverse axial alignment. Subsequently, the intermediate segments 43 arranged in axial alignment are transferred onto the transport drum 26 for the purpose of being discharged from there onto the collecting drum 19.

In this way, a collection of rod-shaped products is formed in the longitudinal axial direction from the two partial products 42, 42' and an intermediate section 43, as can be seen clearly in fig. 2. The collection portion is transferred to a turning drum (wendettrommel) 20 on which a first portion 42 of products is turned with an intermediate section 43 and, in addition, a second portion 42' of products is also turned.

The collection portion thus turned over is transferred to the transport drum 29 and then to the transport drum 33, where it is first pushed together (zusammengeschoben) in order then to fix the slip-in paper (Belagpapier) 44 to the collection portion formed by the partial products 42, 42' and the intermediate section 43. For this purpose, the wrapping paper web 30 is diverted by the suction roll 32, cut into wrapping paper sections 44 by means of the cutting device 31 and fixed to the rod-shaped products as is known. Next, the formation (Gebilde) of the partial products 42, 42 ', the intermediate section 43 and the slip-in paper 44 is transferred onto the rolling drum 34 and conveyed into the region of the rolling mechanism 39, so that the slip-in paper 44 is wound there completely around the partial products 42, 42' and the intermediate section 43. As can be seen in fig. 2, a part of the section 50 of each partial product 42 and 42' and the entire intermediate section 43 are surrounded by a wrapping paper 44 (umwicket).

The double-length end product is then transferred onto the transport drum 35, then onto the cutting drum 36, and centrally cut into end products 45 and 45 'by means of the circular knife 13, and then transferred onto the spreading drum 37, wherein the end product 45' is respectively turned through 180 ° by means of the turning drum 38 and is correspondingly arranged in alignment with the other end products 45.

For turning over the stick or article, see DE 3445945 a1, EP 0627175B 1 and DE 19920760 a 1.

Fig. 3 shows a further embodiment of a machine for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, in which a spreader roller 27 is provided instead of the transport roller 18, in contrast to fig. 1. In the spreader roller 27, the partial products 42 and 42' are spaced apart or pulled apart from one another in the longitudinal direction.

The intermediate section 43 is then externally butted against the first portion of products 42 and the combination of the first portion of products 42 and the intermediate section is turned 180 ° on the turning drum 20 and also the second portion of products 42' is turned 180 ° also on the turning drum 20. After inversion, the intermediate section 43 is spaced from the second portion of product 42'. This spacing is reduced in the following moving drum 28, wherein the combined longitudinal axial movement or oscillation (getaumelt) of the first portion 42, the intermediate section 43 and the second portion 42' is also caused to a certain extent, so that the intermediate section 43 is arranged centrally in the processing centre (processsmite) of the machine 10.

The turning over of the combination of the first portion of products 42 and the intermediate section 43 can also be carried out: it is carried out about a transverse axis which is not arranged centrally in the assembly, so that after turning over the spacing between the intermediate section 43 and the second partial product 42' is substantially zero.

After being flipped, such as in the embodiment of fig. 1, the wrapping paper 44 is wrapped around the intermediate section and a portion of the first and second portions of products 42, 42'.

As the turning drum or the turning device schematically shown in the embodiments, the turning drum or the turning device disclosed in the just-mentioned prior art document may be used. Expanding rollers are known to those skilled in the art.

All the mentioned features, as well as the features taken alone from the drawings, as well as the individual features disclosed in connection with the other features, are considered to be the gist of the present invention, both individually and in combination. Embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented by individual features or a combination of a plurality of features. Features with "in particular" or "preferred" are optional features within the scope of the invention.

List of reference numerals

10 multi-segment product manufacturing machine

11. 21 stock of

12. 22 take-out drum

13 circular knife

14. 24 grading roller

15. 25 moving roller

16. 26 conveying roller

17 cutting drum

18 conveying roller

19 collecting roller

20 overturning roller

27 expanding roller

28 moving roller

29 conveying roller

30 wrapping paper tape

31 cutting device

32 suction roll

33 conveying roller

34 rolling roller

35 conveying roller

36 cutting drum

37 expanding roller

38 turnover roller

39 rolling mechanism

Product 40 times longer

41. 41' double-length product

42. 42' part product

43 intermediate section

44 packing paper

45. 45' end product

50 first segment

52 second segment

61 first product process

62 second product process

Claims

1. A method for producing a rod-shaped product (45, 45') of the tobacco processing industry, comprising the following method steps:

according to a first variant:

-conveying a first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') of the tobacco processing industry to a conveyor device (14, 15, 16) which conveys the first rod-shaped product (41, 41') in a transverse axial direction, wherein the first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') has at least three segments (50, 52), and wherein the first rod-shaped product (41, 41') is wrapped with a wrapping material;

-cutting the first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') into a first and a second partial product (42, 42 ') in a transverse axial direction, wherein the first and second partial product (42, 42 ') each have at least two segments (50, 52);

-docking an intermediate section (43) onto a first portion of products (42) such that, in the longitudinal axial direction, the intermediate section (43), the first portion of products (42), and then the second portion of products (42') are arranged one after the other, or

According to a second variant:

-feeding the intermediate section (43) to a conveying device (14, 15, 16) which conveys the intermediate section (43) transversely to the axial direction;

-conveying a first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') of the tobacco processing industry into a conveyor device (14, 15, 16) which conveys the first rod-shaped product (41, 41') in a transverse axial direction, wherein the first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') has at least three segments (50, 52), and wherein the first rod-shaped product (41, 41') is wrapped with a wrapping material;

-abutting the partial products (42, 42') on the ends of the intermediate section, wherein a first partial product (42) is brought into abutment with the intermediate section (43),

-turning the intermediate section (43) and the first portion of products (42) jointly so as to change the orientation of the intermediate section (43) and the first portion of products (42) by 180 ° about a transverse axis; and

-wrapping at least a portion of the intermediate section (43) and the sections (50, 52) of the first and second portions of product (42, 42') with a further wrapping material (44), the sections being contiguous with the intermediate section (43).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said second portion of products (42 ') is also inverted such that the orientation of said second portion of products (42') changes 180 ° about the transverse axis.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said inverting is performed on an inverting drum (20).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second portions of product (42') are longitudinally axially spaced from each other by at least the length of the intermediate section (43) prior to abutting the intermediate section (43).

5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that said first and second partial products (42, 42') and said intermediate segment (43) are arranged coaxially with each other after turning.

6. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that a first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') with at least three segments (50, 52) is cut out of rod-shaped products with at least five segments (50, 52) in a first product run (61) and subsequently graded with other first rod-shaped products (41, 41') in said first product run (61) and arranged in lateral axial alignment.

7. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate section (43) is fed to the first and second partial products (42, 42') in a second product run (62), wherein the intermediate section (43) is cut, graded and arranged in transverse axial alignment with the other intermediate sections (43) in the second product run (62).

8. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the collection of the first partial product (42), the intermediate section (43) and the second partial product (42 ') is displaced in the longitudinal direction after the first partial product (42) and the intermediate section (43) have been jointly inverted, so that the intermediate section (43) is located in a central processing line which is transverse to the conveyed rod-shaped product and the partial products (42, 42').

9. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that the intermediate section (43) is centrally located on the central processing line.

10. Use of an overturning drum (20) in a machine (10) of the tobacco processing industry for manufacturing rod-shaped products (45, 45') comprising a plurality of segments (50, 52, 43), characterized in that the overturning drum (20) is arranged at the end of a second product run (62) or directly after the second product run (62), wherein a first product run (61) is provided which is arranged upstream with respect to the second product run (62), wherein the first product run (61) is designed for processing and transporting rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry having a plurality of segments (50, 52) laterally, wherein an intermediate segment (43) is generated or provided in the second product run (62) which is provided for external arrangement onto the rod-shaped products provided by the first product run (61), whereby the intermediate section (43) is arranged or situated between two rod-shaped products provided by the first product run (61) after being turned 180 ° around the transverse axis in the turning drum (20).

11. A machine (10) for producing rod-shaped products (45, 45 ') of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the machine (10) has a first product run (61) in which a first rod-shaped product (41, 41 ') of the tobacco processing industry, which is composed of a plurality of segments (50, 52), is conveyed or can be conveyed transversely to the axis and is cut or can be cut into a first and a second partial product (42, 42 '), and wherein the machine (10) has a second product run (62) in which a further rod-shaped product of the tobacco processing industry is conveyed or can be conveyed transversely to the axis, wherein the further rod-shaped product can be docked externally to the first partial product (42) in the second product run (62) in order to produce a further rod-shaped product in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the product, -a sequence of first partial products (42) and second partial products (42 '), wherein the second product run (62) is arranged after the first product run (61) in the conveying direction of the first rod-shaped products (41, 41 '), characterized in that at the end of the second product run (62) or directly following the second product run (62) there is provided an overturning drum (20) which is configured for receiving the further rod-shaped products and the first partial products (42) and is overturned by 180 ° about a transverse axis and such that they are placed longitudinally axially in alignment with the second partial products (42 ') after being overturned.

12. Machine (10) according to claim 11, characterized in that a cutting device (13) is provided for cutting in the first product run (61), by means of which the first rod-shaped products (41, 41 ') are or can be cut into first and second partial products (42, 42') transversely to the axial direction.

13. Machine (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that downstream of said cutting means (13) there are provided or are grading means (14) and/or moving means (15).

14. Machine (10) according to claim 13, characterized in that said classifying means (14) is a classifying drum or said moving means (15) is a moving drum.

15. The machine (10) of claim 12, wherein the first product run (61) and the second product run (62) have a plurality of rollers.

16. Machine (10) according to claim 15, characterized in that said cylinders are transport cylinders (16, 26) and/or treatment cylinders.

17. Machine (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that in addition to the turning cylinders (18, 20) a spreader cylinder (27) is provided, wherein the spreader cylinder (27) is arranged upstream of the turning cylinder (20), wherein the turning cylinder (20) directly adjoins the spreader cylinder (27) or only a further cylinder (19) is arranged between the turning cylinder (20) and the spreader cylinder (27).

18. The machine (10) of claim 12, wherein said turning drum (20) is configured to turn both said first portion of products (42) over said another rod-shaped product and said second portion of products (42').

19. Machine (10) according to one of claims 12 to 18, characterized in that the first product run (61) and the second product run (62) are configured as modules, wherein the conveying means and the handling means of the first product run (61) and the second product run (62) are arranged in or on a common frame, rack and/or cabinet, respectively, and have a transfer unit which is connected to one another when connecting the two product runs.