CN1317940A - Cigarette mfg. machine and control system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A cigarette manufacturing apparatus comprises a tobacco rod maker for making double length tobacco rods, a tipper for applying filters to tobacco rods to form filter tipped cigarettes, and a transfer apparatus for transferring double length tobacco rods from the rod maker to the tipper. Each of the tipper and the rod maker comprises a plurality of field devices for monitoring and/or affecting parameters of the rod maker, the tipper or the cigarettes being manufactured. A motion controller controls a plurality of synchronised motors. A PC based controller controls the motion controller, the devices on the tipper and the rod maker and communicates with an HMI which is running on the same or a separate PC. The devices and the controller are linked by a field bus. The HMI PC and the motion controller are connected to the system controller either over their own links or via the fieldbus.

Description

Cigarette props up maker and control system thereof

The present invention relates to the making of cigarette filter and relate to the control system that is used for controlling cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine.

Cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine are known.Usually, the plume of being made by cigarette machine automatically is sent to the filter tip spicing machine on transfer equipment.The filter tip spicing machine filter tip be installed in plume and the packet header paper roll on assembly.Tobacco product props up and is sent to package station then.

Recently, improved speed of production by making the double-length plume.This double-length plume entirely is sent to the filter tip spicing machine.As the part of transport process, this plume is put therein and is cut, and two single plume sections separately and a double-length filter tip inserts between the plume section separately.The whole length of packet header paper roll bag is cutting filter tip and produce two complete cigarettes and prop up therein then.Because these cigarettes prop up in the filter tip spicing machine direction and arrange on the contrary, so cigarette in propping up was turned over before complete product is sent to packing machine then.

Traditionally, to prop up maker mainly be to drive and control with mechanical system to cigarette.Various moving/tumbler in the machine drives via suitable gear-box from master driver.In recent years, once useful a series of servomotor independently synchronized with each other substitutes the trend of the driving system of some this heaviness.

We have realized that cigarette props up production process and has many aspects not controlled fully by existing mechanical.

The objective of the invention is to overcome above-mentioned shortcoming of the prior art.

Prop up making apparatus according to the invention provides a kind of cigarette, comprising: a cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume; One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter; A transfer equipment that is used for the plume of double-length is sent to from cigarette machine the filter tip spicing machine; Wherein each in filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine comprises that one group is used for monitoring and/or influences cigarette machine, filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter that the cigarette made props up; A controller that is used for controlling this group device on filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine; And a fieldbus, this group device and this controller are connected in this fieldbus.

The present invention also provides a kind of cigarette to prop up making apparatus, comprising: a cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume; One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter; A transfer equipment that is used for the double-length plume is sent to from cigarette machine the filter tip spicing machine; Wherein each in filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine comprises that one group is used for monitoring and/or influences cigarette machine, filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter that the cigarette made props up; The 1st controller that is used for controlling this group device on filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine; And one be used for providing filter tip spicing machine, cigarette machine and cigarette to prop up information and being used for be sent to the 2nd controller of the 1st controller from user's input data to the operator.

The present invention and then provide a kind of cigarette to prop up making apparatus, comprise: a cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume, one is used for filter tip is installed in plume forming the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter, and a transfer equipment that is used for the double-length plume is sent to from cigarette machine the filter tip spicing machine; One group of synchronous servo motor that respectively is used for driving an action separately on filter tip spicing machine or the cigarette machine; Wherein each in filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine comprises that also one group is used for monitoring and/or influences cigarette machine, filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter that the cigarette made props up; A motion control device that is used for controlling this group synchronous motor; A system controller that is used for controlling this group device on filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine, this motion control device is connected in this system controller; And a fieldbus, this group device and this controller respectively are connected in this communication network.

In one embodiment of the invention, preferably synchronous motor is a servomotor.Preferably, communication network is the field bus type network.

The present invention also provides a kind of cigarette to prop up making apparatus, comprising: a cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume; One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter; A transfer equipment that is used for the double-length plume is sent to from cigarette machine the filter tip spicing machine; Wherein each in filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine comprises that one group is used for monitoring and/or influences cigarette machine, filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter that the cigarette made props up; A control network, this group device is coupled in this control network; The 1st controller that is used for controlling this group device on filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine that is connected in this control network; And one be coupled in the 1st controller and comprise that at least one is used for providing filter tip spicing machine, cigarette machine and cigarette to prop up the HMI of information and being used for be sent to the 2nd controller of the 1st controller from user's input data to the operator.

The present invention also provides a kind of control with comprising by the equipment of interconnective cigarette machine of plume transfer equipment and filter tip spicing machine to make the method that cigarette props up, and this method may further comprise the steps: a fieldbus and a machine controller that is connected in this fieldbus are set; One group is used for monitoring and/or influences cigarette machine, filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter that the cigarette made props up is connected in this fieldbus; From this controller at this fieldbus of data monitoring from all devices; And one or more parameters of adjusting filter tip spicing machine or cigarette machine according to the information content of the data of being received.

Embodiments of the invention exist whole cigarette and prop up manufacturing process and make as a whole such advantage of controlling.In the prior art, cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine are controlled individually, and we recognize that this is undesirable.Preferably the device of the control of the needs on cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine all is linked in a public fieldbus by a common control unit control.This exists the machine distribution and reduces to minimum and still can improve such advantage of communicating by letter between device and the controller on the fieldbus.

Preferably, filter tip spicing machine and cigarette machine both have some can receive and send to fieldbus the man-machine interface (HMI) of data via controller from fieldbus.Preferably all HMI are controlled according to the device on the fieldbus by different controllers.Control data can visit so that can remote diagnosis by for example being connected in factory local area network (LAN) or LAN TCP/IP link in addition.The separation of data guarantees that the integrality of manufacturing process can not be for example undermined by the no authorized user on the LAN.

Embodiments of the invention have can improve the such advantage of speed of production greatly.Embodiments of the invention have and just need not stop to produce and can carry out the such advantages of adjustment that need a lot of downtimes before many to machine.For example, cigarette machine is to the adjustment phase place of filter tip spicing machine.Change during the phase place adjustment can rise on the slope when the slope rises to full gear and prop up so that in this time, provide the higher cigarette of quality.The roll-forming band can change the ratio of inhaling silk ribbon so that can not make the different trades mark with different parameters with shutting down in addition.The position of the type information of manufacturer on cigarette props up changes according to the parameter that defines as that works in the position of consolidation end in plume.This helps producing the switching to the different trade mark with different trade mark specifications.Most of mechanical linkage which controls replaces intelligent servomotor and so on intelligent apparatus and the control that distributes by removing, and can realize the more quiet operation favourable to the user of machine.

Embodiments of the invention have additional advantage, and the long mean free error time is promptly arranged, and in failure event, are arranged short mean repair time.The partly cause of the shortening of mean repair time is because the existence of HMI, and this HMI makes it possible to rapid failure diagnosis and the out of order element of quick identification so that change from the device visit diagnostic data on the fieldbus.In addition, diagnosis can be carried out from remote location, for example at the professional LAN of factory or carry out on the internet.

Below only with an example and an embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe the present invention, in these accompanying drawings:

To be expression be sent to the schematic diagram of front end of cigarette machine of the hopper configuration of the drum of inhaling the silk chamber and roller to pipe tobacco to Fig. 1;

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 schematically represent to be applicable to the hopper of the cigarette machine of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 schematically represents to be used for the embodiment of roller of the hopper of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram in the suction silk chamber of the expression equipment that is used for controlling plume density;

Fig. 6 is the schematic sectional view along the equipment of Fig. 5 of the intercepting of the 6-6 line among Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is the details drawing of an embodiment of part of the equipment of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is the exploded view of the equipment of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is the detailed section view of the 2nd embodiment of the equipment of Fig. 5;

Figure 10 is from inhaling the schematic diagram of silk ribbon to the cigarette machine of the rejecting of complete double-length plume;

Figure 11 is that expression is used for playing from the bullet that cigarette machine transmits plume the perspective view of the transfer equipment of machine;

Figure 12 is the enlarged drawing of a part of the equipment of Figure 11;

Figure 13 is the vertical view that the bullet of Figure 11 is played the machine assembly;

Figure 14 is the front view of the assembly of Figure 13;

Figure 15 is the vertical view that bullet is played wheel;

Figure 16 is the front view that bullet is played wheel;

Figure 17 is the A-A cutaway view of Figure 16;

Figure 18 is the vertical view of air draught cover;

Figure 19 is the front view of air draught cover;

Figure 20 is the rearview of air draught cover;

Figure 21 implements the schematic diagram of drum roll assembly that cigarette of the present invention props up the transfer equipment of maker;

Figure 22 is the rear perspective of transfer equipment when taking off outer cover;

Figure 23 is the parts explosion of transfer equipment;

Figure 24 is the perspective view that advances the cigarette drum of transfer equipment;

Figure 25 is the perspective view of the air draught cover of into cigarette drum;

Figure 26 is the perspective view of filter tip spicing machine;

Figure 27 is the forward sight perspective illustration of cigarette machine, and the position of some motor is shown;

Figure 28 is the backsight perspective illustration of cigarette machine, and the position of some motor is shown;

Figure 29 is the backsight perspective illustration of filter tip spicing machine, and the position of some motor is shown;

Figure 30 is the schematic diagram of the 1st embodiment of the control system that is used for filter tip spicing machine and cigarette machine of expression fieldbus;

Figure 31 is the schematic diagram of the 2nd embodiment of the control system that is used for filter tip spicing machine and cigarette machine of expression fieldbus;

Figure 32 is the figure that is presented at the main menu on the filter tip spicing machine HMI;

Figure 33 is the figure that is presented at the preparation cigarette machine screen on the cigarette machine HMI;

Figure 34 is the figure that is presented at the parameter adjustment screen on the cigarette machine HMI;

Figure 35 is the figure that is presented at the phase shift screen on the cigarette machine HMI;

Figure 36 is the figure that is presented at the preparation filter tip spicing machine screen on the filter tip spicing machine HMI;

Figure 37 is the general survey of the relation between the various screens that are presented on filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine HMI;

Figure 38 is the flow chart that shows the key step in the control procedure;

Figure 39 is the flow chart of the step in the total startup subroutine of expression;

Figure 40 is the flow chart of the step in the expression filter tip spicing machine startup subroutine; And

Figure 41 is the flow chart of the step in the expression cigarette machine startup subroutine.

The basic operation of cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine at first will be described.

Cigarette machine is made the double-length plume and they is sent to the filter tip spicing machine, and the filter tip spicing machine further cuts the double-length plume and insert the double-length filter tip between plume.Paste packet header paper then and be cut into tobacco product and prop up rightly, alternately later processing is checked and delivered to reorientation.

Fig. 1 schematically represents the front end of cigarette machine.This is an example of the front end of cigarette machine, can be with other front end.Pipe tobacco infeeds the behind of hopper 10 at the beginning.Have the netted drum 1 in the top that vacuumizes by it the oar shape that pipe tobacco takes sealing hopper well to is taken turns 2.Sensor 3 in the hopper well detects the pipe tobacco whether sufficient amount is arranged in the hopper.The vacuum of leading to netted drum 1 when hopper sensor 3 is blocked by pipe tobacco is cut off and is switched on when this sensor does not become when being blocked.Be provided with a protective door 4 at the hopper top, can add via this protective door from the pipe tobacco that returns such as overflowing.Vibro-rammer 5 of installing in the hopper well, it pushes this well with time interval of rule so that stop the pipe tobacco consolidation that becomes.Permanent magnet 6 of installing below oar shape wheel 2 is so that remove any ferromagnetic material from tobacco stream.

Hopper may have completely normal design as shown in fig. 1, perhaps changes as shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 4.In the hopper of Fig. 1, barbed current limliting roller 7 that is positioned at the hopper bottom is with making it to drop to the zone of a pair of combing drum 8,9 back from the pipe tobacco of hopper, and these combing drums will be addressed in due course.

In the hopper of Fig. 2 to Fig. 4, traverse the inlet of hopper and arrange a discharge roller 12.The circumferential surface of roller 12 has the thorn 14 that combines with the pipe tobacco that enters hopper.Be installed on the driving shaft 16 and comprise 4 independent roller section 12a, b, c, d in an embodiment middle roller 12 of cigarette machine.Two rotatable combing drums 8 (drum only draws) are arranged in bottom at hopper.Between the height of discharge roller 12 and combing drum 8, a row 4 light-sensitive element 20a, b, c, the d of level have substantially been arranged on the position of the maximum pipe tobacco height of in corresponding to hopper, wanting.Each element 20a, b, c, d be connected to an actuator that is used for separately roller section 12a, b, c, d and each element be on the bucket wall projection of roller section on hopper side wall separately vertical lower a bit.

During use, pipe tobacco enters hopper 10 from the top.All discharge roller section 12a, b, c, d rotates and the pipe tobacco that enters is assigned on the rotation combing drum 18 on the floor that forms hopper.As long as the height of the pipe tobacco in the hopper keeps below the height of all light-sensitive element 20a, b, c, d, just obtain this situation shown in Fig. 2.Fig. 3 illustrates hopper 10, and wherein the height of pipe tobacco 22 has been elevated to the maximum height of wanting near two element 20b, d.These elements are activated by pipe tobacco, make them send a signal, and this signal is thrown off roller section 12b, d separately, the zone that this light-sensitive element 20b, d by activating that makes less pipe tobacco be assigned to hopper 10 is covered.

In case the height of pipe tobacco is reduced to the height of the light-sensitive element that is lower than activation, the roller section of disengagement is again in conjunction with also rotation, once more to these region allocation pipe tobaccos.Want, the roller section again in conjunction with stopping activate to lag behind one period regular time than light-sensitive element separately, allow drop to be lower than the maximum of wanting by the pipe tobacco height in the zone of activating that element monitored.

The signal that is sent when activating by light-sensitive element can cause any in conjunction with driving shaft with in the some kinds of methods of separately roller section.For example, this signal can make an interior electromagnetic clutch of this roller section in conjunction with driving shaft, makes this roller section rotation.Otherwise this signal may make electromagnet that a key among axle or the roller Duan Yifang is pushed a keyway among the opposing party; Driving shaft will be brought key and keyway into the other side with the relative rotation of unconjugated roller section, thereby combination takes place.

Fig. 4 illustrates a kind of pneumatic clutch configuration.A discharge roller 12 comprises 4 roller section 12a, b, c, d (thorn of the roller that do not draw).Roller 12 driving shafts 16 mounted thereto have passage 24a, b, c, d, each passage finishes in actuator cavities 26 a, b, c, d at circumferential wall upper shed and each passage of the driving shaft 16 that leaves roller 12, and these actuator cavities are at the circumferential wall place opening near the axle 16 of separately roller section 12 a, b, c, d.Each actuator cavities 26a, b, c, d contain brake pad 28a, a b, c, d, and this brake pad cooperates hermetically with the sidewall of chamber 26a, b, c, d, still move freely toward or away from separately roller section 12a, b, c, d in this chamber.In an illustrated embodiment, towards a side opening of roller 12, and two towards opposite side on the circumferential wall of axle 16 for two passage 24a, b.

Compressed air source (not shown) is communicated among passage 24a, b, c, the d each via air supply pipe 30a, b, c, d.Air supply pipe 30a, b, c, d are communicated to passage 24a, b, c, d like this, and promptly axle 16 can rotate and air supply pipe does not rotate.This connection can be such, and promptly each air supply pipe 30a, b, c, d are communicated with separately passage 24a, b, c, d in one of axle 16 changes all the time.This can be provided with afflux piece 32 by threaded shaft on the circumference 16 and realize that air supply pipe 30a, b, c, d pass this afflux piece.Every end of the terminal adjacent shafts of air supply pipe is in separately circumference manifold 34a, b, c, d, and each manifold is communicated with separately passage 24a, b, c, d when axle rotates all the time.Otherwise it can be to be communicated with to be cut off when axle rotates, and the openend of passage is by the sealing of unillustrated mechanism when the rotation of axle is stopped, and for example air supply pipe 30a, b, c, d pass sealing block of threaded shaft 16 on its circumference and so on.

During use, when not receiving signal from one of sensor 20a, when showing in the part of the hopper that covers by this sensor acceptable pipe tobacco height, a valve (not shown) among the air supply pipe 30a is separately opened, thereby the passage 24a separately in the circumference manifold 34a feeding rotating shaft 16 that has in the pressure air feeding afflux piece 32 and the actuator cavities 26a at passage 24a other end place.Raising among the actuator cavities 26a air pressure the brake pad 28a among the actuator cavities 26a is pushed against the wall of roller section 12a separately, make it with axle 16 rotations.

If sensor 20a sends the signal that pipe tobacco is piled up in the part that shows the hopper that is covered by this sensor, then the valve among the air supply pipe 30a cuts out.Air pressure among the actuator cavities 26a causes brake pad 28a no longer to push against the wall of roller section 12a along with air spills and returns to atmospheric pressure from passage 24a, so this roller section is thrown off from axle 16, causes this roller section to be stopped the rotation.Will be appreciated that other roller sections 12 b, c, d are in response to from the signal of separately sensor 20b, c, d in the hopper or there is not signal to throw off in the same way and combination.

Come the signal of self-activating element can pass through a treating apparatus, this treating apparatus is delivered to separately roller section to signal then.To understand that also element can be worked as it and be sent a signal when detecting pipe tobacco and stop to send signal or send a different signal when it detects pipe tobacco.

Refer back to Fig. 1, pipe tobacco current limliting roller 7 causes a constant impetus from hopper 10 pulling pipe tobaccos.Current limliting roller 7 is controlled by 3 photoelectric sensors (PEC) 36,37,38, and current limliting roller speed improves if these sensors are configured to that in 3 sensors any one fails to see pipe tobacco, thereby guarantees the constant impetus.

From current limliting roller 7, pipe tobacco is by between the combing drum roller.The top roll 8 of these rollers is little combing drums and lower roll is a big combing drum 9.Below big combing drum 9 pick up pipe tobacco and pipe tobacco be carried to and run into little combing drum 8.These drums are rotation and synchronous with master driver relatively at leisure.Gap between two combing rollers is passed through the pipe tobacco of homogeneous quantity.Unnecessary pipe tobacco forms roll by the reverse rotation of two combing rollers.Pipe tobacco is by a pair of elater rumble and filament throwing roller 41,42 then, and elater rumble and filament throwing roller are thrown inlet air flow so that pipe tobacco is sent to a suction silk ribbon with higher speed rotation and pipe tobacco.In elater rumble when work, spring down pipe tobacco and pipe tobacco is delivered to filament throwing roller 41 belows from big combing drum 9, and filament throwing roller quickens to deliver to a porous rotation collection fiber tube 43 to pipe tobacco.Air draught is picked up pipe tobacco by collection fiber tube 43 and is carried it and enters upwards by inhaling the air-flow in silk road 44.Upwards blow over a worm pipe 45 that is installed in collection fiber tube below from the air-flow of small fan, tobacco stream is upwards blown to inhale the silk road.The heavier particle of pipe tobacco, stalk piece and foreign material pass air-flow and drop in the offal gatherer 46.Air was also upwards inhaled by a big fan and was inhaled the silk road, and tobacco stream is upwards moved to a mesh band.The speed of air can enter the air mass flow of inhaling the silk road by minimizing and change.Change air velocity so that adapt to the product that is using.

There is the sync driver and a control pipe tobacco current limliting roller of a big combing drum of control in hopper portion or go out the speed change driver of strip, and the latter has the variable setpoint according to machine speed.

Upwards be maintained at the downside of inhaling silk ribbon by the pipe tobacco of inhaling the silk road, this suction silk ribbon takes pipe tobacco to roll-forming portion forward.Remain on the degree of depth of inhaling the pipe tobacco on the silk ribbon and be trimmed to the correct degree of depth by the stabilization device dish.

With reference to Fig. 5 to Fig. 9, an annular is inhaled silk ribbon 47 and is vertically passed through chamber 40 along the direction shown in the big arrow among Fig. 5.Suction silk ribbon 47 preferably drives and can see through air by one with other motor driver synchronous servo motors still can not see through pipe tobacco basically.Otherwise it also can link with mechanical means.Chamber 40 has roof 49, diapire 49 ', sidewall 50,50 ', and end wall 48,48 '.Diapire 49 ' just stops but extension is very short from downstream end wall 48 ' end wall 48 extensions upstream of chamber 40.Wall 51 that extends downwards from the upstream edge of diapire 49 ' sagging and with the coming together to define to lower extension 52 and inhale a silk road 54 of the upstream end wall 48 of chamber, pipe tobacco is introduced into this chamber via this suctions road.Sidewall 50,50 ' is parallel to the longitudinal axis of chamber 40 substantially.End wall 48,48 ' is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of chamber 40.Inhale silk ribbon 47 and pass that import 56 on the end wall 48 enters chamber 40 and chamber 40 is left in the outlet 56 ' of passing on the end wall 48 '.A fan (not shown) is set so that via inhaling silk road 54 and inhaling silk chamber 40 air draughts; The pipe tobacco feeding is inhaled the silk road and is forced to take part in air.

A rotation stepping motor 58 that comprises a gear-box is arranged in the outside of inhaling silk chamber 40 and the sidewall 50 that is fixed in chamber 40.The main shaft 60 of motor 58 passes a hole 62 on the wall 50 of chamber 40.Motor 58 is fixed in the wall 50 of chamber 40, causes main shaft 60 to rotate freely and do not have fluid to leak via hole 62 from motor 58 to enter to inhale a silk chamber 40.The free end 64 of main shaft 60 is in the top of suction silk ribbon 47 in the chamber 40 and the top of diapire 49 '.The free end 64 of main shaft is connected to one from the installation end 66 of main shaft diameter to outward extending finger piece 68.The upper surface of silk ribbon 47 is inhaled in free end 70 contacts of finger piece 68.Stabilization device 72 is positioned at the below of inhaling silk ribbon 47 and at 70 rears, end of finger piece 68.Thereby a density measurement mechanism in the downstream of inhaling silk chamber 40 measures the density of new system plume (not shown) and sends a control signal to the Weight control computer to motor 58 by the ray attenuation method of routine.

Fig. 7 at length illustrates the 1st embodiment of finger piece 68 and motor 58.Fig. 8 is the exploded view of the part of the finger piece 68 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 7 and motor 58.

The free end of finger piece 68 define one fan-shaped, it is crooked causing the surface of the contact zones 47 of finger piece 68.Have been found that this finger piece shape prolongs the life-span of inhaling silk ribbon 47.Should Quenching Treatment or has hard to insert in the surface of the contact zones 47 of finger piece 68.Be that the contact of finger piece 68 is inhaled the surfaces nitrided processing of silk ribbon 47 or covered tungsten carbide or pottery better.

Finger piece 68 is installed on the motor main shaft 64 by the bolt 74 of the split ring 76 at installation end 66 places of passing finger piece.A tolerance ring 78 is fitted between split ring 76 and the cover plate 80, and motor 58 is fixed on the wall 50 of inhaling silk chamber 40 by this cover plate.An O-ring seals 82 between cover plate 80 and the chamber wall 50 prevents that air or pipe tobacco from passing through between cover plate and chamber wall.A U-shaped sealing ring 84 between motor main shaft 60 and the cover plate 80 prevents that fluid from leaking chamber 40 and preventing that pipe tobacco from entering motor 58 from motor 58.Screw 86 is fixed in cover plate 80 to motor 58.Screw 88 is fixed in cover plate 80 on the wall 50 of chamber 40.A datum mark sensor (not shown) is arranged in the top of finger piece 68, and one crossed the below that the rotation sensor (not shown) is arranged in finger piece 68.

Motor can be an any kind, but preferably a stepping motor or other ratio actuator devices, for example solenoid actuated device or LVD device.

Fig. 9 at length illustrates the 2nd embodiment, and present embodiment is similar to the embodiment of Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, but wherein finger piece 68 is coupled in motor 58 and gear-box by outrigger shaft 90.One end 92 of outrigger shaft 90 is hollow so that cooperate the main shaft 60 of motor 58.Outrigger shaft is fixed in motor main shaft 60 and extends from its wall 50 ' to chamber 40.The other end 94 of outrigger shaft 90 passes the split ring 76 at installation end 66 places of finger piece 68.Lid 96 is installed in the end 94 of outrigger shaft 90 and against the installation end 66 of finger piece 68.The screw 98 that lid 96 passes lid 96 by one and is screwed into the end 94 of outrigger shaft 90 is fixed in outrigger shaft 90.Lid 96 guarantees that finger piece stops on outrigger shaft 90.In the present embodiment, the cover plate 80 of motor 58 puts in chamber 40 via the hole on the wall 50 62 to another wall 50 ' and forms an open circles column sleeve 100.Outrigger shaft 90 passes and surpasses open circles column sleeve 100 and extends.The far-end 102 of open circles column sleeve 100 (with respect to motor 58) is in abutting connection with the tolerance ring 104 that is installed on the outrigger shaft.Gap between the far-end 102 of tolerance ring 104 sealing open circles column sleeves 100 and the installation end 66 of finger piece 68.

In the 1st embodiment, O-ring seals 82 prevents that air or pipe tobacco from passing through between cover plate 80 and chamber wall 50.A U-shaped sealing ring 106 between outrigger shaft and the open circles column sleeve prevents that fluid from leaking chamber 40 and preventing that pipe tobacco from entering motor 58 from motor 58.Will be appreciated that motor main shaft and outrigger shaft protect the wear effects that exempts from pipe tobacco by the installation end 66 and the lid 96 of the open circles column sleeve 100 that covers motor main shaft 60 and outrigger shaft 90 together, tolerance ring 104, finger piece 68.

During use, inhale silk ribbon 47 and drive to ground, cause it on the direction of the longitudinal axis that is parallel to chamber, to move with respect to inhaling silk chamber 40 along the direction shown in the big arrow among Fig. 5 by the synchronous servo motor folk prescription.When suction silk ribbon 47 was driven, air was entered a suction chamber 40 by unillustrated mechanism via inhaling 54 suctions of silk road.Forcing to take part aerial pipe tobacco (not shown) to be attracted in the upstream of diapire 49 ' inhales on the silk ribbon 47.Be adsorbed on stabilization device 72 removals that the unnecessary pipe tobacco on the silk ribbon 47 is driven by synchronous servo motor.Be retained in the pipe tobacco of inhaling on the silk ribbon 47 after the finishing and form a continuous plume.Tobacco density in the new system plume is measured by the ray attenuation method of routine by density measurement mechanism.If the density of new system plume is too high, then density measurement mechanism sends a signal and makes motor 58 when watching main shaft (along its axis towards motor 58) rotating spindle 60 clockwise to motor 58.The rotation of main shaft 60 is rotated and free end 70 clockwise (watching) motion of finger piece 68 finger piece 68 as the front.The clockwise motion of the free end 70 of finger piece 68 makes it downwards towards stabilization device 72 motions.Along with moving towards stabilization device 72 in the end 70 of finger piece 68, inhale silk ribbon 47 towards stabilization device 72 motions.Suction silk ribbon 47 has increased the pipe tobacco amount that is reamed by stabilization device 72 towards the motion of stabilization device 72.Therefore, be retained in than the pipe tobacco that lacked in the past and inhale on the silk ribbon 47 and less pipe tobacco is inhaled silk ribbon 47 and discharged the making plume, so plume density is lower.

If the density of plume is low excessively, then density measurement mechanism sends a signal and makes motor 58 when watching main shaft (along its axis direction towards motor 58) rotating spindle 60 counterclockwise to motor 58.The counterclockwise motion of the end 70 of finger piece 68 makes it upwards leave stabilization device 72.Along with stabilization device 72 motions are left in the end 70 of finger piece 68, inhale silk ribbon 47 and still contact and leave stabilization device 72 and move with finger piece 68.The motion that suction silk ribbon 47 leaves stabilization device 72 has reduced the pipe tobacco amount that is reamed by stabilization device 72.Therefore, be retained in than the pipe tobacco of Duoing in the past and inhale on the silk ribbon 47 and more pipe tobacco is inhaled silk ribbon 47 and discharged the making plume, so plume density is higher.Continuous plume is cut into the double-length plume.

Whenever the equipment connection, finger piece 68 just is set to the reference position of being detected by the datum mark sensor.It is correct substantially that the reference position is chosen to cause the unnecessary pipe tobacco amount of being removed from the suction silk ribbon by stabilization device.If it is too far that finger piece rotates towards stabilization device, then cross rotation sensor and send a signal to motor 58, motor 58 resets to the reference position to the position of finger piece 68 then.Thereby prevent that finger piece from moving for a long time on the position of mistake.

Below with reference to Figure 10, the space rate of inhaling silk ribbon 47 depends on the speed of production that plume length that the cigarette that will make props up and cigarette prop up.Just formed closely knit end before finishing, this is to be undertaken by a single rotating cam that compresses the pipe tobacco in the tobacco bunch.

Cam 110 is every to be moved two straight line cigarette lengths and revolves and turn around along inhaling silk ribbons.Stabilization device or conditioner discs 112 are set for and are made its peripheral speed a little higher than straight line plume speed and tobacco bunch is controlled by Weight control unit (not shown) with respect to the height of conditioner discs 112.Repair the pipe tobacco that chips away and turn back to hopper by a for example spiral and the groove connecting gear that shakes.

Trimmed then tobacco bunch passes roll-forming portion 114 together with formed closely knit end, makes plume there.Roll-forming portion comprises a band that is driven by synchronous servo motor, and this band is from a paper disc traction cigarette paper 116.Tobacco bunch is placed on this paper and leans on the shape of roll-forming portion to form plume, and roll-forming portion wraps in paper roll on the tobacco bunch.Paste from the paste tube is coated the cigarette trimming by starching nozzle 118, and paste passes flatiron bar 120 by plume and scalded dried under controlled temperature.So far, machine has been made a continuous plume, props up or twice cigarette length place has closely knit end at one times of cigarette along this plume.

The cigarette paper that infeeds roll-forming portion is pulled away from paper disc by a pair of pinch roll.The average space rate of this paper must equal the space rate of roll-forming band.Yet, when paper disc will must make paper stop so that automatically bonding next paper disc with the light time.In order to realize this point, improve before bonding paper disc speed in case filling paper storehouse make bonding operating period cigarette machine constantly move.After bonding, paper disc speed is brought up to than the low slightly space rate of roll-forming portion gradually so that the paper storehouse is used up.To bring up to it when the paper storehouse with light time chart speed degree and equal roll-forming portion speed once more.The paper disc driver can be an independently servo-driver, the spindle driver of this servo-driver from the machine receive the machine rate signal and with another from the signal of a swing arm so that implement velocity correction by the tension force of test paper.

Then cigarette paper its from paper disc to roll-forming portion midway by a printing portion, the segmentation manufacturer information such as the trade mark is printed on the cigarette paper by a seal wheel there.The seal wheel can have four dies and thereby be controlled to per four times of plume length rotation once.Can there be its oneself synchronous servo motor in printing portion.This is shifted to an earlier date print position or steps back so that improve the quality, and is not the length of travel of passing through to change paper as conventionally making, but by change the phase place between printing portion and the roll-forming band servomotor via software parameter.

The continuous plume of making then is by cutting knife cutting unit 124, and this unit comprises the blade on the circumference that is installed in a rotating drum.This drum is driven by a servomotor, and linear drives speed and this servomotor are synchronous, causes in every twice plume length this drum rotation once, thereby the plume bundle is cut into the double-length plume.Importantly cutting is by the center of closely knit end.Like this, between roll-forming tape drive, closely knit end cam and cutting knife, accurate relation is being arranged aspect relative velocity and the position.

Plume must be advanced with constant speed with respect to cutting part, otherwise cigarette length will change.Yet,, change plume length and be by change and define the speed of servomotor separately and the software parameter of position relation is realized because the cigarette length of the different trades mark may change.

Cutting part comprises that the sharpening of a machinery and deburring system are so that keep blade sharp after revolution.A blade feed mechanism is taken over the blade material that loses during sharpening and the deburring and is kept blade position.

Continuous plume is supported by the chopping block 126 of a routine during cutting operation.

Before cutting, plume is by a nucleon formula or color density measurement mechanism 122.Measure plume density and depart from the correspondingly lifting of suction silk ribbon that will make stabilization device dish top with electronic method from preset range any.Plume is by a sensor then, and this sensor makes one section several leading plume of advancing disallowable so that keep quality control.Plume is played wheel by a bullet then, and this bullet is played wheel plume is quickened to deliver to a transfer equipment so that be sent to the filter tip spicing machine.Bullet play per two Cutting Lengths of wheel (just per two double-length plumes) rotation once and its diameter be such, promptly the rotating speed of circumference is higher than straight line plume speed so that realize to quicken.Bullet shown in Figure 11 to Figure 20 is played wheel and is picked up plume and advance the cigarette drum to what they were sent to transfer equipment from track.Bullet shown in Figure 11 and Figure 12 play the wheel be a spirality bullet play the wheel and the bullet shown in Figure 13 to Figure 20 play the wheel be that a straight line bullet is played wheel.The both may be used.

Advancing the cigarette drum has an outer cover and receives the plume of playing wheel from bullet at high speed.Plume is also slowed down and maintenance along all a series of wind inlets that hold the length of cigarette groove by the cigarette groove reception of holding on the drum.Holding the cigarette groove has horn mouth plume is easier to be played wheel from bullet and be received and hold the cigarette groove so that make.

Bullet is played the machine assembly and is comprised a main casing 200, and this main casing is installed on the cigarette machine.End at this housing has a driver 210, and this driver is driven by a timing belt wheel and belt (not shown) by the axle (not shown) of cigarette machine driver via this housing far-end.This driver is delivered to the 2nd bullet to driving force via a driving belt 212 and plays axle 214.Driving shaft and bullet are played a both toothed belt wheel 216, installs on it to drive belt.Belt 212 is stopped in belt outer cover 218 inside, and air draught axle sleeve 220 is fixed in this belt outer cover.The belt outer cover is hinged so that bullet is played on the correct height that wheel is set in cigarette machine V-way top around driver 210.A bar 217 is fixed in the belt outer cover, is fixing a guide plate 219 on this bar.Guide plate remains on tail end that bullet plays the top of wheel back V-way and prevent plume and is played wheel in leading edge by bullet and upspring when picking up.It also plays a part to keep plume to embark on journey.The air draught axle sleeve is shown in Figure 23 and comprises a solid flange and the wheel hub 224 that is connected to the belt outer cover that medium pore 222 is arranged.Periphery at flange forms an air-suction channel 226 in the center line and the position between the front of flange.Air-suction channel passes the rear portion that flange leads to an air draught container 228 or flange.Container 228 is set so that guarantee continuous air draught, as addressing.Container 228 is communicated in an air draught pump (not shown).

There is the 2nd passage 229 position (along the plume travel direction) after the adjacency wind inlet also leans on a little.This passage 229 is plume release channels and is communicated in a source of the gas (not shown) in the flange back that plume release channel 229 passes flange substantially abreast with air-suction channel.Source of the gas is blown via the plume release channel and is played wheel release plume so that break the suction-operated that is applied by air-suction channel from bullet.

An equipped bullet is played wheel 230 on fixing air draught flange.This bullet is played wheel and is comprised a front 232, a periphery flange 234 and a wheel hub 236.This wheel hub passes the medium pore 222 of air draught flange and is fixed in bullet plays axle 214 so that rotate therewith.Periphery flange is not continuous but is divided into two sections with equal length by a pair of flat 238.Each flange Duan Youyi the groove 240 along its length traveling, this groove has a series of holes 242 that form equidistantly at channel bottom.The center that these channel layout must stagger flange causes them to be on the air-suction channel and plume release channel of air draught flange, and groove is on the center line 250 (Figure 13) of the plume on the V-way of cigarette machine when causing on being installed in axle sleeve.

During use, bullet is played wheel 230 and is rotated above the plume on the V-way.Pick up each plume and bullet is played the rotation of wheel plume is quickened to deliver to into cigarette drum by suction-operated that the hole in the groove provided from guide rail.Container in the air draught flange guarantees to keep suction-operated.When suction-operated was linked up via the hole in the groove, suction-operated was skimmed over wind inlet along with all holes and is connected effectively and cut off.Container alleviates may cause that plume plays the suction-operated forfeiture that wheel unclamps from bullet.This is particular importance under the situation of double-length plume, and this plume has increased weight, needs bigger suction-operated.

When bullet plays that the flat of wheel on the circumference skims over air-suction channel and when discharging suction-operated, a plume is played wheel from bullet and unclamped.Yet, owing to exist some remaining suction-operated, so the tendency that has the end that makes plume to lift.From Figure 10 and Figure 11 as can be seen, advance the cigarette drum to hold gap between cigarette groove and its outer cover very little and end that lift may be damaged by outer cover, perhaps may hinder in the worst case to enter into that the cigarette drum is shut down whole production line.

The air of blowing over the plume release channel guarantees to break the suction-operated of any remnants and guarantees when plume is released to be parallel to the end strictness of plume into that the cigarette drum holds the cigarette groove.This guarantees that plume successfully is sent to into cigarette drum from V-way.

With reference to Figure 21 to Figure 25, play the plume of wheel from bullet and deliver to into cigarette drum 334.Plume is introduced to into cigarette drum from the direction of the rotation that is parallel to drum.Otherwise, can play wheel with a spirality bullet, this bullet is played wheel and is transmitted plume along identical direction.Advancing the cigarette drum and be one has 18 trough of belt drums that hold cigarette groove 336 around its circumference, and each holds the cigarette groove and receives a single plume of playing wheel 332 from bullet.The overcoat that advances the cigarette drum is shown in Figure 24.

The conventional cigarette drum that advances has 36 to hold the cigarette groove.18 of drum 334 hold the cigarette groove have than routine hold the wide oral area of cigarette groove, help transmitting to play wheel from bullet at a high speed.Will be appreciated that,, advance the cigarette drum and must rotate, provide the ability of 4000 double-length plume per minutes with 222.2rpm for the 8000cpm operation.

Each holds the receiving terminal 338 that the cigarette groove has an inclination, helps to guide the plume in-position.Will be appreciated that the angle of inclination can be selected to provide best transmission within the constraint of 18 wide notch 340 so that have at the circumference around drum.So, holding the cigarette groove is made up of two parts, one narrow and for keeping a double-length plume sufficiently long plume braking and maintaining part 341 and one than plume maintaining part short and rake 343 that tilt from oral area 340, the oral area place is several times towards the width of the narrow portion of plume maintaining part.

Plume is played wheel to arrive drum at a high speed from bullet.Hold the cigarette groove and comprise a vacuum pumping hole 347, by their air draughts so that braking plume and plume remained on the position in the drum.Preferably, vacuum hole enters the rake that holds the cigarette groove along the extended length of plume maintaining part along the central longitudinal axis 349 that holds the cigarette groove.This to the operator to the control of plume maximum and make to enter and be controlled immediately when holding the cigarette groove at plume.Drum jacket shown in Figure 24 has removed the plume block and has drawn.The plume block is variable by screw fix in position and its position that remains in the screw hole 351.This row's wind inlet expansion is as far as block, and last hole 353 is strengthened.At the far-end of this round 347, whenever come elongated slot 355 places and finish.Except stomidium 353, the hole of holding in the cigarette groove is a screwed hole, causes them to be plugged and holds the cigarette groove so that adjust.This may be necessary, for example reduces suction-operated for the lower plume of density.

All cigarette grooves that holds have equal lengths and width.In order to receive a twice plume, hold the cigarette groove may need than standard to advance the cigarette drum longer.The part of the transmission plume of drum is protected by an air draught outer cover assembly 345, and this helps by causing air flow channel that the plume of coming in is stopped between cigarette groove and the outer cover 342 to hold in the cigarette groove holding.Outer cover 342 is preferably transparent.That the outer cover assembly is known in the art and this assembly is that with the difference of prior art it is long so that cover long holding the cigarette groove and be that it is provided with a series of hole 361.These holes 361 can be seen from Figure 11 and Figure 12.

Being positioned to plume at the block of the end of plume maintaining part aligns on the center line of its center at transfer equipment.

There is one to extend around inner surface and have for fixing to the internal fins 359 in the hole of header board in the front of drum.

The overcoat that advances the cigarette drum is installed on the air draught axle sleeve shown in Figure 25.This air draught axle sleeve has the air outlet slit 390 and four windows that hold the wind inlet in the cigarette groove 392 that are communicated in overcoat that are communicated to air draught pump (not shown), air is sucked via wind inlet and is drawn out of, provide whereby for plume is slowed down and remains on and hold suction-operated required in the cigarette groove via air outlet slit 390.Inlet scoop 390 arranges have enough air to be sucked via the wind inlet that holds in the cigarette groove so that guarantee along the whole length of holding the cigarette groove around the air draught axle sleeve.For this reason, the position of window 392 interlocks on the air draught axle sleeve.

Be sent on the middle drum 344 from the plume that advances the cigarette drum.This drum is also stopped over plume by air draught and is held in the cigarette groove at 14.This drum with 285.7rpm rotation in case realize 4000 plumes/minute the speed of service.

The cigarette groove that holds of middle drum is sufficiently long for the double-length plume of stopping over.But the cigarette drum is different with advancing, and is not that whole plume length all remains on holding in the cigarette groove of middle drum.Only keep middle body and the end is unsettled on the undercut groove that holds cigarette groove two ends.So the cigarette groove that holds of middle drum is shorter than the into plume maintaining part of cigarette drum significantly.

Plume adopts and picks up method advancing between cigarette drum and the middle drum to transmit, and transmits between other drums then.That this method is known in the art and be involved in the plume air draught is remained on holding in the cigarette groove of last drum, discharge this air draught at transmission point place plume can be transmitted in the cigarette groove holding of next drum by air draught, this suction-operated of holding in the cigarette groove is stopped over plume in place there.

From middle drum 344, plume is sent to cutting drum wheel 346, and the double-length plume is cut into two single sections in the place of putting therebetween there.Plume separates at separation drum 348 place and is sent to a filter tip tipping drum 350 then.When being hinged with on the drum at filter tip, a double-length filter rod inserts between the plume section of separating from the filter tip spicing machine.In the filter tip spicing machine, this filter tip is installed in two plumes and is cut then and produces two tobacco products and prop up.

Cutting drum wheel is the standard drum that is used on the Hauni Max-8 transfer equipment for example with separating drum.The filter tip drum can be to be used for Hauni Max-S for example to transmit standard drum on the drum.Do not need further describing to these projects.

From figure, will be appreciated that, advance the cigarette drum and be rotated in a clockwise direction.Middle drum is from advancing the correct flow direction that the cigarette drum picks up plume and need obtain plume.

5 drums are installed in and transmit in the outer cover 352, are fixed in the filter tip spicing machine at the one end when this outer cover uses, for example at mounting points 353 places.A frame support bracket assembly 354 also is set so that support the weight of all drums.This carriage additionally is fixed in the filter tip spicing machine.

Below with reference to Figure 23, among the figure major part of transfer equipment only is shown and has omitted many standardized elements.The apical ring generating gear 356 of the driving shaft 358 of cigarette drum drives all drums via being fixed in into by a single drive motor.An axle sleeve 360 is arranged on this driving shaft and the air draught axle sleeve 362.The air draught axle sleeve is stopped over by a series of bearings and 362 and bearings of ring and sealing and is encircled 364 and stop in advancing the cigarette drum, and the cigarette slot part that holds that advances the cigarette drum is fixed in this ring of stopping over.An end plate 365 is fixed in the end of this drum.

It will be appreciated that from Figure 23, gear 356 be an apical ring gear and find out inner matching surface around transmit in the outer cover the hole that takes up driving shaft 365 and shown in be covered with a locating surface recess 366.This engagement and this locating surface recess allow to use conventional part with minimum change.Outer cover 352 is sealed by a removable lid 368.

A dorsal cutting plate 370 that has a hole 372,374,376 is arranged in the front of outer cover 352, causes hole 372 and mesopore 374 hole 378,380 facing to the correspondence of drum in the middle of being respectively applied in the outer cover and cutting drum wheel.This dorsal cutting plate is between outer cover and middle drum and cutting drum wheel.All drums all comprise an air draught axle sleeve so that make plume can be maintained at holding in the cigarette groove of they.The air draught axle sleeve 382 of drum is supported in the locating hole 378 that transmits outer cover 352 and middle drum is arranged in this air draught axle sleeve in the middle of being used for.A locating ring 386 is set share with middle drum so that make conventional Max 80 advance cigarette drum seat.This locating ring is necessary, because advancing the Hauni pocket-wheel of this plan of cigarette drum and a variable height, share Max 80, and drum installing plate as a result, the dorsal cutting plate 370 here is designed to around cutting drum wheel hinged.This plate is fixing now to guarantee constant center.

The air draught axle sleeve 383 that is used for separating drum is positioned at the locating hole 384 of outer cover.

The air draught that is used to the driver of cigarette drum into and is used for all drums is conventional, no longer describes here.

It is such holding the configuration of cigarette groove on various drums, and promptly plume passes through along the center line that transmits point.The use of holding the cigarette groove band chamfering or that tilt causes normal double width, hold cigarette groove number thereby reduce, and increase the length of cigarette drum, and adopt vacuum hole to cause transfer equipment can enough bullets to play wheel rather than pocket-wheel transmits the double-length plume reliably along the whole length of holding the cigarette groove.

The filter tip spicing machine schematically is shown in Figure 26.This figure also illustrates the element of transfer equipment, and these elements have identical label and no longer describe.Filter tip spicing machine 400 comprises a hopper 402, and this hopper comprises a container of depositing the filter tip of supplying with the filter tip drum.The filter tip hopper can manually be supplied with or supply with automatically from automatic charging tray or from penetrating excellent machine from charging tray.Filter rod in the hopper can be four times or six double-length rods, that is to say each four filter tip of rod or six filter tips of each rod, this means that they will be cut into two or three and will insert double-length filter rod between the single long plumes that separate the separation on the drum.So each six double-length filter rod provides filter tip for six cigarettes prop up the most at last.Filter rod holds the filter tip groove from what hopper was inserted filter tip cutting drum wheel 404, and they are become two or three double-length filter tips by blade cuts there, and this double-length filter tip is inserted between the plume on the filter tip drum.

Plume is installed in filter tip by packet header paper, and this packet header paper is supplied with from a paper disc 408, this paper disc filter tip spicing machine of manually packing into.Packet header paper draws from paper disc by idler roller 410.Paper disc has a free end of feeding felting cell.Full paper disc automatically carries out the bonding of end of expansion paper disc.Machine need not to shut down for changing paper disc as a result.Packing into of paper disc is manual.

The filter tip spicing machine also comprises one from the cementing unit 412 of container to packet header paper supply glue, and packet header paper is cut into the scraps of paper of single length by one group of 11 or 8 cutting knife then.The single then gluing scraps of paper are being fed on the washboard drum on the plume folder filter tip assembly.Wrap in the packet header paper roll around the plume filter tip assembly with the scroll box of a heating then and glue scalded and do and make the double-length cigarette and prop up.This double-length cigarette props up and is formed the opposite single long cigarette of both direction by the cutting of the center line by filter tip and prop up then.Cutting drum wheel comprises that one is rejected mouthful, and it is right mouthful can to reject the plume that does not insert filter tip therebetween via this rejectings.Also reject the cigarette filter of adhesion cigarette paper or adhesion packet header paper.The tobacco product of machine one side props up to deliver to and turns over cigarette mechanism, and this mechanism's upset cigarette props up, and causes the same direction of all cigarette Zhi Chaoxiang.This helps later processing.

After filter tip tipping unit, tobacco product props up delivers to verification unit, and this verification unit comprises a check drum, and cigarette props up and accepts leak test so that check on the paper whether hole or flaw are arranged there.This test is propped up and is measured and pass the pressure drop that cigarette props up and carry out by compressed air being blown over cigarette.Check having or not of consolidation that cigarette props up and filter tip by for example optics or capacitance sensor.Fail to prop up all disallowable and disengaging check drum by any cigarette of a certain of these tests.Dilution test can be carried out so that the validity of the filter tip that is hinged with of test when making air as an optional additional testing via its sidewall perforation suction.After the check drum, not disallowable cigarette props up the tray filling machine that does not constitute a part of the present invention or other processing units of delivering in the downstream.

Conventional cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine are driven by single driver, take out various secondary drive devices via suitable reduction gearing from this driver.This is very heavy and does not have flexible.Implement cigarette of the present invention and prop up the driver that separates that has saved this configuration with filter tip tipping compounding machine and adopted some motion controllers to interconnect and control by a special use.Cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine are controlled by same PLC controller.

Figure 27,28 and 29 illustrates the position of the main motor on cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine respectively respectively.List and function that following table 1 and table 2 illustrate each motor on cigarette machine and the filter tip spicing machine respectively.

Table 1 cigarette machine motor

Motor	Function
		????M2	The big fan motor
????M3	The small fan motor
		????M4	Oil pump motor
????M6	The hopper motor
		????M8	Returning charge (groove shakes) motor
????M9	Cut off cooling fan
		????M10	Cut off cooling fan
???M10.1	Cut off cooling fan
		????M11	The switch board cooling fan
????M12	The tangential feeder motor of hopper
		????M14	Hopper smoke roller motor
????M15	Paper disc changer driven shaft motor
		????M17	The Weight control motor
????M19	Filter tip spicing machine deduster
		????M21	Cut off motor (main frame that is used for motion control)-driving cutoff tool drum
????M22	Stabilization device motor (position is synchronous)-driving consolidation end cam and stabilization device dish
		????M23	Printing portion motor (position is synchronous)-driving die wheel
????M24	Tape drum wheel motor (speed is synchronous)-driving roll-forming tape drum wheel
		????M25	Inhale silk chamber motor (speed is synchronous)-driving and inhale silk ribbon
????M26	Hopper motor (speed is synchronous)-driving hopper combing drum

Table 2 filter tip spicing machine motor

Electric reference	The motor explanation	Motor function
			Filter tip spicing machine driver motor (TMDM)	Motor position is synchronous with cutting off	Drive whole filter tip spicing machine gear train
????M3	The paper disc swing	Make the swing of paper disc plate
			????M4	The glue agitator	For the gluing damping roller provides driving
????M5	Glue pump	Supply glue
			????M7 ★1	Fan	For the tipping drum provides air draught
????M9 ★1	Vavuum pump	Drive cutting knife 1 (filter tip)
			????M9 ★2	Cutting knife 2	Drive cutting knife 2 (plume)

Though be noted that and described system, can use non-servomotor, because the conventional variable-speed motor that has speed control signal of employing still can be realized control to a certain degree by servomotor.Otherwise, can provide synchronous with the motor that adopts embedding intelligence.

Below with reference to Figure 29, the position of motor of citation in the table 2 as can be seen.Driver motor can be a synchronous servo motor.Other motor on the filter tip spicing machine are constant speed motors of standard.Figure 27 and Figure 28 illustrate the situation of equivalence at cigarette machine, but for clear and some motor of abridged.

The most preferred embodiment of a control system comprises following main element:

1.	Machine controller;
		2.	Motion controller and servomotor;
3.	Sensor, air valve and some motor driver are linked in the fieldbus of machine controller;
		4.	HMI; And
5.	Check and rejecting.

Machine controller comprises two PC, these PC operation Windows NT (TM) operating systems and to be configured to be server and another is the client.Can use other operating systems, for example WIN CE.All PC are via TCP/IP and ethernet communication.This controller software is controlled cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine with the PLC function of standard, but does not have PLC.All PC communicate by letter with installations via fieldbus.

Motion controller and servomotor provide the Synchronization Control of servomotor on multiaxis by an advanced person's motion controller.Each axle is programmable for motor characteristic, rotating speed, position and phase relation.High-speed communication between each axis controller that depending on synchronously between the motor is independent of outside the fieldbus.

Fieldbus is connected in machine controller via a single cable handle assembly and I/O terminal.Sensor is directly connected in the fieldbus cable or is connected in attaching parts on the cable.Air valve can be connected in fieldbus via their interface on its valve island parts and other motor drivers and motion controller are directly connected in this cable.

HMI provide one easy to use, be used for the graphic interface of operation, maintenance and the configuration of machine.It is used for the touch-screen that the operator orders input in a most preferred embodiment.HMI is in order to provide button, slide sign, keyboard etc. to machine input data and order on screen, and give information on screen in order to provide information to the operator, instrument, digital demonstration, figure, report etc.It also comprises a database that is used for multilingual message and historical record.

Check and eliminating system are controlled by an independently special-purpose Programmable Logic Controller, this Programmable Logic Controller set for parameter and performance demonstration and interface in machine controller and HMI.

To motion control, fieldbus and the HMI aspect of description control system in more detail below.

Motion control will be appreciated that all synchronous servo motors all are synchronized with the cut-out motor M21 as the main frame of motion control.Otherwise, synchronously can be at an imaginary axis.Relation between the rotating speed of roll-forming tape speed and this cut-out motor is determining to cut the length of plume.Stabilization device and printing portion motor and this cut off electromotor velocity and position synchronously and filter tip spicing machine driver motor is synchronous with this cut-out motor position.It is synchronous that tape drum wheel motor, suction silk chamber motor and hopper motor and this cut off electromotor velocity.

On the cigarette machine of routine, these motor once fixed so that the various major functions of support and control product by the complex configurations of gear-box, axle, driving belt etc.By using kinetic control system, can eliminate a driver motor and supporting drive system.In fact, some driving shafts are as the best solution of overall machinery and collective electron system.From table 1 and table 2 as can be seen, most preferred embodiment has 7 axles, 6 on the cigarette machine and 1 on the filter tip spicing machine.Certainly, other numbers are possible and can introduce other motor on the axles that separates.The employing of motion control has the obvious advantage of eliminating some expensive gear-box, but also reduces maintenance, shortens the construction time and reduces noise.This is even more important under the background that improves speed of production.In addition, motion control allows to use phase relation between the disalignment as the alternative means that machinery is set, so that provide much accurate result with time of much less.Relation between the axle almost can be adjusted continuously.For example, the cigarette drum that advances of filter tip spicing machine is greatly simplified the mechanical relation of cigarette machine.Moreover the relation between the disalignment can dynamically change.In the example that for example provides in the above, the phase relation of advancing the cigarette drum can change so that guarantee best the transmission according to machine speed.Additional advantage is to change plume length and the ability that need not change part.Usually the change of plume length is in order to produce the great change of the different trades mark.This need print different marks on each plume.Franking can adopt inkjet technology to change with electronic method and can adjust by the relation that changes between the axle under motion control the length both of relative position on the plume and plume.

Motion control comprises seven motor discerning previously, and each motor has a motor controller on the back plate that is installed in special-purpose processor.This controller also can be embedded in the motor.This processor is programmed so that make this motor synchronously and carry out phase controlling via its other controller, delivers to the motion process device about phase place and velocity information via the high-speed transmission line of special use.As illustrating, motion controller may also be connected in fieldbus, causes that it can receive startup, stops, the parameter signal of the control signal of slow-motion and so on and speed, phase place and so on and can be to the system send state signal.Other motor that do not form the part of kinetic control system are connected in fieldbus via their controller or via their direct-on-line starter.

The fieldbus fieldbus is made up of so that form the trunk of control system a cable around cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine.Controller and the element of being controlled are connected in this cable.Signal stream is controlled by a software protocol.The agreement of current the best has DeviceNet (TM) and Profibus (TM).The signal stream of this agreement control connection between the element of fieldbus is so that can go to and from specific element specific signal.In the DeviceNet agreement, each signal is a packet that comprises 8 bytes.This packet is guided by a title, and this title comprises the information about the content of this message and its priority.Thereby other devices on the fieldbus will will be received or do not received this message according to the content of title at certain message content programming.The priority content guarantees only have a device to send a moment.So, control system can be configured to a central controller, normally a PLC or a PC can control all functions, perhaps are configured to not exist central controller but intelligent device communicates with peer-to-peer communication mode and other intelligent devices; These devices are realized the control function relevant with their purposes then.

The device that is connected in fieldbus may be similar to conventional device, has increased a processor, and the function of this processor is to information coding that is used for sending and the source codec that will receive to this device.For example, switch will need to send about it whether operated information and such as its working surface whether dirty, whether overheated, whether be subjected to presumable diagnostic message the excessive vibration.On the other hand, motor may send the category information of rotating speed, torque, direction of rotation, power temperature.This motor also may receive startup, stops, the category information of slow-motion, change rotating speed or direction.Do not have the device of embedding required processor still can be connected in fieldbus, but will need an interface, this interface will be handled Code And Decode.Certainly in this case, this device can not produce diagnostic message.

Figure 30 illustrates the general survey of the 1st embodiment of control system.A fieldbus 500 connects six main system square frames: cigarette machine 502, cigarette machine switch board 504, filter tip spicing machine 506, filter tip spicing machine switch board 508, verification unit 510 and control system 512.The cigarette machine square frame comprises cigarette machine HMI 514, and some sensor blocks are drawn as sensor blocks 516,518 and 520 here, and an air valve square frame 522.In sensor blocks, valve square frame and the HMI square frame each all is connected in fieldbus 500.Cigarette machine switch board 504 has some speed change drivers and cigarette machine switch board that respectively is connected in fieldbus.Among the figure at elater rumble/filament throwing roller, big fan and small fan and return cigarette speed change driver 524～530 is shown.In the filter tip spicing machine, filter tip spicing machine HMI 532 is directly connected in fieldbus as driver square frame sensor 534, glue zone sensors 536, air valve clutch 538 and pneumatic self-cleaning valve 540.In filter tip spicing machine switch board, filter tip spicing machine controller 542 is connected in fieldbus 500.In verification unit, a DeviceNet scanner 544 is connected in fieldbus.Be connected in being a check and rejecting controller 546 of scanner 544 of interface effect.

A DeviceNet manager 548 also is connected in fieldbus.Certainly, this manager is selected according to used field bus protocol.Last central controller 550 also is connected in fieldbus.This central controller 550 is totally controlled all machine functions on the bus at the scene.Central controller 550 has VGA, keyboard and Genius mouse input 551, and these inputs also are connected in and are used to programme another PC 552 that imports and the data acquisition facility 554 that is connected in DeviceNet manager 548 via local area ethernet 556.

Synchronous motor motion controller 557 is connected in central controller 550 via remote I/O link 558.Will be appreciated that motion controller is not attached to fieldbus.For example, operating parameter input itself that can remote access HMI via is received by central controller earlier, and suitable words central controller can send to motion controller to these inputs.Thereby the rotating speed of synchronous motor and phase controlling are from the function of HMI separately.

Figure 31 illustrates another kind of control configuration.Being drawn as two HMI that the operator controls touch-screen 560,562 in this figure is connected in central machinery controller 564 by a figure cable link and is kept away from fieldbus or control network 566.Draw though a HMI 560 separates with the cigarette machine switch board, also have a HMI and a HMI who is used for the filter tip spicing machine who is used for cigarette machine.Machine controller is connected in management monitoring system 568 and is connected in plant network 570 via an ethernet link.In cigarette machine switch board and filter tip spicing machine switch board, valve and various I/O device all are connected in the control network in advance.Yet motion controller 572 also is connected in the control network in addition.Will be appreciated that HMI is still separated from motion controller by overall machine controller 564.In Figure 31, the typical case of cigarette machine function selects to be drawn as to be connected in the control network.This is not detailed.

HMI needs two HMI that different functions is provided, and one is used for the filter tip spicing machine, and one is used for cigarette machine.This causes the needs to two PC.All PC are configured to database and HMI and handle at server PC on one side and another is configured to the user.

HMI software can also be being used for historical data analysis except the function of display device control and message, integrates to the PC that networks or other PC purposes of System Reports performance and inline diagnosis and so on and the help instrument such as parts catalogue, operator's manual, expert system and operator train video recording.

HMI adopts open technique so that can obtain maximum degree of communication and the technology that can adopt internet and object-based programming and so on.This can be used for being connected in factory and be used to keep in repair other purposes of tracking and be connected in the central member supplier who is used for predictive maintenance and part order.That yes is possible and will take place for the professional and technical personnel for other purposes.

Though can adopt a single HMI, an independent HMI is set on filter tip spicing machine switch board and cigarette machine.All HMI are controlled each by a PC, these PC can be connected in for example remote lan via a TCP/IP link.This causes from one even the also possibility of the controller of remote location access filter tip spicing machine in factory and cigarette machine not.HMI offers cigarette machine to system administration manager with software interface.The HMI display comprises the configurable selection of function button, and these buttons for example may be displayed on the touch inductive display screen curtain.The operator can import a password from keyboard, and this password will provide the visit to one of with different levels control class set.For example, the person in charge's password provides the visit fully to system, and relatively the visit of limitation may only allow the user to visit some control function.As to the substituting of keyboard, password or CUSTOMER ID can be stored on brush Card Reader sheet or other recognition devices and HMI is provided with suitable card reader.

HMI can be used as the PC that has the machine controller appropriate interface and realizes.

Figure 32 to Figure 36 illustrates the example of the HMI screen of presenting to the operator.Many at user option mark sheets are shown as button.These are zones of realizing when being selected by the user of screen and button equivalent function.From the shade of the button shown in the figure as can be seen, dissimilar functions can be shown as the button of different colours.For example, each in the following function can be represented with different colors: switch to another screen; Stop the current function of moving; Start the function of not moving; Fine motion (motion that the class component of motor is very slow); Fault resets etc.In any given moment, HMI will only show the part of available information or available control to the operator.Figure 37 illustrates and may present to relation between client's the various screen with suitable definition.Will be appreciated that for the professional and technical personnel Figure 37 only illustrates in the screen that can show seldom several.

Screen shown in Figure 32 is a main menu.Information presents on 4 row.The 1st row 420 is used for message and shows.This informs that operator's machine detects the fault that exceeds its current working range in the scroll box heater and shuts down in Figure 32.If machine moves, this message line also props up per minute display device speed with cigarette.

The 2nd row only has a fault SR 422, and after having removed fault, the operator makes machine reset by this button.The 3rd row has a stop button 424, selects this button to make machine enter controlled stopping; With a suction silk chamber backplate 426.

The 4th row from left to right has with knob down:

Prepare cigarette machine 428

Parameter adjustment screen 430

Phase shift screen 432

Maintenance mode screen 434

Pre-diagnostic screen 436

Forward configuration screen 438 to

Prepare cigarette machine button 428 and select the preparation cigarette machine screen shown in Figure 33.Parameter adjustment button screen 430 is selected the parameter adjustment screen shown in Figure 34.Select phase shift button screen 432 that the operator is taken to the phase shift screen shown in Figure 35.Selection maintenance mode button screen 434 takes the operator to the maintenance mode screen and selects pre-diagnostic screen and forward configuration screen button 436,438 to and respectively the operator taken to pre-diagnostic screen and forwards configuration screen to.

Forward Figure 33 to, the 1st row of preparing the cigarette machine screen is similar to the 1st row of main menu, but comprises the demonstration of current heter temperature in addition.On the 2nd row, cigarette machine fan, pipe tobacco feeding, hopper and roll-forming band button 440,442,444 and 446 are arranged except the fault SR.During in selecting these four buttons each separately project is switched on or off.The plume heater is connected in addition, heater is descending, manually go up glue and inhale a chamber tension force button 448,450,452 and 454 the suction silk chamber backplate button of the 3rd row on being presented at main menu of screen.Plume heater push button is connected the plume heater and the heater descending button can be examined descending whip stitch and the heater setting value of making of heater.Manually going up the glue button switches on or off the glue supply and inhales a chamber tension force button and make and inhale the silk ribbon stretcher and connect and cut off.When cutting off, this suction silk ribbon can take off and change.Inhaling silk chamber backplate button connects and cuts off inhaling silk chamber backplate.

The 4th row of preparing the cigarette machine screen has a main menu button 456 that turns back to main menu, and the manual operation cigarette machine and the automatic operation cigarette machine button 458,460 that the operator are taken to manual operation screen (not shown).Manually only work when software detection is connected to cigarette machine fan button 440 of operation cigarette machine button is only worked when cigarette machine fan, pipe tobacco feeding and hopper button are in on-position and move the cigarette machine function automatically.

The parameter adjustment screen is shown in Figure 34.This makes the operator be able to only adjust some parameter of cigarette machine by pushing domain of dependence on the screen from HMI.Information about the parameter adjustment screen is divided into 5 row.On the 1st row, inching button, cigarette machine heater button and the cigarette length button 462,464 and 466 that is used for adjusting fine motion speed, cigarette machine heter temperature and cigarette length respectively arranged.On the 2nd row, have and be used for setting the low speed of service (propping up per minute), be used for stopping upper limit button and cigarette machine hopper speed button 468,470 and 472 when temperature reaches the low speed button, the cigarette machine heater that stop the cigarette machine heater automatically when setting value and be used for setting hopper speed with cigarette.On the 3rd row, there are the speed of production button and the cigarette machine heater of the lower limit that is used for setting speed of production and cigarette machine heater to stop lower limit button 474,476.Single button 478 maintenance speed on the 4th row are that machine speed is set in the operation during maintenance operation.On the 5th row, unique button 480 last screens make the user turn back to last screen to admire.

Figure 35 illustrates the phase shift screen.This one shows 4 row buttons, and wherein preceding two row are carried out the functions that illustrate voluntarily.On the 1st row, have that printing portion shifts to an earlier date button, stabilization device shifts to an earlier date button and the filter tip spicing machine shifts to an earlier date button 482,484 and 486.On the 2nd row, have that printing portion postpones button, stabilization device postpones button and the filter tip spicing machine postpones button 488,490 and 492.Have a phase place to adjust button 494 on the 3rd row, this button makes the operator be selected the amount of one of selected axle the pasts two row by its adjustment.Usually this adjustment will be by the increment of 0.1mm.The 4th row has last button screen and stop button 496 and 498.

Illustrated screen all is the example of cigarette machine HMI.Be noted that filter tip spicing machine HMI shows similar screen when being applicable to filter tip spicing machine function.Prepare filter tip spicing machine screen and be shown in Figure 36.

Figure 38 is the flow chart of the major control step of explanation controller.Dividing the controller open with HMI can be the PC of the control software purposes moved under the Windows NT of Microsoft of an employing, perhaps a display board usually.

When initialization, in case controller has been determined this machine for starting ready (at 700 li), controller is just carried out a startup subroutine at 702 li and is monitored all the time that at 704 li cigarette props up speed of production then.This speed of production can be imported via HMI together with other creation datas of cigarette length, tobacco density and print position and so on.In fact, for given cigarette props up the trade mark these variable great majority be fix and the operator can be just keys in the cigarette that will make via HMI and props up the trade mark.Described filter tip tipping and cigarette prop up compounding machine can be to prop up the speed operation of per minute (cpm) up to 8000 cigarettes.

In any moment of production period, the operator can make machine down.In step 706 li, detect one if controller is sought the indication of manual shut-down and just stop to produce and make this information be sent to HMI and go to show.Controller keeps seeking reset command then, makes controller turn back to the beginning of control procedure when receiving this order.Whether the data on step 708 li controller on-site supervision bus have washout, and this signal may be received from one of device on the fieldbus, for example in incident reality or imminent sudden inefficacy of an element.Whether the data on step 710 li controller on-site supervision bus have the indication of failure state.Step 712 or 714 li controllers will make produce stop and with manual shut-down the time same mode seek reset command.

The intelligent apparatus that inserts fieldbus perhaps can distinguish need that state that production line stops and needs fix at one's leisure fault.In step 716 li, controller is sought by any device and is placed on the alarm signal on the fieldbus and this one is reported to the police and be forwarded to HMI, for example goes to show, print or cause with additive method operator's attention.In step 718 li, fail to find to produce any reason that stops, and after warning message is delivered to HMI, controller in step 720 and 722 li searchings from the information of the sensor that is positioned at cigarette paper paper disc and paper paper disc place, packet header so that determine whether that certain paper disc needs to change.If there be individual the needs to change, then whether the new paper disc of controller inspection exists, and in step 724 or 726 li bonding subprograms that execution is suitable, the speed that this subprogram will be involved in the control paper disc is elevated to the state that manufacturing speed monitors the paper storehouse simultaneously gradually then.

In step 728 li, controller is checked the data that whether have on the bus from HMI, if having, then sends to HMI to its effect and this fact.Step 730 li controller at the scene on the bus to HMI send do not fall into above-mentioned category with may be the data that need, for example service datas such as the speed of service, output speed, container material level, temperature.

Figure 39, Figure 40 and Figure 41 be the flow chart of start-up course and help to understand HMI with control PC how to interact.As operator during at step 900 li beginning startup subroutine, software at first all on step 902 li check system promptly stops whether release.In step 904 li, check whether all backplates and the outer cover on filter tip spicing machine and the cigarette machine closes then.Whether connect and whether followed suitable maintenance and cleared up arrangement at step 906 a li inspection compressed air source in step 908 and 910 li inspections.At last, if connected at the step 912 li main separator of inspection, then software enters filter tip spicing machine startup subroutine, and this moment, the operator selected the preparation filter tip spicing machine screen of Figure 31.Whether normally filter tip spicing machine startup subroutine from checking glue supply and packet header paper step 914 and 916 li.If they are normal, then the operator selects scroll box, filter tip spicing machine fan, gluing damping roller, cutting knife motor, automatic/hand and fine motion so that connect each function and selecting between the operation automatically and manually step 918,920,922,924,926 and 928 li from the HMI screen.The fine motion function will shift to an earlier date the filter tip spicing machine up to being in the tram at 930,932 li definite packet header paper feedings filter rod on the feeding drum.This moment, software can enter the cigarette machine startup subroutine shown in Figure 35.The operator pushes from main the demonstration at 936 li then and prepares the cigarette machine screen at first at 934 li display languages that are chosen in the HMI place.Preparing to connect cigarette machine fan, pipe tobacco feeding and hopper on the cigarette machine screen step 938,940 and 944 li operators then.At 946 li, the operator packs into and is with the paper disc of paper and wears paper by printing portion, then at 948 li, select fine motion from the HMI display, so driver slowly motion up to software 950 li detect pipe tobacco and can obtain till, this moment, cigarette paper was printed the lever combination along roll-forming portion feeding and at 952 li.When finding all correct feeding of all materials for 954 li, the operator can select automatically operation cigarette machine button and select operation automatically from automatic operation screen from preparing the cigarette machine screen at 956 li.

Described cigarette machine and filter tip spicing machine, and control method has some advantages better than prior art systems.The employing of driven in synchronism motor eliminated from the big inefficient gear-box of noise of a central motor operation, the speed of service that has helped improving.Parameter can be along with about the control operation of printing portion and cam phase and move such as print position and consolidation end position in addition.This means that these parameters can be adjusted under the condition that reduces the production dead time.This causes qualitative improvement, can reduce production costs.When providing the higher speed of service, the employing of synchronous servo motor is that noise is much lower, and this produces relatively good working environment.Energy requirement is much lower in addition.Another advantage of this system is that by saving most of mechanical linkage which controls, the mean free error time increases.Diagnostic message also shortened mean repair time based on the HMI of PC and the employing of intelligence sensor and other devices, because can obtain at the HMI place.HMI can also need the element of changing by adopting line directory identification.This then can reduce the stock's scale that need possess.Because HMI can lean on the TCP/IP link to be connected in internet or LAN, so remote diagnosis is possible, can also remote repairing and upgrading.In addition, plant data can download to one or some machines from a central source.This may comprise such as host clock, break tour time, trade mark data etc.And then HMI can be programmed for the reservation tutorial message, and this information can be used for informing the problem of for example relevant machine that they may seldom the run into control of operator, perhaps for example moves the interactive training program at new operator in CD-ROM or training video recording.

Claims (48)

1. a cigarette props up making apparatus, comprising:

A cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume;

One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter;

A transfer equipment that is used for the double-length plume is sent to from this cigarette machine this filter tip spicing machine;

Wherein each in this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine comprises that one group is used for monitoring and/or influences this cigarette machine, this filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter of the Zhu Yanzhi that made;

A controller that is used for controlling this group device on this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine; And

A fieldbus, this group device and this controller are connected in this fieldbus.

2. according to the equipment of claim 1, also comprise one group of synchronous motor of controlling by a motion controller.

3. according to the equipment of claim 2, wherein this motion controller is connected in this controller.

4. according to the equipment of claim 2 or claim 3, wherein this motion controller is connected in this fieldbus.

5. according to the equipment of claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4, wherein this group motor comprises that is used for driving a cut-out motor that is used for cutting the device of each plume, one is used for driving a suction silk chamber motor of inhaling silk ribbon, an and roll-forming band drive motor, and hopper motor that is used for controlling the speed that pipe tobacco is drawn out from hopper.

6. according to the equipment of claim 5, wherein should inhale the synchronization of silk chamber motor, this roll-forming band drive motor and this hopper motor and cut off the rotating speed of motor in this.

7. according to the equipment of claim 5, wherein should cut off motor, this synchronization of inhaling silk chamber motor, this roll-forming band drive motor and this hopper motor in the rotating speed of an imaginary axis.

8. according to the equipment of claim 5, claim 6 or claim 7, wherein this group motor also comprises a stabilization device motor that is used for driving a consolidation end cam and a pair of stabilization device dish, a driven shaft motor, and one be used for driving the printing portion motor that a printing portion prints on cigarette paper.

9. equipment according to Claim 8, wherein this stabilization device motor and this printing portion electromotor velocity and position are synchronized with this cut-out motor or this imaginary axis.

10. according to the equipment of claim 5, claim 6 or claim 7, wherein this group motor also comprises a filter tip spicing machine motor that is used for driving filter tip spicing machine drum system, and wherein this filter tip spicing machine motor is synchronized with the position of this cut-out motor or this imaginary axis.

11., comprise that also at least one is connected in the man-machine interface of this fieldbus (HMI) according to the equipment of above any claim.

12. according to the equipment of claim 11, wherein this at least one HMI comprises a cigarette machine HMI and a filter tip spicing machine HMI, each among this cigarette machine HMI and this filter tip spicing machine HMI is connected in this controller via this fieldbus.

13. the equipment according to claim 1 any one to the claim 10 comprises that at least one is connected in the man-machine interface of this controller (HMI).

14. according to the equipment of claim 13, wherein this at least one HMI comprises a cigarette machine HMI and a filter tip spicing machine HMI, each among this cigarette machine HMI and this filter tip spicing machine HMI is connected in this controller.

15. according to the equipment of claim 11 any one to the claim 14, wherein this at least one HMI is connected in a communication network.

16. according to the equipment of above any claim, at least one in wherein should group equipment is connected in this fieldbus via an interface.

17. according to the equipment of claim 1 any one to the claim 15, wherein at least one this device is a field device.

18. according to the equipment of claim 1 any one to the claim 15, wherein at least one in this group device sends the data that comprise diagnostic data to this controller on this fieldbus.

19. a cigarette props up making apparatus, comprising:

A cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume;

One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter;

A transfer equipment that is used for the plume of double-length is sent to from this cigarette machine this filter tip spicing machine;

Wherein each in this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine comprises that one group is used for monitoring and/or influences this cigarette machine, this filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter of the Zhu Yanzhi that made;

The 1st controller that is used for controlling this group device on this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine; And

One is used for providing filter tip spicing machine, cigarette machine and cigarette to prop up information and being used for one or both the 2nd controllers being sent to from user's input data in the 1st and the 2nd controller to an operator.

20. equipment according to claim 19, wherein the 2nd controller comprises at least one man-machine interface (HMI) and communicates by letter with the 1st controller, props up information and transmits the input data to the 1st controller in order to transmit filter tip spicing machine, cigarette machine and cigarette to an operator.

21. according to the equipment of claim 19, wherein the 2nd controller comprises a filter tip spicing machine controller of communicating by letter with a filter tip spicing machine HMI and a cigarette machine controller of communicating by letter with a cigarette machine HMI.

22. according to the equipment of claim 21, wherein this filter tip spicing machine controller and this cigarette machine controller respectively comprise a PC or similarly install.

23. according to the equipment of claim 21 or claim 22, wherein this filter tip spicing machine controller and this cigarette machine controller respectively comprise a HMI.

24. according to the equipment of claim 21, claim 22 or claim 23, wherein this filter tip spicing machine controller and this cigarette machine controller interconnect.

25. according to the equipment of claim 19 any one to the claim 24, wherein in the 1st controller and this cigarette machine and the filter tip spicing machine device some is connected in a fieldbus at least.

26. according to the equipment of claim 25, wherein the 2nd controller is connected in this fieldbus.

27. according to the equipment of claim 19 any one to the claim 26, wherein the 2nd controller is connected in an external communication network.

28., comprise that also one is used for making one or one group of motion controller that motor is synchronous on both in this cigarette machine and this filter tip spicing machine by what the 1st controller was controlled according to the equipment of claim 19 any one to the claim 27.

29. according to the equipment of claim 28, wherein this group motor comprises the cut-out motor of a device that is used for driving each plume of cutting and the rest in this group motor is synchronized with this cut-out motor.

30. according to the equipment of claim 28, wherein this group motor is synchronized with an imaginary axis.

31. according to the equipment of claim 26, claim 27 or claim 28, wherein this motion controller is connected in this fieldbus.

32. according to the equipment of claim 11 any one in to claim 15 or claim 20 to claim 24, wherein this HMI is configured to show one of with different levels display screen set to this operator.

33. according to the equipment of claim 32, wherein at least one in the set of this screen comprises that some expressions are used for controlling the row zone of the button of cigarette machine or filter tip spicing machine function.

34. according to the equipment of claim 32 or claim 33, wherein this HMI is configured to show the diagnostic message from filter tip spicing machine or cigarette machine element.

35. control with comprising by the equipment of interconnective cigarette machine of plume transfer equipment and filter tip spicing machine and make the method that cigarette props up for one kind, this method may further comprise the steps:

A fieldbus and a machine controller that is connected in this fieldbus are set;

One group is used for monitoring and/or influences this cigarette machine, this filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter that this cigarette of being made props up is connected in this fieldbus;

From this controller at this fieldbus of data monitoring from all devices; And

Adjust one or more parameters of this filter tip spicing machine or all cigarette machines according to the information content of these data of being received.

36. according to the method for claim 35, also comprise one the 2nd controller is set in case with this machine controller interface, wherein this machine controller receives from the data of the 2nd controller and to it and sends data.

37. method according to claim 35 or claim 36, if wherein this machine controller is sought an indication and existed from the machine of the 2nd controller signal of input and this machine signal of ceasing and desisting order of ceasing and desisting order on this fieldbus, then send a stop signal to all field devices.

38. method according to claim 35, claim 36 or claim 37, if wherein this machine controller seek an indicating emergency halted state on this fieldbus indicate this cigarette machine or this filter tip spicing machine on a backplate signal and this signal that do not put in place exist, then send a stop signal to this field device.

39. method according to claim 35 any one to the claim 38, if wherein this machine controller is sought signal and this signal existence of an indication in a malfunction at all field devices place on this fieldbus, then send a stop signal to this field device.

40. according to the method for claim 35 any one to the claim 37, wherein this machine controller also sends a stop signal together with the information of the reason of this stop signal of identification to the 2nd controller.

41. according to the method for claim 40, wherein this information that sends to the 2nd controller comprises diagnostic message and element identification information.

42. method according to claim 35 any one to the claim 41, if wherein this machine controller signal and this signal of seeking a kind of nonideality that a warning locates at one of all field devices on this fieldbus exists, then send an alarm signal to the 2nd controller.

43. method according to claim 35 any one to the claim 42, wherein all field devices comprise a cut-out motor, the cutting of the plume that rolls pipe tobacco of the continuous length of next free this cigarette machine production of this cut-out Motor Control, and one group of other motor that are synchronized with this cut-out motor.

44. method according to claim 35 any one to the claim 42, wherein all field devices comprise a cut-out motor, the cutting of the plume that rolls pipe tobacco of the continuous length of next free this cigarette machine production of this cut-out Motor Control, and one group of other motor, all other motor and this cut-out motor are synchronized with an imaginary axis.

45. according to the method for claim 43 or claim 44, wherein all synchronous motors comprise the synchronous motor of motor and position that speed is synchronous.

46. method according to claim 35 any one to the claim 45, if wherein this machine controller is sought the signal that cigarette paper paper disc of indication or packet header paper paper disc soon used up and detected this signal on this fieldbus, then start a subprogram that a new paper disc is adhered to current paper disc.

47. a cigarette props up making apparatus, comprising:

A cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume;

One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter;

A transfer equipment that is used for the double-length plume is sent to from this cigarette machine this filter tip spicing machine;

One group of synchronous servo motor that respectively is used for driving an action separately on this filter tip spicing machine or this cigarette machine;

Wherein each in this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine comprises that also one group is used for monitoring and/or influences this cigarette machine, this filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter of the Zhu Yanzhi that made;

A motion control device that is used for controlling this group synchronous motor;

A system controller that is used for controlling this group device on this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine, this motion control device is connected in this system controller; And

A fieldbus, this group device and this controller respectively are connected in this communication network.

48. a cigarette props up making apparatus, comprising:

A cigarette machine that is used for making the double-length plume;

One is used for filter tip is installed in plume to form the filter tip spicing machine of cigarette filter;

A transfer equipment that is used for the double-length plume is sent to from this cigarette machine this filter tip spicing machine;

Wherein each in this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine comprises that one group is used for monitoring and/or influences this cigarette machine, this filter tip spicing machine and the device of the parameter of the Zhu Yanzhi that made;

A control network, this group device is coupled in this control network;

The 1st controller that is used for controlling this group device on this filter tip spicing machine and this cigarette machine that is connected in this control network; And

One is coupled in the 1st controller and comprises that at least one is used for providing filter tip spicing machine, cigarette machine and cigarette to prop up the HMI of information and being used for be sent to the 2nd controller of the 1st controller from user's input data to the operator.

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