EP3433427A1 - Verbessertes filterpapier für zigarettenfilter - Google Patents
Verbessertes filterpapier für zigarettenfilterInfo
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- EP3433427A1 EP3433427A1 EP17701315.8A EP17701315A EP3433427A1 EP 3433427 A1 EP3433427 A1 EP 3433427A1 EP 17701315 A EP17701315 A EP 17701315A EP 3433427 A1 EP3433427 A1 EP 3433427A1
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- filter
- filter paper
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- paper
- cigarette
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
- A24D3/06—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters
- A24D3/08—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent
- A24D3/10—Use of materials for tobacco smoke filters of organic materials as carrier or major constituent of cellulose or cellulose derivatives
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
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- D21H11/00—Pulp or paper, comprising cellulose or lignocellulose fibres of natural origin only
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
- D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D21H15/00—Pulp or paper, comprising fibres or web-forming material characterised by features other than their chemical constitution
- D21H15/02—Pulp or paper, comprising fibres or web-forming material characterised by features other than their chemical constitution characterised by configuration
- D21H15/06—Long fibres, i.e. fibres exceeding the upper length limit of conventional paper-making fibres; Filaments
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
- D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a paper for producing a cigarette filter and a method for producing the filter paper.
- the invention further relates to an associated cigarette.
- a filter made from the filter paper according to the invention has retention properties similar to those of cellulose acetate filters and therefore improves the taste impression of a cigarette made from this filter paper in comparison with cigarettes with paper filters from conventional filter papers.
- a conventionally manufactured filter cigarette generally consists of a cylindrical column of tobacco wrapped by a cigarette paper and a filter made of a filter material and wrapped by a filter wrap paper.
- a common filter material is cellulose acetate.
- the tobacco column and the filter are connected by a tipping paper.
- paper is also known as filter material for cigarettes.
- a cigarette filter may consist of several segments, each segment being made of a different material.
- two segment filters are known in the art, one segment being a cellulose acetate filter and a second segment being a paper filter. It is also known to mix cellulose acetate fibers and pulp fibers in a segment or to separately arrange within these segments structures of these fibers, for example in the longitudinal or radial direction.
- Paper filters generally have the advantage that they degrade more quickly in the environment and that they are generally less expensive than cellulose acetate filters.
- a major disadvantage of a conventional paper filter is that it has different retention properties than a filter made of cellulose acetate. For example, it is known that at comparable Drag resistance the filtration efficiency of a paper filter for tar is higher than that of a cellulose acetate filter. Paper filters also tend to retain water and water vapor much better than cellulosic acetate filters. Among other things, these two effects can undesirably alter the taste impression of a cigarette.
- the tensile resistance at a given filtration efficiency ie the resistance that the filter provides for the passage of smoke
- the hardness of a paper filter that is, the resistance to mechanical deformation, often does not meet the expectations of a smoker who is accustomed to a cellulose acetate filter.
- EP 2 761 085 describes a paper which is particularly readily biodegradable for paper filters, but the problems with regard to taste or filtration efficiency can not be solved completely satisfactorily.
- a filter paper which can be easily and inexpensively manufactured while simultaneously imparting to a filter made therefrom a filtration efficiency similar to a cellulose acetate filter having a similar draw resistance.
- This object is achieved by a filter paper according to claim 1 and its production method according to claim 15.
- Another object of the invention are a filter and a filter cigarette that make use of this material.
- Advantageous developments are specified in the dependent claims. According to the invention, a paper is proposed for use as a filter paper having the following properties:
- the filter paper comprises fibers
- the filter paper are formed by long-fiber pulp fibers,
- the proportion of fibers with a length of less than 0.2 mm, based on the number of fibers, is between 2% and 10%, preferably between 3% and 9% and particularly preferably between 4% and 8%,
- the air permeability of the filter paper is measured according to ISO 2965: 2009 is from 500 cnrmin ⁇ -kPa "1 and 15000 cm-min” 1 -kPa "1, and preferably between 1000 cm-min” ' ⁇ kPa 1 and 9000 cm-min "1 -kPa "1 ,
- the inventors have found that the amount of fines in the filter paper, ie the fibers with a length of less than 0.2 mm, is significant in that the filtration efficiency of a filter made from the inventive filter paper decreases and thus more similar to that of a cellulosic filter becomes. This is surprising because the fines themselves have a large surface area and their presence should therefore increase the filtration efficiency. In fact, it is neither favorable that too many nor that too few fines are included in the filter paper, but their proportion based on the number of fibers in the filter paper should be in the narrow range between 2% and 10%.
- the air permeability of the filter paper is a substantial size to control the draw resistance of the paper filter and thus its filtration efficiency in a wide range. This is surprising because the smoke of a cigarette in the paper filter is typically along the surface of the filter paper and not through the filter paper Filter paper flows through. Contrary to the expectations of the person skilled in the art, there is a close relationship between air permeability, draw resistance and filtration efficiency.
- the air permeability should be between 500 cm-min ' ⁇ kPa 1 and 15000 cm-min " -kPa " 1 lie.
- the air permeability is influenced by the intensity of the grinding of the fibers. Intensely ground fibers lead to a low air permeability and less intensively ground fibers to a high air permeability. Since, in addition to the air permeability, the content of fines is also influenced by the refining of the fibers, it is not self-evident that, with an approximately constant content of fines, the air permeability can be adjusted in the range according to the invention. In addition, the filter paper must also meet mechanical strength requirements, which are also significantly influenced by the grinding of the fibers.
- the simultaneous compatibility of all these requirements is achieved by the method according to the invention described below, in which at least part of the fiber material is ground in a special grinding unit with certain settings.
- the dimensions of the fibers in the filter paper affect their surface and thus also the air permeability and the filtration efficiency of a filter made therefrom. Therefore, it is favorable if the average length and width of the fibers in the filter paper is within a certain range.
- the length of the fibers in the filter paper and their width can be measured according to ISO 16065 according to the automated optical method described therein. In deviation from ISO 16065, however, fiber components with a length of less than 0.2 mm are taken into account in the measurement. Such a measurement is possible with the L & W Fiber Tester Plus - code 912 Plus from Lorentzen & Wettre, which also determines the amount of fines.
- a sample of about 0.1 g of dry fibers is suspended in water and pumped by the measuring instrument in a thin gap between two plates.
- a camera monitors the fiber suspension passing through the nip of the plates and takes images at short intervals, which are analyzed to determine the geometry of the fibers passing through.
- this meter provides inter alia a number-wise distribution of fiber lengths and fiber widths from which the number average length, average width and fines content can be determined.
- the number average length of the fibers in the filter paper thus determined should be more than 1 mm and less than 5 mm, and preferably more than 2 mm and less than 4 mm.
- the thus determined, based on the number average width of the fibers in the filter paper is also between 10 ⁇ and 50 ⁇ , preferably between 20 ⁇ and 40 ⁇ , and most preferably between 25 ⁇ and 35 ⁇ .
- the filter paper according to the invention contains fibers, the fibers in any case comprising pulp fibers.
- Pulp fibers are cellulose-based fibers of plant origin, for example long fiber pulp fibers or short fiber pulp fibers.
- fibers of plastics, fibers of regenerated cellulose and in particular cellulose acetate fibers are not pulp fibers.
- the pulp fibers may in principle be bleached or unbleached or a blend of bleached and unbleached pulp fibers. Preferably, however, the pulp fibers are bleached because the filter paper is then white and this color is expected by the smoker.
- the at least partial use of unbleached pulp fibers results in a filter paper having a light brown to dark brown hue and is less preferred.
- the content of long-fiber pulp fibers based on the weight of the filter paper should therefore amount to at least 80% by weight, preferably at least 90% by weight and particularly preferably at least 95% by weight and most preferably 100% by weight of the filter paper.
- the statement that 100% by weight of the filter paper is formed from long-fiber pulp is intended to mean that the filter paper contains essentially only long-fiber pulp fibers.
- This information should therefore also encompass filter papers which contain impurities by any other substances and materials, such as, for example, other fibers, short fiber pulp fibers, fillers, pigments, additives or process aids, as may occur in papermaking according to the prior art .
- the long-fiber pulp may be obtained from softwood, especially spruce or pine, but also from other plants such as hemp, flax, sisal, abaca, cotton, ramie, jute, kenaf, gampi, kozu or matsumata.
- long fiber pulp refers to the natural length of the fibers, not the actual length in the ground state in the paper.
- the filter paper according to the invention contains a certain amount of fines.
- the fines include all fibers whose length is less than 0.2 mm.
- the proportion of fines in the filter paper according to the invention is between 2% and 10% based on the number of fibers in the filter paper, preferably between 3% and 9% and particularly preferably between 4% and 8%, in each case based on the number of fibers in the filter paper.
- the filter paper of the present invention it is necessary for the filter paper of the present invention to have an air permeability within a predetermined interval, because it adjusts the filtration efficiency of the paper filter from this filter paper.
- the air permeability of the filter paper according to the invention measured according to ISO 2965: 2009 with a measuring head with an opening of 10 mm ⁇ 20 mm, is between 500 cm-1 kPa- 1 and 15000 cm-1 kPa- 1 and preferably between 1000 cm-min '-kPa "1 and 9000 cm-min' -kPa " 1 .
- the filter paper further pulp fibers such as short fiber pulp fibers, or other fibers such as regenerated cellulose fibers such as Viscosemaschinen, modal fibers, lyocell fibers, fibers of cellulose esters such as cellulose acetate or of plastics such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene, polyester or polypropylene or fibers of polylactates.
- these fibers reduce the mechanical strength and the total proportion of such fibers should therefore not more than 10 wt .-%, preferably not more than 5 wt .-% and particularly preferably not more than 2 wt .-% of the filter paper wear.
- the filter paper Does not contain fibers.
- Short fiber pulp fibers may be derived from hardwood, especially birch, beech or eucalyptus, but also from other plants such as esparto grass.
- the filter paper may contain fillers to affect, for example, the whiteness, color or opacity of the filter paper.
- the fillers reduce the strength of the filter paper and may undesirably affect the porous structure.
- the proportion of fillers should therefore amount to not more than 10% by weight, preferably not more than 5% by weight and particularly preferably not more than 2% by weight of the filter paper.
- the filter paper is free of fillers.
- Fillers may be mineral fillers, in particular carbonates, sulfates, silicates or oxides, in particular, for example, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate, titanium dioxide, talc, kaolin or aluminum hydroxide, and mixtures thereof.
- the particle shape, particle size distribution and crystal structure of the fillers can vary widely and the person skilled in the art will select these parameters according to the prior art and the purpose which the person skilled in the art would like to achieve with it.
- the filter paper of the present invention may contain pigments or dyes to give the filter paper a particular color.
- An exemplary pigment is iron oxides, which are typically yellow, red or black and can be used alone or in mixtures. Iron oxides or other pigments or dyes can permanently or temporarily change their color when heated, so that these substances can also be added if it is intended to achieve special visual effects during or after smoking.
- the filter paper according to the invention may contain further additives in order to influence certain properties of the filter paper.
- additives include, for example, sizing agents such as alkyl ketene dimer (AKD), carboxylic acid anhydride (ASA), fatty acids, fatty alcohols or other hydrophobic substances to render the filter paper water repellent, or starch to increase the strength of the filter paper, or wet strength agents.
- sizing agents such as alkyl ketene dimer (AKD), carboxylic acid anhydride (ASA), fatty acids, fatty alcohols or other hydrophobic substances to render the filter paper water repellent, or starch to increase the strength of the filter paper, or wet strength agents.
- ASA alkyl ketene dimer
- ASA carboxylic acid anhydride
- fatty acids fatty alcohols or other hydrophobic substances to render the filter paper water repellent, or starch to increase the strength of the filter paper, or wet strength agents.
- starch to increase the strength of the filter paper
- the filter paper may contain substances for influencing the content of carbon monoxide such as catalysts, zinc oxide or other metal oxides, nitrates of transition metals or copper, iron or silver;
- substances for influencing the content of carbon monoxide such as catalysts, zinc oxide or other metal oxides, nitrates of transition metals or copper, iron or silver;
- HCN hydrogen cyanide
- zinc oxide or sodium glycinate may be used, ascorbic acid, tartaric acid, sodium carbonate or polyethylenimine may be used as well as additions of activated charcoal, polyethylene glycol, triacetin or triethyl citrate
- the sum of pigments, dyes and additives, as well as all other substances that the person skilled in the art can add to the filter paper to achieve certain effects should not exceed 10% by weight, preferably not more than 5% by weight and most preferably not more than 2 wt .-% of the filter paper amount.
- the filter paper is at least free of pigments and dyes.
- the mechanical properties of the filter paper are important for the production of a filter from the filter paper according to the invention.
- the mechanical properties differ on the filter paper in the machine direction, ie the direction in which the filter paper passes through the paper machine, and the transverse direction, ie the direction orthogonal to the running direction in the paper machine.
- the tensile strength of the filter paper in the machine direction should be at least 7 N / 15 mm, preferably at least 8 N / 15 mm and particularly preferably at least 9 N / 15 mm.
- a high tensile strength is not a disadvantage. Since the production of a filter paper with a high tensile strength but with high energy consumption in the grinding of the fibers is connected, one will not increase the tensile strength unnecessarily.
- the machine direction tensile strength should therefore be at most 50 N / 15 mm, preferably at most 45 N / 15 mm and most preferably at most 40 N / 15 mm.
- the filter paper is loaded comparatively less in the transverse direction during the production of the filter, so that the transverse tensile strength is preferably at least 4 N / 15 mm and more preferably at least 5 N / 15 mm, and preferably at most 9 N / 15 mm, and more preferably at most 8 N / 15 mm.
- the elongation at break in the machine direction is therefore preferably at least 1% and more preferably at least 1.2% and preferably at most 2% and most preferably at most 1.8%.
- the elongation at break in the transverse direction plays a role, because it can also lead to strains of the filter paper in the transverse direction during filter production. Therefore, the elongation at break in the transverse direction should preferably be at least 4% and more preferably at least 4.5% and preferably at most 6% and most preferably at most 5.5%.
- the filter paper may be creped in the machine direction or in the transverse direction. In this case, its elongation at break in the direction or directions in which the filter paper is creped is at most 25%, preferably at most 15%, and most preferably at most 10%.
- the tensile strength and elongation at break in the machine direction and transverse direction can be measured according to ISO 1924-2: 2008.
- the basis weight of the filter paper may be important, for example, for the hardness of the filter made from this filter paper.
- the basis weight is therefore preferably from 10 to 80 gm “2 , more preferably from 20 to 60 gm " 2 , most preferably from 30 to 40 gm "2.
- the basis weight of a filter paper can be measured according to ISO 536: 2012.
- the thickness of the filter paper may be important to the hardness of the filter made from this filter paper.
- the thickness is therefore preferably from 60 ⁇ to 160 ⁇ and particularly preferably from 80 ⁇ to 120 ⁇ .
- the thickness of a filter paper can be measured according to ISO 534: 2011 on a single layer of filter paper.
- the filter paper according to the invention can be produced by the following process according to the invention.
- the first step (A) comprises providing an aqueous suspension of unground fibrous material in a reservoir.
- This process step can be carried out according to the methods known per se from the prior art.
- the unground fiber material comprises pulp fibers, especially long fiber pulp fibers.
- the pulp fibers may be bleached or unbleached, or a blend of bleached and unbleached pulp fibers.
- the unmilled pulp fibers are bleached because the filter paper is then white and this color is expected by the smoker.
- the proportion of unmilled long-fiber pulp fibers based on the weight of the unground fiber material is at least 80 wt .-%, preferably at least 90 wt .-% and particularly preferably at least 95 wt .-% and most preferably 100 wt .-% is.
- ungrafted long-fiber pulp fibers are formed, intended to mean that the unground fiber material contains substantially exclusively unground long-fiber pulp fibers. Therefore, this specification is also intended to include unground fibrous material containing impurities by any other substances and materials, such as other fibers, short fiber pulp fibers, fillers, pigments, additives or processing aids, such as those found in prior art papermaking can.
- the long-fiber pulp is derived from conifers, such as spruce or pine, or from flax, hemp, sisal, Abaca, cotton, ramie, jute, kenaf, Gampi, Kozu or Matsumata.
- the unground fibrous material may also comprise other pulp fibers such as short fiber pulp fibers or other fibers such as regenerated cellulose fibers such as viscose fibers, modal fibers or lyocell fibers, cellulosic ester fibers such as cellulose acetate or plastics such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene, polyester or polypropylene or also polylactate fibers.
- the total amount of such fibers should not be more than 10% by weight, preferably not more than 5% by weight and more preferably not more than 2% by weight of the un milled fiber material.
- Short fiber pulp fibers may be derived from hardwood, especially birch, beech or eucalyptus, but also from other plants such as esparto grass.
- step (B) at least part of the aqueous suspension of predominantly or exclusively unground long fiber pulp fibers and optional further components provided in step (A) is fed to a grinding unit and ground there.
- the part of the unground fiber material which is ground in the grinding unit should be at least 40% by weight, preferably at least 50% by weight and more preferably at least 60% by weight, in each case based on the total amount of the originally unground fiber material. If a part of the suspension of the unground fiber material is not milled, it can be added again in a later process step. However, it is also possible that the entire suspension provided in step (A) is subjected to the grinding and at a later time another suspension containing un-milled long-fiber pulp fibers or other fiber material is added.
- the grinding unit is a Papillon Refiner.
- the inventors have found that especially such a Papillon Refiner can grind the fiber material so that the desired specific combination of properties of air permeability, fines content and strength of the filter paper can be achieved.
- Papillon Reflners are offered by several machine manufacturers, such as Andritz with the model designations CS380, CS450, CC380 and CC450.
- the following information is illustrative for a Andritz Papillon Refiner CS380 and can be easily transferred to other grinders with the skill of the art or through experimentation.
- the settings of the Papillon Refmers must be adapted to the type and quantity of unground fibrous material, the dimensions of the grinding aggregate and the grinding set.
- a substance density, ie a mass-related proportion of the dry fiber material in the suspension used for grinding, has proved useful between 1% by weight to 5% by weight.
- the flow rate can be between 300 l-min "1 and 700 l-min " 1 .
- the specific grinding edge load can be between 0.3 ⁇ m "1 and 1.0 ⁇ m " 1 .
- the fiber material is milled with an energy input of 30 Wh-kg "1 to 100 Wh-kg " 1 , based on the mass of the dry, unground fiber material.
- the speed and the power supply must also be determined.
- the rotational speed is between 500 min -1 and 2000 min -1 and preferably between 600 min -1 and 1600 min -1 .
- the Papillon Refiner supplied power is in preferred embodiments between 50 kW and 200 kW, preferably between 60 kW and 150 kW.
- the air permeability of the filter paper can be adjusted by selecting the speed and the power. In general, a high speed or a low power lead to a higher air permeability. Conversely, low speed or high power results in low air permeability.
- That part of the suspension of unground fiber material which was previously branched off and not ground is then re-added to the suspension of milled fiber material.
- fillers such as fillers, additives, process aids, pigments or dyes
- additives such as additives, process aids, pigments or dyes
- pigments or dyes may be added to the aqueous suspension of the ground fiber material.
- fines ie fibers with a length of at most 0.2 mm
- the proportion of fines in the finished aqueous suspension is in total between 2% and 10%, based on the number of fibers in the aqueous suspension, preferably between 3% and 9% and particularly preferably between 4% and 8%, in each case based on the number the fibers in the aqueous suspension.
- finished suspension refers to the suspension in the state in which it is fed to a paper machine in a step (C) described below, ie after all additions have been made of further unground long-fiber pulp, fiber material or fines.
- the length and width of the fibers is important.
- the mean length of the fibers in the final aqueous fiber suspension should preferably be more than 1 mm and less than 5 mm and more preferably more than 2 mm and less than 4 mm.
- the average width of the fibers in the finished aqueous fiber suspension is preferably between 10 ⁇ and 50 ⁇ , more preferably between 20 ⁇ and 40 ⁇ , and most preferably between 25 ⁇ and 35 ⁇ .
- the finished aqueous suspension is fed to a paper machine and a filter paper is produced there by the processes known per se in the prior art.
- the paper machine is a Schrägsiebmaschine, because can be produced on these machines papers with a particularly high air permeability, the filtration efficiency for the filtering of cigarette smoke is well suited. Less preferred alternatives are the wire or round screening machines.
- the suspension On a paper machine suitable for the process, the suspension is first collected in a headbox and then pumped onto a sieve so that a large portion of the water flows through the sieve, while the fibrous material and other components remain predominantly on the sieve forming a fibrous web ,
- the fiber web then passes through a press in which the fiber web is further dewatered by mechanical pressure, for example against a felt, and further a dryer section in which the fiber web is heated by heat, microwave radiation or infrared radiation, preferably by contact with steam-heated drying cylinders and most preferably by hot air, in particular by a Impingement drying or throughflow drying is dried until it has a moisture content of 3% by weight to 10% by weight, based on the mass of the filter paper.
- Drying by impingement drying or throughflow drying is very particularly preferred because it can impart a high porosity and a high thickness to the filter paper.
- the filter paper is rolled up and optionally cut into narrower rolls with a width of at least 100 mm and at most 400 m, which can then be used for the production of cigarette filters.
- a filter paper web having a width of at least 100 mm and at most 400 mm, for example about 300 mm is usually embossed or gelatinized, occasionally even at elevated temperature or moisture.
- the creping can be done in the machine direction, in the transverse direction or in both directions, as well as the creping can also be diagonal, in any direction, or done in patterns.
- the filter paper is then formed, as with conventional cellulose acetate filters, into an endless strand which is wrapped by a filter wrap paper. From this endless strand filter rods are cut.
- any filter wrapping paper known from the prior art is suitable, in particular a slightly porous filter wrapping paper or a filter wrapping paper with an air permeability measured according to ISO 2965: 2009 between 1000 cnvmin '- kPa 1 and 30000 cm-min' - kPa " ⁇
- the invention further relates to a paper filter comprising the filter paper according to the invention.
- the paper filter according to the invention can also be present as a segment of a cigarette filter. This is the case, for example, if the cigarette filter consists of a segment of cellulose acetate and a segment with filter paper or if, for example, a cavity with activated carbon particles is provided in the cigarette filter, which is delimited by two segments which may contain filter paper.
- the paper filter according to the invention may therefore also have a length of 3 mm to 10 mm, preferably 4 mm to 8 mm.
- the paper filter so the filter rod, filter plug or the paper filter segment, has a diameter between 3 mm and 10 mm, preferably between 4 mm and 9 mm and particularly preferably between 7 mm and 9 mm.
- the diameter depends on the diameter of the cigarette, which should contain the paper filter.
- CORESTA Guide no. 10 be considered.
- the draw resistance of the paper filter is essentially dependent on the diameter, the filter material and the length of the paper filter and can be measured in accordance with ISO 6565: 2011 at a flow rate of 17.5 cm 3 "
- the pull resistance of a paper filter is specified in Pa and is to a very close approximation of the length of the paper filter, provided that the length of the paper filter is approximately homogeneous, therefore the length-specific draw resistance can be expressed as the pressure difference per mm of the paper filter, if the specification should be independent of the actual length of the paper filter.
- the paper filter according to the invention has a length-specific draw resistance between 10 Pa-mm “1 and 40 Pa-mm “ 1 , preferably between 15 Pa- 1 " and 35 Pa-mm " 1 .
- An essential feature of a paper filter is its filtration efficiency for the particulate phase of cigarette smoke. More specifically, in the particulate phase, nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM), colloquially referred to as tar, is considered to be contained in the smoke of a cigarette on a per mg basis in mg per cigarette NFDPM describes the mass ratio of the particulate phase of the smoke retained in the filter to the total particulate phase of the smoke flowing into the filter. Filtration efficiency is expressed in%. send the filter paper according to the invention has a filtration efficiency for NFPDM between 20% and 80%, preferably between 30% and 70%. The filtration efficiency of the filter is influenced by the diameter, length and draw resistance of the paper filter in a manner known in the art.
- NFDPM nicotine-free dry particulate matter
- the filtration efficiency of a filter is determined by first evacuating a sufficient number of cigarettes, for example 20 pieces, on a smoking machine in accordance with ISO 3308: 2012 and determining therefrom the content of NFDPM in mg per cigarette, denoted by X, according to ISO 4387: 2000 becomes.
- the filter of each fumigated cigarette is separated and analyzed how much NFDPM is contained in the filter in mg per cigarette, denoted by Y.
- the numbering of the filter segments should be ascending in the flow direction of the smoke with normal use of the cigarette.
- the filtration efficiency F k of the segment k can then be represented by the formula
- the invention also relates to a filter cigarette comprising a paper filter.
- the paper filter may be the sole filter on the filter cigarette or may preferably be a segment in a segmented cigarette filter.
- Particularly preferred is a filter cigarette in which the filter segment closest to the mouth end is formed by cellulose acetate and at least one further segment closer to the tobacco rod contains the filter paper according to the invention, because then the visual appearance of the mouth end corresponds to that of a filter cigarette with cellulose acetate filter and thus meets the expectations of the smoker.
- a filter cigarette comprising a paper filter according to the invention
- the production of a filter cigarette comprising a paper filter according to the invention can be carried out by the methods known from the prior art.
- Figure 1 shows a table 1 containing fiber properties of 16 different filter papers whose fiber material was milled with different settings of a Papillon Refiner.
- Figure 2 shows a Table 2 containing the basis weight, thickness, air permeability, tensile elongation and elongation at break of the 16 papers of the table of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows a Table 3 containing the filtration efficiency, draw resistance and draw specific resistance of the 16 papers of the table of Figure 1. shows the relationship between the air permeability of the filter papers according to the invention and the filtration efficiency for NFDPM of the paper filter made from the filter papers.
- FIG. 5 shows the relationship between the draw resistance of a filter and the filtration efficiency for NFDPM for the paper filters (circles) according to the invention, conventional paper filters (squares) and conventional filters made from cellulose acetate (triangles).
- the following examples are intended to demonstrate the invention and its advantages.
- the only fiber material used was bleached, un-milled long-fiber pulp fibers in a Papillon Refiner at different speeds between 600 min -1 and 1200 min -1 and Powers between about 60 kW and about 140 kW ground. A total of 16 different combinations of power and speed were chosen. The specific values are given in Table 1 ("Settings of the Papillon Refiner") depicted in Fig. 1. To the milled long fiber pulp fibers, unmilled long fiber pulp fibers were added so that the entire suspension of long fiber pulp fibers was about 60% by weight ground and about 40% Wt .-% unmilled long fiber pulp fibers contained.
- the properties of the fibers in the suspension were determined in accordance with ISO 16065 using a L & W Fiber Tester Plus code 912 Plus, taking into account also the fines, ie fibers with a length of less than 0.2 mm.
- the mean fiber length, the average fiber width and the proportion of fines in% based on the number of fibers are given in the corresponding columns of Table 1 of FIG.
- the average fiber length for the exemplary filter papers according to the invention is approximately between 2 mm and 2.5 mm, the average fiber width between 30.5 ⁇ m and 31.5 ⁇ m, and the proportion of fines between 5% and 8% relative to the number of fibers in the fiber material.
- the inventors believe that only with a Papillon Refiner can such constant fiber properties be achieved despite the variable air permeability of the filter paper and that these fiber properties contribute significantly to the filtration efficiency of the filters made from these filter papers.
- filter papers were produced on an inclined screening machine.
- the filter papers are numbered 1 to 16 corresponding to the column "No.”
- the basis weight according to ISO 536: 2012, the thickness according to ISO 534: 201 1 and the air permeability according to ISO 2965: 2009 were determined for each filter paper and are indicated in the corresponding columns in Table 2 ( Figure 2).
- the basis weight is between 34.9 gm "2 and 36.6 gm " 2 and thus in a very narrow range, as well as the thickness varies only between 83 ⁇ and 101 ⁇ .
- the air permeability of the filter papers changes depending on the refining of the fiber material and is between 1099 CU and 8364 CU.
- the tensile strength and elongation at break were determined according to ISO 1924-2: 2008 for the uncreped filter paper in both the machine direction (MD) and the cross direction (CD).
- Each paper filter rod was divided into six equal length paper filter plugs, each 22 mm in length, to produce cigarettes 83 mm in length, 24.5 mm in circumference, 61 mm in tobacco rod length and 600 mg in tobacco weight.
- Tobacco was thereby formed with a conventional cigarette paper with an air permeability of 50 cm min " '• kPa' 1 to a tobacco rod.
- the paper filter were wrapped with a 27 mm long Tippingpapier, so therefore the Tippingpapier the tobacco rod 5 mm wide overlapped and
- the tobacco blend and all the geometric data of the cigarettes were identical, so that they differed only in the paper filter, and with the aid of these cigarettes, the filtration efficiency of the paper filters was determined according to the method described above.
- the filtration efficiency for nicotine-free dry condensate (NFDPM) is given for each of the 16 filter plugs (22mm) in Table 3 ( Figure 3).
- the filtration efficiency for NFPDM is between 36.2% and 55.2%.
- Filfiltsffizienzen By changing the length of the filter plug or by using a different roll width in the manufacture of the paper filter rod filtration efficiencies below or above this interval can be easily achieved, so that with the filter paper according to the invention, an interval can be covered by Filfiltsffizienzen, as usual for filters made of cellulose acetate is.
- Fig. 4 shows the relationship between the filtration efficiency for NFPDM of the paper filters of the invention and the air permeability of the filter paper. It can be seen that the air permeability is an essential quantity in order to adjust the filtration efficiency in wide ranges, because all other quantities, such as basis weight, thickness or fiber properties, are kept approximately constant.
- FIG. 5 The essential advantage of the invention can be demonstrated with reference to FIG. 5.
- the figure shows the relationship between the draw resistance of a filter and the filtration efficiency for NFPDM for the paper filters (circles) according to the invention, conventional paper filters (squares) and conventional filters made from cellulose acetate (triangles). All filters had a length of 22 mm.
- a conventional paper filter has a draw resistance of about 300 Pa
- a conventional cellulose acetate filter has a draw resistance of about 600 Pa.
- the draw resistance of an unventilated filter cigarette is essentially determined by the draw resistance of the filter and that of the tobacco rod. For a king-size cigarette with a circumference of 24 mm to 25 mm, the smoker expects a draw resistance of about 1000 Pa. If, in an existing cigarette design, the conventional cellulose acetate filter is replaced with a draw resistance of 600 Pa against a conventional paper filter with 300 Pa, the draw resistance of the filter cigarette drops to 700 Pa, ie by 30%.
- a filtration efficiency for NFPDM of just under 50% is achieved while a Conventional paper filter already has a filtration efficiency of about 70% at this draw resistance.
- a paper filter can be produced which has a similar draw resistance filtration efficiency of just over 50% and thus closer to a filter of cellulose acetate than a conventional paper filter. This means that the paper filter according to the invention also offers advantages over conventional paper filters, if you want to keep the draw resistance of the filter constant.
- Fig. 5 shows that the paper filters according to the invention always lie between conventional paper filters and conventional cellulose acetate filters in terms of filtration efficiency and draw resistance, and in addition, at higher draw resistances, the difference between the paper filters according to the invention and the cellulose acetate filters becomes smaller.
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