EP3542650A2 - Dispositif de transport et tranchage pour articles à fumer de forme allongée - Google Patents

Dispositif de transport et tranchage pour articles à fumer de forme allongée Download PDF

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EP3542650A2
EP3542650A2 EP19163946.7A EP19163946A EP3542650A2 EP 3542650 A2 EP3542650 A2 EP 3542650A2 EP 19163946 A EP19163946 A EP 19163946A EP 3542650 A2 EP3542650 A2 EP 3542650A2
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Clemens Schmick
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/28—Cutting-off the tobacco rod
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • 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
    • A24D3/02—Manufacture of tobacco smoke filters
    • A24D3/025—Final operations, i.e. after the filter rod forming process
    • A24D3/0254—Cutting means

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  • the present invention relates to a conveyor device for rod-shaped smoking articles having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • Rod shaped smoking articles are e.g. Cigarettes, cigarillos, Heat Not Burn products (HNB products) or similar products intended for inhalation by a consumer. In this case, not only smoke, but instead or in addition, etheric or medicinal substances for inhalation may be provided despite the term.
  • rod-shaped smoking articles are also precursors of smoking articles to understand such. Filter rods, tobacco sticks with a by a strip strip shape-stabilized tobacco material, segments of HNB products, such as tubular cooling sections, taste-affecting segments or the like to see, which are subsequently connected to other precursors to a finished rod-shaped smoking article.
  • the rod-shaped smoking articles and precursors of the smoking articles are referred to hereinafter as "products" in the description for the sake of simplicity.
  • the products are transported in conveyors at a very high transport speed and produced and processed in very large quantities. They are supplied in different parts of the production process from a very large memory in a very large flow of individual products and for example via a drum assembly with several rotatory drivable drums, such as a removal drum, an accelerator drum, a staggering drum, a sliding drum and finally a delivery drum for transferring the products removed from the store, wherein the order of the products may vary.
  • the drums of the drum assembly are each cylindrical and have a plurality of arranged in the lateral surfaces, acted upon by vacuum, trough-shaped depressions, which are aligned with their longitudinal axes parallel to the axes of rotation of the drums.
  • the products are stored in the stack in a stack of parallel longitudinal axes, the products preferably being oriented so that their faces form mutually parallel planes, and the stack thus has a thickness equal to the length of the products in the reservoir equivalent.
  • a cutting device with directed onto the lateral surface of the removal drum and aligned parallel to the direction of rotation of the removal drum cutting blades may be provided on the removal drum, which cut the multiple-length products on the removal drum into simple products.
  • the troughs of the removal drum have to realize the cutting movement grooves, in which immerse the cutting blades and thereby cut the products over the entire cross-section.
  • the cut products of simple length are then staggered by the staggering drum and pushed back into a row on the sliding drum.
  • the products are taken from the memory in the wells of the removal drum and transported away transversely to their longitudinal axes.
  • the removal drum has a comparatively large diameter with a multiplicity of depressions arranged in the lateral surface, which in a very small distance, ie in one are arranged very small division.
  • the removal drum is driven to achieve a reliable transfer of the products from the memory to a relatively low speed and a small peripheral speed of the wells.
  • the removal drum has particularly deep wells or wells with a one-sided enlarged wall, so that the products can be reliably removed from the memory first and secondly, so that an abutment for a clean cut of the products is formed by the cutter.
  • the supply of the products from the storage to the removal drum is effected by gravity, by the memory is arranged above the removal drum and having a removal drum facing opening through which the products emerge in the direction of the removal drum. Further, the feeding movement of the products to the picking drum is supported over the direction predetermined bands and rollers.
  • Such a conveyor is for example from the document WO 2014/188305 A1 known.
  • a disadvantage of this solution is the fact that the cutting process of the products due to the products completely, over the entire cross-section cutting cutting blade has comparatively high cutting forces result, whereby the quality of cut can be affected.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a conveyor for rod-shaped smoking article, in which the multiple-length smoking article can be cut with lower cutting forces in easy-length smoking article.
  • the advantage of the proposed solution is that the cutting action of the smoking article is realized by the combination of two movements, namely by the transport movement of the smoking article in the guide channel and by the rotational movement of the smoking article relative to the cutting blade.
  • the transport movement corresponds to a linear movement through which the smoking articles are guided past the cutting edge of the cutting blade. Due to the rotational movement of the smoking articles they roll in addition to the cutting edge. Thus, it is sufficient for a complete cut of the products, when the cutting knife protrudes with its cutting edge only so far into the guide channel that the smoking articles passed by are only cut to half of their cross section or slightly above it by the cutting blades. The complete cut of the smoking article is then achieved by turning the smoking article against the cutting blade. Due to the overlapping of the two movements, the cutting edge is moved not only linearly or in a bow movement through the smoking article, as in the cutting process in the prior art is the case, but instead expanded to a circulating movement with a constantly increasing depth of cut.
  • a memory in which the rod-shaped smoking articles are stored in a stack with parallel longitudinal axes, and a Drum assembly having at least a first drum with recesses open to an outside for receiving the supplied from the memory, rod-shaped smoking article is provided, and the guide channel and the cutting device between the memory and the first drum are provided.
  • the device for turning the smoking article is formed by at least one first guide section in the guide channel, at which the smoking articles are braked or accelerated by a one-sided system.
  • the rotational movement of the smoking article is here effected by the smoking article on one side of the guide channel braked or accelerated and thereby offset in a rotational movement about their longitudinal axes.
  • the smoking articles thereby begin a rolling movement relative to the guide section and relative to the cutting blade with the advantage of the cutting process achieved thereby.
  • the products can be both slowed down and accelerated on one side, as far as they are imposed on only one side of a relative speed relative to the transport movement, which is then the cause of the rotational movement of the smoking article.
  • the means for rotating the smoking article may have a second guide section opposite the first guide section, wherein the smoking articles at the first and second guide sections are differently decelerated and / or accelerated.
  • the rotational movement of the smoking article can be finer controlled and controlled and realized with a lower local burden of smoking articles.
  • the smoking articles can be driven by the proposed development from two sides to the rotational movement and thus also be kept in the middle position during the cutting process.
  • the first and / or the second guide section is formed by a flexible band.
  • the use of a flexible band for the realization of the guide portion is advantageous in that the guide can thereby be realized with a lower load on the smoking article, since the flexible band can adapt laterally to the contour of the smoking article and can yield laterally during force peaks. Thus, the maximum forces acting on the smoking articles are limited.
  • At least one of the bands can be tensioned around at least two rollers, and the first and / or the second guide portion can be formed by a section of the band arranged between the rollers.
  • the guide section can be realized structurally particularly simple, wherein the located between the rollers section of the tape is already therefore suitable as a guide section, since it can move freely between the rollers, taking into account the flexibility of the band and thereby can yield laterally.
  • the tape can also in itself elastic and thus be braced under exercise of a bias around the two roles.
  • At least one of the belts can be driven by means of a drive device to a drive movement of the guide sections directed counter to the movement or in the direction of the movement of the smoking article. Due to the proposed drive of the belt and the resulting drive movement of the guide sections, the smoking articles can be actively braked and / or accelerated via the belt on one side, wherein the braking and acceleration can also be controlled via a corresponding control of the drive device.
  • the first and the second guide section is formed by flexible bands, and the bands can be aborted by means of a respective drive device for an identical or opposite movement in the region of the guide sections.
  • the smoking articles can be driven from two sides to the rotational movement, and the rotational movement of the smoking article can be realized even more accurately and with a lower local load of the smoking article.
  • the guide section has a friction-increasing and / or a friction-reducing surface.
  • the deceleration and / or acceleration of the products can be realized via increased friction. If the rotational movement of the smoking article is caused only by a one-sided braking and / or accelerating, it makes sense to provide the opposite guide portion with a friction-reducing surface, since the smoking article thereby simplified can turn against this.
  • first and / or the second guide section may have a surface profiling which promotes the braking and / or acceleration of the smoking article.
  • Such surface profiling may e.g. be a profile in a waveform or with protruding webs through which the smoking articles are taken or slowed down at a stationary or slower moving guide section.
  • the first and / or the second guide section is formed in each case by guide strips directed in the longitudinal direction of the guide channel and spaced transversely to the longitudinal direction of the guide channel.
  • the proposed development has several advantages. First, the guidance of the smoking articles is improved because the smoking articles lie in strips on the guide sections. Furthermore, the smoking articles are guided and supported laterally during cutting of the cutting blade, so that a cut with a higher cut quality of the cut surface can be realized. Furthermore, the cut into simple lengths smoking article can then be performed on separate, their associated guide strips.
  • FIG. 1 a conveyor device according to the invention with a memory 2 with a plurality of rod-shaped smoking articles 1 arranged therein can be seen, which in a stack with parallel stocked longitudinal axes are stored in the memory 2.
  • the rod-shaped smoking articles 1 are aligned so that their end faces complement each other to parallel aligned planes and thus the stack has a length of the smoking article 1 corresponding thickness.
  • the rod-shaped smoking articles 1 are hereinafter referred to as products 15 for the sake of simplicity.
  • the products 15 pass through a shaft with laterally arranged, vibratable sidewalls 3 in a guide channel 11 which is dimensioned such that the products 15 therein with mutually parallel longitudinal axes, in a single-layer strip with a length of the products 15 corresponding width be guided.
  • the products 15 slip out of the storage 2 due to gravity in the guide channel 11, wherein the vibrations of the side walls 3 support this movement and prevent the products 15 from jamming or wedging against each other.
  • the rolling device 4 comprises a plurality of individual rollers which can be driven in a rotational movement and is arranged such that, when activated, the products 15 located in the detection region of the sensor device 5 rotate about their longitudinal axes. Thus, the products 15 can be scanned over the entire peripheral surface of the sensor device 5.
  • the sensor device 5 is designed so that it detects various parameters, such as the length, the roundness, the surface texture or even a seam or the closing state of a seam of the products 15. If so desired, the data obtained the products 15 are logged in a memory for later evaluation or quality control.
  • the determined data can each be assigned to a single product 15, and the determined data can not be falsified by inadvertent scanning of underlying or overlying products 15 due to the single-layer guide ,
  • an ejecting device 6 and a spring-loaded flap 7 are provided below the sensor device 5.
  • the ejection device 6 is activated when a value of a parameter of a product 15 has been determined by the sensor device 5, which is outside a predetermined tolerance band to a desired value of the parameter, whereby a defective product 15 can be concluded.
  • the ejection device 6 is here by a in the FIG. 2 formed in an enlarged view to be recognized pneumatic blow-out device 16 which emits a compressed air jet in the direction of the strip of products 15 upon activation.
  • the blow-out device 16 is thereby positioned, and it is precisely controlled so that the emitted compressed air jet, taking into account the distance covered by the product 15 from the sensor device 5 to the blow-off device 16, strikes the product 15 which has been detected as defective by the sensor device 5 and thereby the defective product 15 ejects.
  • the flap 7 can be realized by a spring-loaded plate or only by two spring arms 20 and forms a guide for the products 15 on one of the blower 16 opposite opening 17 of time. If the blow-out device 16 is activated, then leads the emitted compressed air shock that the defective product 15 is urged against the flap 7 and the spring arms 20.
  • the flap 7 and the spring arms 20 are pivoted by overcoming the spring force to the outside, so that the opening 17 is released and the defective product 15 is ejected from the opening 17 and discharged as ejection 8 via ramps 21 into a collecting container.
  • the gap formed by the discharge of the defective product 15 in the strip of products 15 in the guide channel 11 is automatically closed by the slipping products 15 again.
  • FIG. 3 an alternative embodiment of the ejector 6 can be seen, in which the ejection of the defective products 15 is realized via a hollow drum 31, which has a plurality of under pressure or overpressure absorbable recordings 32.
  • the trough drum 31 is driven either by the transport pressure of the products 15 passive or actively driven by a drive device not shown to a rotary motion.
  • the products 15 are supplied from the top of the guide channel 11 and further deflected over a first edge 35 of the guide channel 11 in the direction of the trough drum 31 and the receptacles 32.
  • a product 15 enters a receptacle 32 and is transported further via the rotating drum 31.
  • the receptacle 32 in which the product 15 is held, is again subjected to negative pressure and the damaged one held therein, taking into account the transit time of the product 15 from the sensor device 5 to the well drum 31
  • Product 15 executed via a second edge 34 from the transport chain from the guide channel 11 and discharged in a plane 33 as ejection 8, wherein for discharging the negative pressure in the respective Recording 32 can either be switched off or replaced by a slight overpressure.
  • a cutter 17 is provided, which in the FIGS. 6 to 9 is shown enlarged in two different embodiments.
  • the cutting device 17 in each case comprises two cutting blades 43 which are aligned with their cutting edges parallel to the transport direction of the products 15 and thus perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the products 15. Further, the cutting blades 43 are arranged so that they protrude at a predetermined position in the transport path of the products 15, so that the guided in the guide channel 11 past products 15 are cut automatically during the transport movement.
  • the cutting blades 43 may according to the in the FIGS. 1 . 6 . 7 and 8th shown embodiments as a circular blade or according to the embodiment of FIG. 9 be designed as a knife with a straight Thomastex.
  • the cutting device 17 comprises one or two flexible bands 41 and 44, which are stretched around two rollers and are aligned with a guide portion parallel to the guide channel 11 and laterally project into the guide channel 11.
  • the products 15 located in the guide channel 11 laterally arrive frictionally engaged with belts 41 and 44 during the cutting process, whereby the products 15 are additionally forced by the cutting process against the belts 41 lying opposite the cutting blades 43.
  • the products 15 are then by the frictional contact with the bands 41st and 44 are rotated about their longitudinal axes during the cutting process.
  • the cutting blades 43 only cut the products 15 up to half of the diameter or slightly above them, while the products 15 rotate about their longitudinal axes.
  • the products 15 perform a relative rotational movement to the cutting blades 43 and are thereby cut over the circumference, similar to the "pipe cutting principle".
  • the products 15 are ideally rotated by at least one complete revolution about their longitudinal axes, and the cutting blades 43 protrude at least as far into the guide channel 11, that the products are cut to at least half their diameter. This results in a complete rotation automatically a complete cut of the products 15th
  • the belts 41 and 44 can also be actively driven.
  • the belt 41 can be driven freely, as far as the projecting into the guide channel 11 guide portion of the belt 41 is moved only at a different speed from the transport speed of the products 15. This relative speed between the products 15 and the belt 41 is sufficient to drive the products 15 to rotate about their longitudinal axes.
  • the bands 41 and 44 in the sections which protrude into the guide channel 11, move at different speeds and / or in different directions.
  • the bands 41 and 44 may be formed of a flexible material, such as a fabric or an elastomer, so that they can deflect laterally and exert only limited compressive forces on the products 15. This can prevent the products 15 from being damaged by the pressing forces exerted by the belts 41 and 44.
  • the bands 41 and 44 may additionally be inherently elastic so that they can be tensioned around the rollers while applying a bias, thereby facilitating the drive of the bands 41 and 44 over the rollers.
  • the bands 41 and 44 may have a rotational movement and the transport of the products supporting or influencing surface texture and surface structure, such as a profiling with cams and recesses.
  • the special surface texture can be realized both by a friction-increasing and by a friction-reducing surface, to bring about the rolling effect by deliberately entraining or braking the products 15 on one side by a friction-increasing surface and by the one opposite to the opposite band 41 or 44 provided friction reducing surface easier to rotate.
  • the tapes 41 and 44 can therefore have a deliberate different surface structure and / or surface finish, so that the products 15 adhere to one of the tapes 41 or 44 or roll unintentionally, whereas they can consciously execute a relative movement with respect to the respective other tapes 41 or 44 ,
  • the cut products 15 are fed to a first drum 13 of a drum or a drum assembly, and discharged therefrom via depressions 14 which can be acted upon under negative pressure transversely to their longitudinal axes in a rotary movement.
  • the conveyor has two further guide channels 11, from which further products 15 are supplied from additional storage 2 in the same manner and introduced via a control device 12 in the wells 14 of the first drum 13.
  • the first drum 13 may also be referred to as a removal drum, which does not remove the products 15 directly from the stores 2, but instead from the guide channels 11 provided therebetween.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 is the first drum 13 with the three guide channels 11 and the products 15 fed therefrom with two different embodiments of the control device 12 to recognize in an enlarged view.
  • the control device 12 is formed by each insert wheels 81 associated with the guide channels 11.
  • the insert wheels 81 themselves may be rotatably driven and serve to separate the products 15 prior to insertion into the wells 14 of the first drum 13.
  • the insertion of the products 15 from the various guide channels 11 can be simplified and in particular controlled.
  • the lay-in wheels 81 are actively driven, it is possible to insert the products 15 from the various guide channels 11 at both times, in the order and in the time intervals to each other to control.
  • the filling of the troughs 14 can thereby be changed so far in the event of a fault in the feed from one of the guide channels 11 that the products 15 are no longer fed from one of the guide channels 11 and instead only from the remaining guide channels 11 but in increased flow rates , As a result, the operation of the conveyor can be maintained even in the event of a fault in the feed to the extent that the wells 14 of the first drum 13 are still completely filled with products 15.
  • control device 12 is formed by a multi-joint mechanism 70 with a linkage 72 driven by an eccentric 73 and in each case the insertion dies 71 assigned to the various guide channels 11.
  • the supply of the products 15 from the guide channels 11 into the troughs 14 of the first drum 13 is hereby controlled by the first drum 13 facing openings of the guide channels 11 are closed by the movement of the insertion dies 71 in one position and open in another position ,
  • the rhythmic movement of the insertion punch 71 is triggered by the rotational movement of the eccentric 73 and transmitted or controlled via the linkage 72.
  • the opening of the guide channels 11 and thus the supply of the products 15 from the various guide channels 11 is coupled to each other, wherein the interpretation of the linkage 72 and the thus enforced opening and closing movement of the insertion plunger 71, the order, the time offset and the time window of the openings of the guide channels 11 can be controlled.
  • the troughs 14 of the first drum 13 are divided into three groups I, II and III, which are each arranged alternately in a fixed rhythm.
  • the troughs 14 of the groups I, II and III are provided for filling with products 15 from a respective dedicated guide channel 11.
  • the troughs 14 of Group III are from the in the representation of FIG. 4 left guide channel 11 filled with products 15.
  • the troughs 14 of the group II from the middle guide channel 11 and finally the troughs 14 of the group I are filled from the right in the representation guide channel 11 with products 15.
  • the troughs 14 of the first drum 13 are thus filled at a fixed rhythm by the control device 12, whereby a collision of the products 15 during insertion into the troughs 14 can be prevented. Furthermore, it can be prevented by the controlled, rhythmic filling of the troughs 14 that the troughs 14 are not filled with products 15 and continue to run empty. If the delivery capacity is to be further increased, the number of wells 14 can be increased and additional storage 2 with associated guide channels 11 can be provided.
  • the troughs 14 of the groups I, II and III are arranged alternately in a fixed rhythm, ie at a direction indicated by the arrow in the FIG. 4 dextrorotatory drum 13 follows a trough 14 of group III is always followed by a trough 14 of group II and this is followed by a trough 14 of group I until the rhythm is repeated with a trough 14 of group III.
  • the first drum 13 has an identical number of wells 14 of the respective groups I, II and III. Further, the feed rate of the flow rates of the products 15 from the various guide channels 11 identical, wherein the flow rates of the products 15 of the number of wells 14 of the groups I, II or III per revolution of the first drum 13 correspond.
  • the cutting device 17 can be seen enlarged in various embodiments.
  • the cutting device 17 each comprises two cutting blades 43, which in the FIGS. 6 to 8 as a circular blade and in the FIG. 9 are formed as cutting blade 43 with linear cutting edges.
  • the bands 41 and 44 each protrude with a parallel to the transport direction of the products 15 aligned guide portions in the guide channel 11 and thereby form lateral contact surfaces for guided in the guide channel 11 products 15.
  • the cutting blades 43 also project with their cutting edges in the guide channels 11 and Although in a direction parallel to the transport direction of the products 15 and perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the products 15 alignment.
  • the cutting blades 43 project so far into the guide channel 11 that they extend to at least half of the diameter of the products 15 therein.
  • two cutting blades 43 are provided in the form of rotating or standing circular blades and a belt 41 arranged opposite the cutting blades 43.
  • the circular blade can be rotatably mounted, or be actively driven by a drive device to a rotary motion. In both cases, the cutting movement is carried out by a rolling movement of the cutting blade 43 relative to the products 15 with a very low load on the products 15 during the cutting process.
  • the band 41 is through a flexible fabric band or also formed by an inherently elastic elastomer band and can thereby yield slightly laterally, so that it can adapt to the contour of the products 15.
  • the band 41 is stretched around two rollers and can be driven by an unrecognizable drive means to a Endlostrieb. Furthermore, the band 41 has a friction-increasing surface finish, so that it has a higher coefficient of friction than the remaining inner walls of the guide channel 11.
  • the products 15 pass while passing through the guide channel 11 laterally to rest on the belt 41 and are thereby braked in the case of a non-driven belt 41.
  • the products can also be braked even more strongly in a drive direction opposite to the transport direction of the products 15 or can also be accelerated during a drive movement in the direction of the transport direction.
  • the definition of the movement of the belt 41 always refers to the guide section projecting into the guide channel 11. It is important for the cutting movement that the belt 41 performs a relative movement to the transport movement of the supplied products 15, so that the products 15 are driven to rotate about their longitudinal axes and thereby roll against the rotating or stationary cutting blades 43 and thereby completely over its circumference get cut.
  • the direction of rotation of the cutting blade 43 may be deliberately directed against the forced by the belt 41 relative rotational movement of the products 15, whereby the cutting speed can be further increased.
  • the length of the guide section of the belt 41 projecting into the guide channel 11 and the relative speed of the guide section are selected in such a way that that the products 15 rotate at least once about their longitudinal axis during the passage of the cutting blade 43, ie, are driven to a full revolution with respect to the cutting blades 43.
  • the products 15 are realized in a very high quality cutting process with a rolling against the cutting edges of the cutting blade 43 product 15, wherein the particular advantage of the cutting process in addition to the rolling process additionally consists in that the cutting edge always only to just over half of the cross section penetrates into the product 15.
  • the product 15 is loaded considerably less during the cutting process than in a section with a cutting across the entire cross-section cutting edge, as is the case with conventional cutting operations with not rotating about their longitudinal axis products 15.
  • the band 41 is designed so that it is arranged with the projecting into the guide channel 11 guide portion at a defined distance from the cutting edges of the cutting blade 43 so that the rotating products 15 are urged against the cutting edges and during the cutting process in the band 41 find an abutment.
  • the solution according to the invention also has the advantage that the products can escape due to the flexibility of the belt 41 and the cutting forces can be reduced thereby.
  • a cutting device 17 in which in addition to the, the cutting blades 43 opposite bands 41 in addition to the side of the cutting blade 43 further bands 44 are provided, which are aligned in the same manner, each with a guide portion parallel to the transport direction and with this Guide section in the guide channel 11 protrude.
  • the products 15 are thus guided in the area of the cutting device 17 laterally exclusively over the belts 41 and 44 and driven off to the rotational movement.
  • the bands 41 and 44 each comprise a plurality of individual, spaced strands and thus lie in strips on the products 15 at.
  • the products 15 are guided by the strip-shaped guide over a smaller surface and thus a total of a lower contact pressure.
  • the shorter products 15 of improved length are guided improved after cutting.
  • the two cutting blades 43 are thus arranged transversely to the transport direction of the products 15 in the longitudinal direction of the products 15 at a distance from each other, so that the products 15 are cut into three individual products 15 with a correspondingly shorter length.
  • the length of the cut products 15 can be defined by the distance between the cutting blades 43 to each other and the distance of the cutting blade 43 to the end faces of the supplied products 15 in the longitudinal direction of the products 15.
  • the cutting process, the resulting cut quality and finally dimensional accuracy of the cut products 15 can be further improved in terms of their length by a fine wobbling of the products 15 at their ends before the cutting process by which the products 15 within a to be observed during the cutting process target position within can be aligned to very tight tolerances.

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