Apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco industry products

An apparatus for manufacture of tobacco industry products, the apparatus comprising a rolling unit comprising:

• a rotatable drum having a plurality of flutes extending in an axial direction of the drum and spaced circumferentially around a curved outer surface of the drum, the flutes being formed in the curved outer surface of the drum to receive axially-aligned components of a tobacco industry product;
• a roll hand having a contact surface facing and spaced from the outer surface of the drum to define a space, between the contact surface and the outer surface, within which space components of a tobacco industry product are rollable across the outer surface upon rotation of the drum;
• and
• a kicker bar disposed adjacent to the roll hand and having a contact edge facing and spaced from the outer surface of the drum;
• wherein at least one of the roll hand contact surface and the kicker bar contact edge includes a first groove extending in a substantially circumferential direction of the drum and configured to at least partially receive one or more of the tobacco industry product components as the drum rotates;
• and
• wherein the roll hand and the kicker bar are held in a fixed position relative to the rolling drum during operation of the apparatus, and
• wherein the kicker bar is adjustable relative to the roll hand such that the projection distance of a contact edge of the kicker bar from a contact surface of the roll hand can be adjusted and set.