Production machine for producing rod-shaped products from an endless strand of a strip adhesively bonded to form a tube

A production machine for producing rod-shaped products from a continuous strand of a continuous strip adhesively bonded to form a tube, comprising:

• a device for applying a glue track to a strip,
• a format portion, in which the continuous strip can be formed into the continuous strand by shaping and adhesive bonding, and
• a cutting device which cuts the rod-shaped products from the continuous strand at a predetermined length, wherein
• the device for applying the glue track is formed by a device which applies the glue intermittently to form glue-free portions arranged at intervals, and
• a sensor apparatus is provided, which is directed towards the continuous strip or the continuous strand and generates a signal depending on the passage of a glue-free portion,
• the device for applying the glue track is designed to adjust and/or change the length of the glue-free portions in the longitudinal direction of the glue track, and wherein
• the device for applying the glue track is controlled depending on said signal from the sensor apparatus thereby adjusting and/or changing the length of the glue-free portions.