Method and apparatus for winding a sheet of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorYorick Klipfel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for winding a sheet (13) of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin (12), the method comprising: providing a sheet of homogenized tobacco material having a free end (11); connecting the free end to a center core; rotating the center core so as to wind the sheet of homogenized tobacco material around it forming the bobbin; and applying a force per unit length to the sheet of homogenized tobacco material during winding to pull the same having a magnitude comprised between about 42 N/m and about 93 N/m.
Claims11
Method for winding a sheet of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin, the method comprising:
- providing a sheet of homogenized tobacco material having a free end;
- connecting the free end to a center core;
- rotating the center core so as to wind the sheet of homogenized tobacco material around it forming the bobbin;
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- applying a force per unit length to the sheet of homogenized tobacco material during winding to pull the same having a magnitude comprised between about 42 N/m and about 93 N/m.
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