Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Aerosol Generating Articles

An apparatus for manufacturing cylindrical inductively heatable aerosol generating articles, the apparatus comprising:

• a first transfer unit including a plurality of first receiving portions each for receiving a cylindrical aerosol generating article;
• a second unit including a second receiving portion for receiving a plurality of inductively heatable susceptor elements;
• a first supply unit for continuously supplying a plurality of the aerosol generating articles to the first receiving portions;
• a second supply unit for continuously and sequentially supplying a plurality of the inductively heatable susceptor elements to the second receiving portion;
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• a positioning unit for sequentially positioning one of said inductively heatable susceptor elements in each of said cylindrical aerosol generating articles by sequentially moving each of the cylindrical aerosol generating articles supplied to the first receiving portions and the inductively heatable susceptor elements supplied to the second receiving portion relative to each other.