Casting apparatus and method for the production of a cast web of a material containing alkaloids

Abstract

The present invention relates to a casting apparatus (100) for the production of a cast sheet (10) of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus comprising: a casting box (1) adapted to contain a slurry (11) of the material containing alkaloids, the casting box having an aperture (16); a movable support (7); a casting roller (3) positioned at least partly within the casting box adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; wherein said casting roller faces the movable support forming a gap (I) therebetween, and wherein the movable support is located at least partly above the casting roller. The present invention also relates to a method for the production of a cast sheet of a material containing alkaloids.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.