Device and method for providing a material web

An apparatus for wrapping rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry including multi-segment articles, multi-segment smoking articles, or multi-segment intermediate products, and/or for providing a material web for the tobacco processing industry, comprising:

• a material web provision device providing a material web, the material web provision device comprising a first feed roller pair and a second feed roller pair conveying a material web along a conveying path;
• a cutting assembly comprising a cutting drum cutting the material web into material web sections;
• a tacking device comprising:
• a conveying drum comprising a suction roller conveying the cut material web sections, and
• a conveying device conveying a segment group of article rod segments, the conveying device having a holding fixture comprising a trough;
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• a rolling drum comprising a rolling hand, a rolling belt, or a rolling cam,
• wherein the tacking device connects the material web sections and the segment group to provide a tacked segment group;
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• wherein the material provision device has a first restoring force reduction unit comprising a crusher for crushing the material web wherein the first restoring force reduction unit is located downstream of the first feed roller pair along the conveying path and is located upstream of the second feed roller pair along the conveying path.