Cigarette manufacturing
Over the years, cigarette companies have needed to design
ways to keep up with the growing demand of cigarettes. They
have been able to do this through the use of machines. With
growing technology, the abilities of these machines have
drastically increased in capabilities.
When the cigarette industry started making cigarettes, they
were made by hand. People worked on a line and rolled and
glued the cigarettes one at a time. This process was slow
and did not produce many cigarettes in a given day. Today,
there are more than sixteen thousand cigarettes made each
minute on one machine. Supply and demand. These companies
will keep the cigarettes on the shelves and in your fingers
as long as there is a demand for them.
Technology has drastically increased from the time of hand
rolling. Now cigarettes are made quickly and easily as well
as in massive quantities and additionally now use
industrial machines. First the tobacco is transferred from
it's holding areas, this is normally called a silo. In the
silo, the tobacco is processed to insure the fullest flavor
of your cigarette. Then it is transferred to a machine that
will cut the tobacco and divide it. The machine will divide
the tobacco and roll it into cylindrical shapes. Then it is
transferred on to another machine.
The final process is to flip one of the doubled stick so
that it faces the opposite direction. This ensures that
made cigarettes are in proper place for packing. The
machines used these days are faster paced than just doing
it yourself. It all seems quite simple from back in the day
when they had processed cigarettes by hand.
This next machine will work with the paper. The paper is
fed into machines on long rolls that will cut off at
specific sections. This will actually make more than one
cigarette at a time. Often, this system will make two or
more cigarettes in which are rolled into the paper and
glued, then cut. The filter is then added and a brown cork
paper is then added to the white tube. The logo is
imprinted onto the cigarette at this point.
From there, the cigarette will move onto the packaging
area. Packaging is interesting as the cigarettes are each
turned opposite from each other and then put into packs.
This insures a tight fit into the wrapping. All in all,
this process takes micro seconds for each cigarette!
Amazing. Where it took at least five minutes to make one
cigarette in the past, machines are now taking that same
five minutes and making over eighty thousand cigarettes at
a time.
Machines have made it easier to make sure the product is on
the market and ready for buyers. With the changes in
technology, there are now faster machines on the market
that can insure that cigarette manufacturers can get more
cigarettes on the market without the need to hire
additional help. It is mostly automated. Take a look at the
new machines and what they can offer your company.
Increase productivity today!
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feed systems for the tobacco manufacturing industry. Go to
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tobacco feed systems.
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