摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for arranging rod-like waste elements produced in various steps of a cigarette manufacturing process.SOLUTION: The method and system for arranging rod-like elements, in which an unordered portion of a plurality of rod-like elements 3A to 3F composed each of filter parts and/or tobacco parts, is delivered to a conveyor enabling arrangement of the elements on the conveyor 1 in a plurality of compartments 2, longitudinally in each compartment and transversely to the direction of movement of the conveyor, the compartments having a length adapted to receive at least one filter part and at least one tobacco part of a cigarette. The system and method are characterized in that the type, the number and the location of parts of the elements received in each successive compartment is defined by a single scanning of each successive compartment, the result of the scanning being transmitted to a control unit S, the unit sorts the rod-like elements 3A...3F. |