CONTROL FLANGE OF A CONVEYING DRUM IN THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY

摘要

The invention relates to a control flange (20) of a conveying drum (10) in the tobacco-processing industry for supplying negative pressure to accommodating hollows (14) of a body (12) of the conveying drum (10), this body enclosing the control flange (20), wherein the control flange (20) has a control-drum body (21). The control flange is distinguished in that a plurality of separate suction-air-supply channels (64. A, 74. A, 84. A; 64. B, 74. B, 84. B; 64. C, 74. C, 84. C) are formed in the interior of the control-drum body (21), wherein the suction-air-supply channels (64. A, 74. A, 84. A; 64. B, 74. B, 84. B; 64. C, 74. C, 84. C) are formed in the longitudinal direction of the control-drum body, wherein each of the suction-air-supply channels (64. A, 74. A, 84. A; 64. B, 74. B, 84. B; 64. C, 74. C, 84. C) is connected to one or more suction-air channels (68, 78, 88.1, 88.2), which are formed on the outside of the control-drum body (21). The invention also relates to a conveying drum (10) in the tobacco-processing industry, having a rotatable drum body (21), and to a method for conveying rod-like articles in the tobacco-processing industry, in particular tobacco rods and/or filter rods or the components thereof, in an axis-transverse manner. The invention further relates to a machine (M) in the tobacco-processing industry, in particular to a filter-attachment machine (M).