Filter assembly machine for producing ventilated tobacco products

摘要

A filter assembly machine (2) for producing ventilated tobacco products (3); the machine (2) having a conveying drum (11) in turn having a number of peripheral seats (19) for successively feeding the products (3) along a given path (P) extending about an axis (11a) of the drum (11); the products (3) being housed inside the respective seats (19) with respective longitudinal axes (3a) parallel to the axis (11a) of the drum, and being rotated at least 360 DEG about their respective axes (3a) as they are fed along the path (P); the machine also having a perforating device (12) associated with the drum (11) to form a number of perforations (14) in each product (3); and an extracting device (15) and an optical device (16) for controlling the products (3) being provided along the path (P) and mounted along the outer periphery (20) of the drum (11).