Process for providing tobacco extender material.

摘要

Tobacco extender material is provided in sheet-­like form by contacting tobacco material and/or carbonized material supplied from a storage bin (10) in substantially dry form with a binding agent supplied from a container (25) in substantially dry form, and then subjecting the mixture in a mixer (15) to a high rate of shear agitation in the presence of a relatively low moisture content. The material so processed is further processed in sheet forming apparatus (45) using dry forming techniques in order to provide sheets of reconstituted tobacco material and sheets of carbonized material. The sheets of tobacco extender can be cut to the desired size and is useful in the manufacture of cigarettes.