Apparatus and method for feeding cut tobacco from a tobacco feeding unit to a tobacco processing machine

摘要

Described is a device for supplying cut tobacco from a tobacco feeding unit (2) to a tobacco processing machine, preferably with a conveyor (20) connectable with at least one tobacco feeding unit (2) and at least one tobacco processing machine and for conveying cut tobacco (6 ) is provided, an adjusting means (36) for influencing the conveying speed of the Schnitttabaks (6) in the conveyor (20), a sensor device (44) and a control device (40) on the sensor device (44) and the adjusting means (36). connected and for controlling the actuating means (36) in response to a signal output from the sensor means (44) signal for controlling the conveying speed is provided to a predetermined value. The special feature of the invention is that the sensor device (44) is designed to measure the mass flow or the volume flow of the cut tobacco (6).