The object of the application is a transfer disc (2) for the transferring of tobacco industry's rod-like articles (5) provided with lugs (3), where the disc is characterized in that a front surface (3A) of the lug (3) is inclined in a direction corresponding to the direction (T1) of rotation of the transfer disc (2), and the lug (3) is configured so that it hits a rod-like article (5) above the longitudinal axis (X) of the rod-like article (5).

A tobacco industry rod assembly apparatus comprising a tobacco industry rod article infeed (2) having an epicyclic drum arrangement (3) is disclosed. The tobacco industry rod article infeed (2) is configured to transfer tobacco industry rod articles towards an assembly stage.

The object of the application is a transfer disc (2) for the transferring of tobacco industry's rod-like articles (5) provided with lugs (3), where the disc is characterized in that a front surface (3A) of the lug (3) is inclined in a direction corresponding to the direction (T1) of rotation of the transfer disc (2), and the lug (3) is configured so that it hits a rod-like article (5) above the longitudinal axis (X) of the rod-like article (5).

A consumable for an aerosol generating device, methods and systems for manufacturing a consumable, and methods for using a consumable are provided. The consumable includes a columnar portion of aerosol generation substrate; and a heating element embedded in the columnar portion. The heating element includes a base portion and a plurality of elongate portions extending from the base portion along the columnar portion. The heating element is adapted to be driven towards the columnar portion via a force applied to the base portion.

An apparatus for assembling an aerosol-generating article, the apparatus including: a conveyor with a support surface configured to support at least two axially aligned rod-shaped segments of the aerosol-generating article; and a spacer, the apparatus being configured to move the spacer from a retracted position to an active position, in which the spacer provides an abutment means for the rod-shaped segments on the support surface, and the conveyor including the spacer. A method for manufacturing an aerosol-generating article is also provided.

The invention relates to an apparatus for wrapping a rod-shaped article and for providing a material web for the tobacco processing industry, comprising a material web provision device providing a material web comprising a first feed roller pair and a second feed roller pair for conveying the material web along a conveying path. To guarantee the wrapping process even when using thick wrapping papers or hydrophobic papers, the material provision device comprises a first restoring force reduction unit, wherein the first restoring force reduction unit is located downstream of the first feed roller pair along the conveying path and is located upstream of the second feed roller pair along the conveying path.

The subject of the application is an apparatus (1) for pushing together rod-like articles (A, B, C, D, E) of the tobacco industry, comprising a rotary drum conveyor (2), provided with grooves (3) situated on the circumferential surface (4), wherein the axes (m) of the grooves (3) are positioned parallel to the rotation axis (k) of the drum conveyor (2), and pressing means (5, 5, 5), wherein the grooves (3) are arranged to transport rod-like articles (A, B, C, D, E), whereas the pressing means (5, 5, 5) is arranged to press on the front surface (A1, D1, E1) of the outermost rod-like article (A, D, E) during the rotary motion of the drum conveyor (2) and occupies a retracted position (P1), in which the pressing points (R) of the pressing means (5, 5, 5) do not come into contact with the outermost rod-like articles (A, D, E) and a pushed together position (P2), in which the pressing points (R) come into contact with the outermost rod-like articles (A, D, E), characterized in that the pressing points (R) of the pressing means (5, 5, 5) are spaced apart at a distance less than the length (W) of the groove (3) of the drum conveyor (2) both in the retracted position (P1) and in the pushed together position (P2) and remain within the length (W) of the groove (3).