There is provided a method of making rods having predetermined values of cross-sectional porosity, and a cross-sectional porosity distribution value for use as an aerosol-forming substrate in a heated aerosol-generating article, including providing a continuous sheet of aerosol-forming material having a specified width and a specified thickness; gathering the sheet transversely relative to a longitudinal axis thereof; circumscribing the gathered sheet with a wrapper to form a continuous rod; severing the rod into a plurality of discrete rods; determining values of cross-sectional porosity and cross-sectional porosity distribution for at least one of the discrete rods; and controlling one or more manufacturing parameters to ensure that the cross-sectional porosity and cross-sectional porosity distribution values of subsequent rods are within the predetermined values.

A garniture device for a machine used in tobacco industry for manufacturing a continuous rod comprising a loose material wrapped with a wrapper. The garniture device has an upper garniture part having forming parts for forming the wrapper around the loose material; a lower garniture part; a garniture duct extending along at least a portion of the lower garniture part; a garniture belt movable in the garniture duct for transporting the wrapper along the garniture duct. The garniture duct further has an inlet part for transforming the garniture belt from a flat configuration into a U-shaped configuration; an outlet part for transforming the garniture belt from the U-shaped configuration into the flat configuration; and a U-shaped part disposed between the inlet part and the outlet part for guiding the garniture belt in the U-shaped configuration.

The invention relates to a homogenized tobacco sheet production line comprising: A tank (501) adapted to contain a slurry formed by a tobacco powder blend, a binder (6) and an aerosol former (5) in an aqueous medium; A cast apparatus (200) adapted to receive slurry from the tank (501) and to cast the slurry so as to form a homogenized tobacco material; A movable transporting support (606) on which said slurry is casted and adapted to transport the homogenized tobacco material along a transport direction; A slitter (611) located downstream the cast apparatus (200) adapted to slit the homogenized tobacco material along the transport direction so as to form portioned homogenized tobacco sheets; and A crimper (613) located downstream the slitter (611) adapted to receive at least one of the partial homogenized tobacco sheets from the slitter (611) and to crimp the at least one of the portioned homogenized tobacco sheets. It also relates to a method for inline production of a homogenized tobacco sheet.

The invention relates to a homogenized tobacco sheet production line comprising: A tank (501) adapted to contain a slurry formed by a tobacco powder blend, a binder (6) and an aerosol former (5) in an aqueous medium; A cast apparatus (200) adapted to receive slurry from the tank (501) and to cast the slurry so as to form a homogenized tobacco material; A movable transporting support (606) on which said slurry is casted and adapted to transport the homogenized tobacco material along a transport direction; A slitter (611) located downstream the cast apparatus (200) adapted to slit the homogenized tobacco material along the transport direction so as to form portioned homogenized tobacco sheets; and A crimper (613) located downstream the slitter (611) adapted to receive at least one of the partial homogenized tobacco sheets from the slitter (611) and to crimp the at least one of the portioned homogenized tobacco sheets. It also relates to a method for inline production of a homogenized tobacco sheet.

The present invention relates to a component (3) for a non-combustible aerosol provision article, and a method of forming the component. The component comprises: a core section (26) extending longitudinally: and an outer section (27) extending longitudinally comprising an aerosol-generating substrate which surrounds the core section and is configured to generate aerosol when heated. The core section comprises a first material configured to receive a heating element. The method comprises: providing an assembly comprising a sheet of aerosol-generating substrate and a first material: and arranging the sheet of aerosol-generating substrate and the first material into a component such that the sheet of aerosol generating substrate forms an outer section, which surrounds a core section formed by the first material.

A flavor stick comprises: a flavor rod that is inserted into a heating chamber of a flavor inhaler device and is heated from the outer periphery thereof by an external heater disposed in the side periphery of the heating chamber; and a mouthpiece part connected to the rear end of the flavor rod. The flavor rod comprises a plurality of tightly wound rods and an outer winding paper that is wound around the plurality of tightly wound rods bundled together. Each of the plurality of tightly wound rods comprise an inner winding paper, and a flavor source and an aerosol-generating substrate that are disposed on the inner side of the inner winding paper.

This flavor stick is provided with a flavor rod that is inserted into a heating chamber in a flavor inhalation device and is heated by an internal heater in the flavor inhalation device and a mouthpiece part that is connected to the rear end side of the flavor rod, in which the flavor rod is provided with a plurality of thin rods and a piece of outside wrapping paper that wounds the plurality of thin rods in a bundled state, each of the plurality of thin rods is provided with a piece of inside wrapping paper and a flavor source and an aerosol generation base material both arranged inside the piece of inside wrapping paper.

This flavor stick is provided with a flavor rod that is inserted into a heating chamber in a flavor inhalation device and is heated by an internal heater in the flavor inhalation device and a mouthpiece part that is connected to the rear end side of the flavor rod, in which the flavor rod is provided with a plurality of thin rods and a piece of outside wrapping paper that wounds the plurality of thin rods in a bundled state, each of the plurality of thin rods is provided with a piece of inside wrapping paper and a flavor source and an aerosol generation base material both arranged inside the piece of inside wrapping paper.

This flavor stick is provided with a flavor rod inserted into a heating chamber in a flavor inhalation device and is heated by an induction coil arranged at a side peripheral part of the heating chamber and a mouthpiece part that is connected to the rear end side of the flavor rod, in which the flavor rod is provided with a plurality of thin rods and a piece of outside wrapping paper that wounds the plurality of thin rods in a bundled state, and each of the plurality of thin rods includes a piece of inside wrapping paper, a flavor source that is arranged inside the piece of inside wrapping paper and contains an aerosol generation base material, and a susceptor that is arranged inside the piece of inside wrapping paper and generates heat upon the induction heating during the operation of the induction coil to heat the flavor source.

The invention relates to a method for adjusting the diameter of an elongated rod, said method comprising: providing an elongated rod having a preliminary diameter; selecting a desired final diameter of the elongated rod; providing a diameter adjusting device including a first tubular element having an inlet and an outlet and a channel connecting the inlet and the outlet; adjusting the diameter of the outlet as a function of the desired final diameter of the elongated rod, wherein the diameter of the inlet is bigger than the diameter of the outlet when adjusted; and inserting the elongated rod in the diameter adjusting device from the inlet and outputting it from the outlet so that said elongated rod is compressed to the desired final diameter when outputted from the outlet of the first tubular element.