TOBACCO RAW MATERIAL HP FORMATION PROCESS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A24B3/14 

FIELD: tobacco industry.

SUBSTANCE: for the method implementation tobacco raw material is heated and subjected to first HP action. At the next stage of the method tobacco raw material is pumped to the second HP exceeding the first HP. Heated pressurised tobacco raw material is expanded and delivered through the forming tool. Additionally, the invention relates to a device for production of milled tobacco raw material that has a HP heating chamber equipped with a transportation device for tobacco raw material transportation from the inlet hole to the outlet hole and for tobacco raw material pressurisation to the first HP level. The device has a forming tool serving for transportation of heated pressurised tobacco raw material transportation and expansion. Installed between the HP chamber and the forming tool is a mechanical pump pumping tobacco raw material to the second HP level exceeding the first HP. Additionally, the invention relates to the device application for production of fibrous tobacco raw material and finely cut tobacco raw material.

EFFECT: invention enables tobacco raw material treatment quality improvement and the device choking and overheating prevention.

19 cl, 2 tbl, 6 dwg