The Tobacco Industry faces ever-increasing rules and regulations regarding the compatibility of materials that are permitted to come into contact with tobacco products. The list of banned materials increases day by day and is a major consideration in the design of tobacco packaging machinery.

烟草工业 packaging machinery is required to be precise and operate at high speeds while assuring that the components used in the process adhere to the regulatory guidelines.

Tobacco producers must comply with these regulations while continuing to increase productivity and produce a wide variety of products while maintaining production flexibility and the ability to make rapid adjustments to production machinery.

A manufacturer contacted Megadyne requesting design advice for their conveyor drive on a cigarette packaging machine. The engineering team suggested endless polyurethane Megaflex belts with FDA compound and False Teeth System, to address the need for conveying different types and sizes of packages. Read here all the details of this case.