Real-time Process Measurement and Control of Key Parameters in the Tobacco Primary Process

Primary Processing departments are tasked with delivering a consistent tobacco blend to the secondary department. To achieve this, these three parameters must be controlled:
  • Moisture
  • Fill Value
  • Particle size

Moisture is the most controllable and Primary Departments need final blend moisture content of +/-0.5% within target.

With the need to measure moisture on the process line, any instrument must be able to withstand the environmental changes in the process without degrading its moisture value. The TM710 from NDC Infrared Engineering has been developed to achieve optimum measurement accuracy without showing sensitivity to:
  • Ambient lighting
  • Tobacco pass height
  • Ambient temperature and humidity
  • Blend variation

Moreover, the TM710 is engineered for an industry-best long-term stability making it the most reliable gauge available for tobacco process control.

And where there is need to measure samples taken from the process, the InfraLab Tobacco Analyzer provides rapid sample analysis with minimal preparation.
 
Both TM710 and InfraLab are available in single component (Moisture) or multi-component (Moisture+Nicotine+Sugars) configurations.
To learn more about the TM710 or the InfraLab, please click on the kinks to the left.

TM710 On-Line Tobacco Gauge

To view available downloads, please click on the links below:

 

NDC Tobacco Brochure

 

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