Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.

British American Tobacco (investments) Limited

Concept Laser Gmbh

Constellium Singen Gmbh

Blm S.p.a.

Edag Engineering Gmbh

British American Tobacco Limited

Edag Engineering Ag

Frank Beckmann

Andrew Jonathan Bray

Gary Fallon

Claus Emmelmann

Martin Hillebrecht

Winfried Böttcher

Thomas Hasenauer

Sven Orloff

Madeleine Gombert

Alexander Spiegel

Blas Gomez Davila

The present invention relates to a system consisting of a connection node and at least one first connection body, wherein: the connection node comprises a connection node central body, a first connection element for joining with the connection body, and at least one second connection element for joining with a second connection body; the first connection element and the second connection element are connected or may be connected to the connection node central body; and at least one portion of the connection node central body and/or of the first connection element and/or of the second connection element is manufactured by means of an additive process, for example 3D printing, or by means of a casting process.

Material-optimized connection node

A rotary shear cutting apparatus to cut discrete non-rectangular portions from a web of smoking article sheet material, comprises a first rotary carrier provided with a first cutting edge and a second rotary carrier provided with a second cutting edge, wherein said first and second cutting edges are configured to cooperate during rotation of said first and second rotary carriers to cut a non-rectangular portion from the web.

Cutting apparatus for use in the tobacco industry

Growing community of inventors

Hamburg, Germany

Frank Beckmann