Philip Morris Inc.

Josef A Boukal

Jack C Wheless

Mike Braunshteyn

Kathleen S Whittle

An apparatus for precision cutting lightweight, thin-walled tubes that includes transfer drums for transporting rough cut, thin-walled tubes from a source of supply past a first inspection station to determine if the tubes are crushed beyond a predetermined amount, a flaring station to flare the tube ends, an aligning station to align the tubes from cutting, and a cutting station to cut the tube into multiple sections. Section drums are provided that have second and third inspection stations to determine if the tubes have been properly cut.

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Quinton, VA, United States of America

Josef A Boukal