Abstract: Method for testing the filling of a container with rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry and filling test device for the container, in which a depth of the container is at least as great as a length of a rod-shaped article. The process includes detecting at least one property of the content of the container, comparing the at least one property with a predetermined desired content of the container, and when a deviation from the desired content is greater than a predetermined tolerance value, generating a signal corresponding to a defective filling. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Method for testing the filling of a container with rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry and filling test device for the container, in which a depth of the container is at least as great as a length of a rod-shaped article. The process includes detecting at least one property of the content of the container, comparing the at least one property with a predetermined desired content of the container, and when a deviation from the desired content is greater than a predetermined tolerance value, generating a signal corresponding to a defective filling. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for filling a downstream apparatus with rod-shaped articles, in particular a packing machine, comprising a filler head having a feed element for transporting a mass flow made up of articles, wherein the feed element runs into a shaft in the region of an opening, and having a store which is constructed to be variable for compensating for the difference between the inflow and outflow of the mass flow inside the filler head, which apparatus is characterized by a store which is arranged at least in part ahead of the opening in the transport direction T of the mass flow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for collecting, visualising and/or modifying operating data of at least one machine (10) pertaining to the tobacco processing industry. The method involves calling up the operating data by at least one computer (14, 17-20), and a bus system (15, 16) is provided for the system and the device, by which means the operating data can be transferred between at least one control system (13) and at least one computer (14, 17). The inventive method is characterised in that at least some of the operating data is placed on a web server (18) and can be called up via the Internet (21, 31) and/or at least one intranet (16, 32) by at least one other computer (19, 20) which can be connected to the Internet (21, 31) and/or intranet (16, 32). The inventive device is characterised by a data connection (21) enabling at least some of the operating data to be collected, visualised and/or modified via the Internet (21, 31) and/or at least one intranet (16, 32).