Abstract: A sanding machine for sanding panels, including a supporting structure, a sanding unit supported by the supporting structure, a surface for supporting and sliding of the panels located beneath the sanding unit and along which the panels are fed in a predetermined feed direction; the sanding unit including a trestle supporting a sanding belt, the trestle including a plurality of rollers having respective axes parallel to the supporting surface, the sanding belt being endless and looped around the rollers, one of the rollers being motorized to move the sanding belt during the sanding of the panels, the sanding unit further including at least one opposing member to force the belt against the panel to be sanded.

Abstract: A sanding machine for sanding panels, including a supporting structure, a sanding unit supported by the supporting structure, a surface for supporting and sliding of the panels located beneath the sanding unit and along which the panels are fed in a predetermined feed direction; the sanding unit including a trestle supporting a sanding belt, the trestle including a plurality of rollers having respective axes parallel to the supporting surface, the sanding belt being endless and looped around the rollers, one of the rollers being motorized to move the sanding belt during the sanding of the panels, the sanding unit further including at least one opposing member to force the belt against the panel to be sanded.

Abstract: In a machine and a method for manufacturing composite filters (F1, F2) for cigarettes or the like, a feed conveyor (S) supplies filter groups (G1, G2) in pairs to two respective feed lines (L1, L2) of a station (16) for forming two continuous filter rods (B1, B2); the machine (100) comprises at least one transfer device (DT) by which the filter groups (G1, G2) are taken up from the feed conveyor (S) and directed along the feed lines (L1, L2), and at least one release device (R), operating along the two feed lines (L1, L2), by which the two filter groups (G1, G2) are taken up from the transfer device (DT) and released in phase one with another along the selfsame feed lines (L1, L2); the rate at which the filter groups (G1, G2) are released by the release device (R) is governed according to the phase value of at least one of the continuous filter rods (B1, B2) relative to the cyclic cutting operation whereby the two filter rods (B1, B2) are cut transversally to make the composite filters (F1, F2).

Abstract: In a machine and a method for manufacturing composite filters (F1, F2) for cigarettes or the like, a feed conveyor (S) supplies filter groups (G1, G2) in pairs to two respective feed lines (L1, L2) of a station (16) for forming two continuous filter rods (B1, B2); the machine (100) comprises at least one transfer device (DT) by which the filter groups (G1, G2) are taken up from the feed conveyor (S) and directed along the feed lines (L1, L2), and at least one release device (R), operating along the two feed lines (L1, L2), by which the two filter groups (G1, G2) are taken up from the transfer device (DT) and released in phase one with another along the selfsame feed lines (L1, L2); the rate at which the filter groups (G1, G2) are released by the release device (R) is governed according to the phase value of at least one of the continuous filter rods (B1, B2) relative to the cyclic cutting operation whereby the two filter rods (B1, B2) are cut transversally to make the composite filters (F1, F2).

Abstract: A method and device for picking up stacks of blanks, arranged in at least one layer on a separating sheet having a peripheral portion projecting outwards of the layer; the stacks are removed successively by a pickup member, a free end of which is pressed onto the separating sheet in a position facing a stack for removal, and is then slid in a given pickup direction, and in contact with the separating sheet, beneath the stack for removal. A portion, crosswise to the pickup direction and facing the pickup member, of the peripheral portion of the separating sheet is blocked in position both crosswise to its plane and in the pickup direction by a gripping device before and during removal of the stacks.

Abstract: A pickup device for stacks of blanks arranged in at least one layer on a substantially horizontal separating sheet, wherein a fork, movable in a given pickup direction to and from the separating sheet to successively pick up the stacks by sliding in contact with the separating sheet, has a skid hinged to a free end of the fork; the skid sliding in contact with the separating sheet, and oscillating, with respect to the fork, about a substantially horizontal axis crosswise to the pickup direction.

Abstract: A method and device for picking up stacks of blanks, whereby the stacks, arranged in at least one layer on a separating sheet having a peripheral portion projecting outwards of the layer, are removed successively by a pickup member, a free end of which is pressed onto the separating sheet in a position facing a stack for removal, and is then slid in a given pickup direction, and in contact with the separating sheet, beneath the stack for removal; a portion, crosswise to the pickup direction and facing the pickup member, of the peripheral portion of the separating sheet is clamped in position both crosswise to its plane and in the pickup direction by a gripping device before and during removal of the stacks.

Abstract: A method and device for feeding elongated tobacco articles, whereby, on a wrapping machine, a mass of articles, oriented a given way, is fed along an annular path in a hopper connected to at least one channel for feeding the articles and in which the articles are fed in an orderly column.

Abstract: A method and device for feeding elongated tobacco articles, whereby, on a wrapping machine, a mass of articles, oriented a given way, is fed along an annular path in a hopper connected to at least one channel for feeding the articles and in which the articles are fed in an orderly column.