Method for the production of homogenized tobacco material

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PATENT NO 10842182
APP PUB NO 20190133174A1
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16097859

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The invention relates to a method for producing homogenized tobacco material, comprising the steps of: selecting a first target value for a first tobacco characteristic; separately grinding (102) different tobacco types so as to obtain a plurality of different ground tobacco powders; blending (104) at least two of the plurality of different ground tobacco powders so as to form a first tobacco powder blend; blending (104) at least two of the plurality of different ground tobacco powders so as to form a second tobacco powder blend; checking (1123) a value of the first tobacco characteristic in the first tobacco powder blend; if the value of the first characteristic of the first tobacco powder blend is different from the first target value, adding the second tobacco powder blend to the first tobacco powder blend in order to obtain a value of the first tobacco characteristic in a mixture of the first and the second tobacco powder blends different from the value of the first tobacco characteristic in the first tobacco powder blend; and adding (1129) the second tobacco powder blend while mixing the first tobacco powder blend.

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PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S ASWITZERLAND ZUG ZUG

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Lauenstein, Stefan Cormondreche, CH 22 1
Pijnenburg, Johannes Petrus Maria Neuchatel, CH 35 179

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