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Abstract

The invention relates to a homogenized tobacco sheet production line comprising:

A tank adapted to contain a slurry formed by a tobacco powder blend, a binder and an aerosol former in an aqueous medium;A cast apparatus adapted to receive slurry from the tank and to cast the slurry so as to form a homogenized tobacco material;A movable transporting support on which said slurry is casted and adapted to transport the homogenized tobacco material along a transport direction;A slitter located downstream the cast apparatus adapted to slit the homogenized tobacco material along the transport direction so as to form portioned homogenized tobacco sheets; andA crimper located downstream the slitter adapted to receive at least one of the partial homogenized tobacco sheets from the slitter and to crimp the at least one of the portioned homogenized tobacco sheets.

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First Claim