Slurry Process Solution for HNB and Traditional Cigarettes
Solbourg offers a full range of slurry process production solutions, covering from lab makers, small trial lines, small production lines to medium- and large-scale production lines. High Flexibility: Different sheets can be produced only by adjusting raw materials and processes, which maximizes equipment utilization and ROI (Return on Investment), enabling clients to swiftly adapt to market shifts and capture emerging opportunities. Advanced Grinding and Dosing Technology: Adopts three-stage low temperature grinding process, maximumly ensuring even particle size and maintain tobacco flavor. Equipped with multi-homogenizing design, ensuring the homogeneity of finished slurry and stability of finished sheets. Optional Drying Solutions : Electricity drying for width <800mm and steam drying for width >800mm. Diverse Final Product Forms Output: Rolls/Small pieces in square, rectangle or rhombus/Shreds.
Fiber-reinforced High-homogeneity Extrusion Process Solution - for HNB and Traditional Cigarettes
Compared with Slurry Process and Paper-making Process, Extrusion and Rolling Method features lower equipment investment and production costs. Solbourg offers three choices: Standard Version for Tradition, High-performance Version for Tradition, and Specified Version for HNB. Standard Version for Tradition: Larger diameter of rollers than that of LB14 to make the rolled sheets more homogeneous; equipped with two moisture meters to ensure stable quality of sheets while no moisture meter is included in LB14. High-Performance Version for Tradition: Adopts Four-Roller & Three-Compression design. In the last compression stage, each roller is equipped with an independent servo drive and an automatic adjustment system for controlling roller gap. Utilizes negative pressure conveying for powder materials with smart high-precision gas-solid separation and loss-in-weight dosing technology. These upgrades contribute to more homogeneous sheets and more automated production. Specified Version for HNB: adopts multiple advanced technologies based on the high performance one, including wet grinding with wet fiber addition, dry grinding with dry fiber addition, multi-layered low-temperature drying, grammage/moisture/temperature scanning, automatic edge trimming, automatic winding, and sheet roll slitting, etc.
Paper Making Process Solution - for Traditional Cigarettes
A more traditional and large scale approach would be paper making method. Such recon production method usually starts at capacity of 2000kg/hr, making it the largest in scale. However, with over 98% of water content in its slurrys, this method is very energy consuming
Primary Processing Production Line
Serving as an essential part of cigarette production, primary production line would employs automated procedures to process lamina and stem into qualified shreds. The line is divided into four sections: lamina process cut lamina process cut stem process mixing and blending process
Threshing and Redrying Production Line
The Tobacco Threshing and Redrying Process separates lamina from stems through threshing, followed by redrying that reduces lamina moisture to 11%–13%, thereby supplying high-quality raw materials for subsequent production stages. The production line consists of the following components: Preprocessing: Vacuum conditioning, bundle opening, tip cutting, conditioning, and impurity removal. Separation: Tobacco leaves are divided into lamina, scraps, and stems. Redrying: Lamina, scraps, and stems undergo redrying treatment. Baler: Lamina is compressed into standardized boxes with specified dimensions and density. Auxiliary Equipment: Includes dedicated dust removal and electronic control systems.
Stem Expansion Equipment
Improved Physical Properties: Microwave radiation rapidly expands stem fibers, forming a porous structure, which significantly increases its filling capacity and absorbency in stem-based products. Superior Sensory Quality: The rapid heating induces the Maillard reaction which lowers woody smell and releases distinct aromatic compounds, better meeting cigarette sensory quality requirements. Cut Expanded Stems: Expanded stems are cut into shreds, which are similar with cut tobacco lamina, ideal for regular, medium and slim cigarettes production.
Visual Capsule Inspector
Ultra-High-Speed Inspection: Handles 1,000,000 capsules per hour, perfect for large scale production lines. Deep Learning-Powered: Learns to spot defects automatically and gets smarter for continuously improving accuracy. Full-stack independent R&D: Full control from algorithms to rejection mechanisms, guaranteeing customization and technology ownership. High-Stability Design: Patented dual-ring independent drive plus industrial color cameras with fixed-focus optics—built to withstand demanding tobacco production environments.
Original Vertical Thresher
The new vertical tobacco thresher delivers a high single-unit capacity reaches 3,000kg/h.
New-Type Horizontal Thresher
Compared with conventional horizontal threshers, this advanced system reduces energy consumption by approximately 1/3. The equipment offers significant advantages including reduced tobacco lamina breakage, higher tobacco leaf utilization rate, flexible threshing mode to boost energy efficiency.
Capsule Hardness and Diameter Detector
As a new type equipment for testing capsule quality, HK300 Hardness and Diameter Detector is capable of performing fully automated measurements of key indicators such as capsule crushing strength, deformation, initial diameter, and elasticity index. Without requiring manual intervention, it directly outputs precise results, avoiding human measuring errors and providing accurate support for capsule production adjustments. Through its high-precision detection, it strictly controls capsule quality, preventing defective products from subsequent stages.
Nicotine Extraction Systems
There are two core sections of our nicotine extraction line: extraction and purification. For extraction, three-stage continuous counter-current extraction technology is employed to get intermediate product from tobacco materials with a purity of 40%. For purification, the intermediate product will be further processed through vacuum distillation purification technology to ultimately yield nicotine with a purity exceeding 99.95%.
Flavoring Machine
This equipment applies flavoring treatment to blended cut tobacco and stem shreds to enhance the aroma of finished cigarettes, reduce harshness, and enrich the smoking experience. The system ensures high flavoring precision (0.5%), uniform application, operational safety, and refined process control.
Plate-Type Dryer
This equipment removes green and harsh odors, enhances the natural aroma of processed tobacco, and delivers a mellower smoking experience. Its rapid drying process provides lamina shreds and stem shreds with excellent curling and loosening characteristics, significantly improving filling capacity. The moist air and dust generated during drying are filtered and discharged by the dust removal system.
Stem Press
Used prior to the stem cutting process, this machine presses moisturized stems into standardized-thickness stem flakes to meet the technical requirements for stem shred production.
GHT Tunnel-Type Conditioning Machine
Utilizing a vibratory tunnel and steam injection technology, this equipment ensures full and uniform contact between materials and saturated steam during dynamic conveyance, achieving ideal conditioning for subsequent processing. It delivers precise and even heating/moisturizing to significantly improve tobacco expansion rate and sensory quality, serving as core equipment for premium cigarette production.
SR1461 Curved-Blade Horizontal Roller Cutter
This high-efficiency equipment, employing a "gentle pressing and soft cutting" principle, is specifically designed for tobacco primary processing. It is compatible with all tobacco materials including lamina, stems, and reconstituted tobacco. Equipped with advanced servo-driven control technology, this model integrates core advantages from multiple classic cutters. It ensures stable, efficient, and precisely controlled cutting operations throughout the entire process.
Model YT6209 Pre-press Balers
Designed with a low-profile structure to meet tobacco loading requirements while reducing height demands for installation.
New-Type Stem Redryer
The newly designed stem redrier incorporates an added cooling section, which effectively reduces the packaging temperature of processed stems. This enhancement prevents potential quality degradation during storage caused by excessive heat.
New-Type Lamina Redrying Machine
The new tobacco lamina redryer utilizes a three-stage drying, cooling, and conditioning system with unilateral air intake. It removes excess moisture from threshed lamina through redrying, optimizing it for long-term storage and alcoholization. The equipment features reliable operation, easy maintenance, high automation, ensuring minimal moisture variation during processing.
Belt Weigher
A continuous electronic belt weigher integrating internationally advanced weighing technology with practical industry applications — simple to operate, easy to install, and built for demanding environments. The EBS3585 Belt Weigher is designed for the continuous dynamic measurement of non-cohesive bulk materials. Widely adopted in metallurgy, chemical processing, and food manufacturing, it combines a precision weighing frame assembly with an intelligent controller to deliver reliable, real-time weight accumulation. The system requires no complex infrastructure — just install, configure, and measure.
Telescopic Chain Plate Conveyor
Telescopic Chain Plate Conveyor Our company’s Telescopic Chain Plate Conveyor is a versatile material handling solution designed for logistics, warehouses, and loading operations. Its extendable and retractable design allows it to reach inside truck compartments for efficient loading and unloading, while retracting compactly for easy storage, saving space and reducing manual labor. Featuring high-load, precision-engineered chain plates and modular assembly, the conveyor ensures stable, misalignment-free operation. It can handle both large and small items reliably, making it ideal for continuous, heavy-duty use, even in demanding industrial environments. Safety and convenience are central to its design. A built-in anti-collision system stops the conveyor instantly if obstacles are detected, protecting both personnel and cargo. Operators can control the system via side-mounted control panels or remote control, with optional integration for barcode tracking and PLC-based automation. Durable, low-maintenance, and designed for long-term reliability, this conveyor combines advanced technology with practical features, providing a high-efficiency, safe, and adaptable solution for modern logistics centers and warehouses. With over 20 years of experience, nearly 300 units manufactured, and a leading 60% market share in the tobacco industry, our company is China’s largest manufacturer of telescopic chain plate conveyors, renowned for outstanding quality, competitive pricing, and excellent service.
Roller Conveyor
The CR Series Roller Conveyor is a modular conveying system designed for the finished packaging section of tobacco threshing and redrying lines. It integrates chain-driven roller conveyance, photoelectric detection, and PLC-based automatic control to ensure stable, orderly, and efficient transfer of packed tobacco productsThe CR Series Roller Conveyor operates as an integral part of the tobacco packaging line, with all conveying actions coordinated by the line PLC through photoelectric detection. Upon receiving a carton transfer signal, the conveyor drives the rollers to transport cartons to designated positions, where photoelectric sensors confirm carton arrival and trigger subsequent actions. Depending on the functional role of each conveyor—such as transfer, buffering, check weighing, strapping, or lane transfer—the system automatically controls carton accumulation, release, temporary positioning, or inter-lane movement. Cartons are transferred smoothly between adjacent stations based on real-time status signals, ensuring orderly flow without congestion. For operations requiring dwell time, such as weighing or strapping, cartons are held in position for a PLC-defined duration before being released downstream. Mobile conveyors further enable dynamic transfer between parallel conveying lanes. The entire process can be operated in fully automatic mode or manually when required, ensuring stable, flexible, and coordinated carton handling throughout the packaging process.
AI Tobacco Photoelectric Sorter
The AI Tobacco Photoelectric Sorter is an integrated tobacco impurity removal system. It employs a conveying mechanism combining high-speed belt conveyance with air pressure support, utilizing spectral imaging and AI-powered deep learning for impurity identification. This system effectively removes non-tobacco foreign materials, ultimately supplying clean and high-quality tobacco lamina for subsequent processing stages. Black Background Imaging Technology: Combined with focused lighting and AI algorithms to counteract light source attenuation, ensuring excellent long-term equipment stability. Parameters require maintenance only every 3–6 months. Advanced AI Image Recognition Technology: Utilizes parallel processing of AI algorithms and color sorting algorithms, significantly improving the detection rate for foreign matter with colors similar to tobacco, leading to a substantial increase in the amount of foreign matter removed. Powerful AI Computing Capability: Each image processing unit is equipped with an FPGA and a GPU, with GPU computing power reaching up to 200 TOPS, providing robust hardware support for AI model operations. Warning Function for Specific NTRMs (non-tobacco rejected matters): The system classifies and calculates out the images of NTRMs, providing operators with early warnings for these specific types.
Capsule
Capsules are also available for purchase.
Hydraulic Rod Maker
Serving as a dust control system, the PHD1180 Hydraulic Rod Maker is designed for dust control in tobacco enterprises. It compacts loose tobacco dust into high-density, regularly shaped cylindrical rods, effectively addressing secondary dust pollution, improving the working environment and reducing costs for transportation and disposal. The equipment comprises a hopper, spiral feeder, dust-suppression hydraulic cylinder, constant power variable displacement pump, hydraulic power unit, water-cooling system, oil-cooling system, and electrical control cabinet. Operating Principle: A constant power variable displacement pump drives the dust-suppression hydraulic cylinder to achieve a reciprocating hammering motion. Key Advantages: Utilizing hydraulic transmission, this system boasts minimal wear, low noise, reduced vibration, high reliability, and extended service duration, making it ideal for continuous long-term operation.
FIFO Cigarette Storing and Transferring Equipment
With a buffer capacity of 160,000 sticks (standard cigarette, Φ8mm) or 320,000 sticks (slim cigarette, Φ5.4mm). Implements a FIFO (First-In-First-Out) storing way, enabling better quality tracking and tracing in box and packaging production It provides buffer storage for at least 10 minutes production output on a rate of 16,000 sticks/minute. This system is also applicable for filter rod buffering and conveying.
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