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RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO
| Only a portion of the tobacco inside a cigarette comes from the leaf of a tobacco plant. A significant amount of the shredded brown innards of most modern cigarettes is a paper product called "reconstituted tobacco" or "homogenized sheet tobacco" which is made from a pulp of mashed tobacco stems and other parts of the tobacco leaf that would otherwise go to waste. Manufacturers spray and impregnate reconstituted tobacco paper with nicotine and other substances lost during the process, along with as many as 600 chemical additives. These include several that may come as a surprise, such as ammonia, which aids in the delivery of nicotine, and chocolate, which masks the bitter taste of tobacco. Finally, the 'RT' is sliced to resemble shredded leaf tobacco (RTL). |
RECONSTITUTED TOBACcO MACHINE
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The manufacturing of reconstituted tobacco in cigarette industry started in 1950s. The technology to manufacture reconstituted tobacco sheet with papermaking technology is an environmentally friendly high-tech with significant social and economic values. Different processing methods are used in this technology. The tobacco stems, leaf scraps and dust in cigarette manufacturing are further processed and become reconstituted tobacco sheets with high added value and special applications. With this technology and the technology of natural abstraction, the reconstituted tobacco sheets manufactured are as good as or even better than natural tobacco leaves. |
By using reconstituted tobacco sheet in the cigarette industry, the raw tobacco materials can be utilized to their greatest extent; hence, waste materials can be changed into value added materials. Due to the continuous increment of tobacco, the cigarette manufacturers can make basic profits and help people's health by using RTL technology. In effects by using an appropriate quantity of reconstituted tobacco sheet in cigarette making, the physical properties of the cigarette itself can be improved and the chemical composition can be regulated, thus upgrading the quality of cigarette and lowering tar level.
ABK Group is the only paper machine producer who can supply a complete Reconstituted Tobacco Machine without any restriction or a payment of royalty fee to a third party.