CASTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CAST SHEET OF A MATERIAL CONTAINING ALKALOIDS

Abstract: the invention relates to a casting apparatus to cast a sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus including: a casting box apt to contain a slurry to be cast to form the sheet; a slurry supply element defining a feeding channel apt to introduce the slurry into the casting box in a supply direction; path diverting fins positioned within the feeding channel, the path diverting fins being apt to come into contact with the slurry inside the feeding channel; a movable support; and a casting blade apt to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet. the invention relates also to a method to cast a sheet of a material containing alkaloids.

Inventor(s): Silvia Capo, Chiara Fasciani, Rui Nuno Batista

CPC Classification: A24B3/14 (Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering ))

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