With more than 20 years experience, KSEC already supplied primary processing line with capacity from 3000kg/h to 12000kg/h to over 180 users in the worldwide. And KSEC also can supply pilot line with capacity of 300kg/h to 1500kg/h. The whole producing procedure can be divided into following sections: lamina processing section, cut-lamina processing section, stem processing section, cut-tobacco blending section, Burley tobacco processing section. KSEC also can supply casing kitchen.
1. Lamina processing section
This section includes the procedure of bale opening, loosening and conditioning, casing, storing, etc. Flexible carton opening system is used for automatically strap cutting, cover opening and lining board removing of carton and the unpacked carton can be recycled and used. After opening, the lamina bale can be conveyed to traditional slicing and conditioning processing or conveyed to on-line vacuum conditioning system and conditioning cylinder. On-line continuous vacuum conditioning system can decrease degradation, increase temperature and moisture, remove greenish odor and kill insect eggs while ensure continuous and automatic production. Conditioned and cased lamina will be conveyed into pre-blending silo, to blend different origins and grades lamina sufficiently. Foreign matter sorter developed by KSEC adopts optical recognition and digital image processing technology, can detect and remove foreign matters efficiently.
2. Cut-lamina processing section
This section includes the procedure of lamina cutting, constant flow rate control, cut-lamina expansion and drying, etc. Cutter adopts AC servo, frequency regulation and Field bus technology, which can improve the cutting quality and convenient for operation. There are two processing technology for cut-lamina expansion and drying, i.e. traditional expansion + drying cylinder with thermal plate exchanger and new developed fuel oil (gas) pipeline cut-lamina drying plant. It achieve closed-loop control over moisture content via electronic weighing conveyor and moisture meter, which can reduce over drying cut-lamina at the beginning and the end of drying process, and improve the quality of cut-lamina. The fuel oil (gas) pipeline cut-lamina drying system can achieve high expansion, decrease the cut-lamina consumption and reduce tar content. The optimized design can ensure reliable and safe operation.
3. Stem processing section
This section includes the procedure of increasing temperature and moisture, storing, cutting, expansion drying, etc. Stem washing trough plant use the recycle warm water to process stems on-line, which can make stems absorb moisture sufficiently and remove sand, stone, scrap and stem skins. Cut-stem can achieve high expansion and good filling power after expansion and drying. There are two processing technology for cut-stem expansion and drying, i.e. cut-stem expansion tunnel + drying cylinder with plate thermal exchanger and Injection type cut-stem conditioning plant + fluidized bed cut-stem drier.
4. Cut-tobacco blending section
All kinds of cut-lamina, cut-stem, expanded cut-tobacco and reconstitute tobacco will be blended in proportion. The blended cut-tobacco will go through metering and flavoring then conveyed into cut-tobacco silo. Cut-tobacco bin storing system developed by KSEC can combine automatic logistics with primary processing. It can replace bulking silos and suitable for multi-blend, small volume and more flexible.
5. Burley tobacco processing section
It set multi casing application before burley toasting and accelerate the casing liquid absorbing. Burley tobacco toaster has function of keeping humidity and drying. It has wide adjustable range of drying temperature and precise moisture control and high automation.
