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MoIT a~ T La Ab1 e i 1ulncg Ert itwi cklung An 1 agieni Copy: 112 (4x )' 122 (2x)' I V, 3'24 ( 2x ) 325 (6x) 326 (4x) 350. Te>6 Rehort Hlamburg Be, den 1i1.10. 14E3E3 H l c k / f k . - S u b j e c t : S r i ps/sterr p roces_,i ni9 and I with thre: Ilauni I1'T-Conditioner C1 iient : tJate: La Suertc Cigar & Cigairetite M an i1a/Ph'a i 1 ipp ines September 26./27,.19E38 F actory (P.FI. ) Tfi~e te;ts hauc been carried o u ~ out in th~e presence of: h+lir. A. Cailtatsianior . R. F e rro an die z Flr . SI . JI. L arnden H r. T.S. Winklle Mr. W.V.Evlans PT r. P'. P' ur I f e r P9 r. C.A . W'o o cl 11. ) iestma teriial: La 5uertc. ll~rrii L a Suerfie, 1!lian L a S u e r t e . Nl~~ i n i i la L a Sulerte, h+l~34i P'h i 1 i p~ I T c hm o I - F T R'_, N c uic i5i e FTR, NeuC h5tU l FIh!uni recei1ued approx. 120 0 kg r,tnips Lkiith a moI i~-,t ure eonterot o i f 12.6~ ,°o anal opp r o x . 500 k q i s t e r n s L i ra rrro! istlure content of 112.5 °a. 2. ) Tee,t pr~ocedures: 2. 1.) St r Cut-R~a~h1 rolcrrss i'nrl_ Thrc strips-h1'e~ndl has been cond itioned in an fIT- Condl it ionier to a tai roj et rnois ture of 19 °: ai n<J ncr then1 d i rectly fed into an li~run i-KTC-Cu tt, c^r. APtier cuttirrq the rarT v~in s (l!irer:tly subrn!ittccJ to the IIIT - Expla r7s i on - Process ( exceept Tles t 4, 110.1 ) i m m e d l i a t e 1 y Pol lowect tb y couinter currrent (1 Tes t 2(72')~ and co-current ( Test 6, 212) rota,ry dr-yin~q. For details: see attrached flolw sheet, Anr,rex 1.

2.2.) Stern/CRS processind Inord'er to simulate a pre-condit ionimg procesr;fol!lowed by al irutermedliate stoirincl staqe, the stems were conditioned in an IIl-Condlitioner to a target moisture of approix. 2E3 °o rn.c. Storiricg t ime to absorbtheappliedl water: 16 hours. Af L e r thi:s, the st ern spaissed a second condii t i or, i rnrlprocess iurconr.iect i oriwi til'o arri rril.en:-s i ve r.l eam i r,rrt irrI a second IIT-Col it ioner (`)t1 - 95° C ) prior to rollirrg . To remove excessive surface water whicch usually causes additi'.l 1 pU 1'1-outs: a t cuttiI , t'hestlems tihen passied tfirougjh a pnevmat i c cooT i n,g system. After cu~itting~ the~ C~RS was~ directly submitted to the H.T.-Expansiorr-P'rocess immediately follor^sed biy r~otary~ (~Ies~t 1, 303 and Test 2, 404'), aindl f~luidiz~ed bed dry~ing (~Test 3~, 5~~05). I1I1 irl ortant deta ils atbout the test procecJl ane sPoowniinthie at tachied f 110L-i sThee"t , IlnrnexI.. 3~~. ) S~a nip~l~ing~~ :an~rf laboratior~ KP~rO ceedin~g_ T'~o~h-I cco~ mo~i~~s~tu~~re: F ive soirnpiles~~ ea~:ch v:~e~re taken af~ter~ pre-condi~ti ioin~i1nr3, a fi t e r cu t U i~mg , a f C e r h~l. T.-E x~p~a~n s~~i oin~ a~~n dl a F t e r dry, i n co~~ol~_inqi. Samp~l~~iI vias~ dlo~ne, wh~cen~ proc~ess c~ornditions had s~ta~triiltze~alt frorn e<ic~h srrmple~ tvio moistu~re de~terrnin~~itions I ~ car~r icd~ ou~t by mean~s of~ o~ve~nte~sts~. (TI~ERAiEU'5~-DiU~fN, 3' h~rs, 1t)O;o C~~, lt) rl s~r) rnp~Le r•ieiqtIit F~i~ l 1 i'n~cl p~ovae r: fro~m eac~h~ test on e lar~cier~ sa~rnple (ap~pro~x~. 2~ Il~~q,)~ L-ias~~ tak ~ern after~ dRyi~n~rJ/~coo~ii i~i nq for the dete~rrnin~al~ iorr~ oif tohiacco f il11 i'lrrq p~ovrer. A(itu r~ co~nd'i t ioriliniq thr s~a~mp~le~s in <I ~ c~l Pmat ic tlest' ca~tb inet Por apip~rox~~. ~ dFay s~~ i n o~s d~e~r~ t o a c h~ i e v~e a~ m o i s 6 u r~e e~al u i l i b r~ i r~r m, th~e filling poweer h »~s been~ m~~e~as~ure~d wil th a f3i0RG1•JALt)1- U'c~~ns~ime~te~r.~ (S~~a~mpI le r•ieirllot 2~0 g, load 3~~ k~d, tiurne~ 3 1) sec.) f': r~om~ croich~i srl~imple 10 t~iIrlirur) p~owc~~r detcrrnin~rrlion~i;; anid tihhe~ c o r r e sp~~ondin~g m~oistlur~e~ dete~rm~irna~t i~oro s~~ wa~are~ carried out on teso~ m~in ~is~ture~~ 1eve~~ls. TPae~ r~eq~~res~~s i'on 1 irr~e s for~ f~i 11~: i ng~ pow er as funict i onl of~ t~o~bac~co~ m1olsture~ were~ callcu1atedl an~d p~11 ~o~tted. (See attac~h~ed gr~aphi~cs~~, A~r~il 2' (~cut-ra~cg) an~cd 3' (QRIS).

E oT bcP QCCj Fibre diistribution: Fr~om, eac~h tes~~t~ a s~econdi 2~ k~i sa~mp ~le~ wais ta~k~en af~~tc~r- drying/cooli'ng for the determrnation olf the fihre d1'stribut i'orn. Erorn each o~ut w~ith, a samp~1'(- 10 sc~re~eniirnq te~stis rai c~arri, e~d LA~U~I~©'~-Screenin~g-Sh~ake~r, Ty~pe~ St 67~. S~amFrl~e~~ wle~iig~,ht screening time 5 01 g, av~er~age~ tob,a~o.c~o nro i stu~re 1 3~. ]0 mirnutes. 75~ 11111'ab~orator~y~ re~suilts an~d coll'e~cted tes~~t p~arame~Fe r~ are and shnwni 0n thc fo4lo~~wri lab~or~ato~ry re~s~ults"'. synop~~si's "Tes~t p~ara~rne~0er~ 4.) Test Flramc:ter and laboraitony results: i. 1 5~t r~i ps/~C'ut-R~~aq - . In~it i!ril tobacco~, mo~isAure Feedl rrrtie~ ,Acam p~crer.surre~~ at coerditiorning Ldaiter add~l ~tioni at conditiorning Ciitt ing wlldth~ i~lo~i~~~;tuce~ af~ter cutt ung Ste,Irn C~ressuce a~t Hlf-Expr~rrIsiorrr ftlh i ntlure a ft nr UT-Fx{rnncr rnn~ P~ced rate at rotary drying Stc~xirn Fqre~ssure at rotary~ dcyiing f?rocessair~ ti at rcntary~ dry~ing Couniter-cuirrent a i r flloL•j Crr~ currrent air~-flow No~i~:,tutre~ rA ftle~r~ dry~ind/~coo~llirrg F i 11 ing power at 12'.F3 '- m.c. Tob. temp. after HT-Tunnel Tob. temp. before dryer Tob. temp. exit dryer I Reference Test 4. Test 5. Tle^t_ 6. (101~)~ (202~)~~ (~2'12~)~ °~~~ 12~.~6~ 12.6~~ 12'.~6 krl/h 600 600 C~ GUO) bar 1~~.5 1.5 1.5 1/~h 311 31'~ 5 ~l! mon (9. f35~~ fD. R5~ (i) . E35~ °0 1'9~.7~ I`7~.7~ 1',`7.7~ har Z~I .6 7~ 1.(I . krj/fh 6~f30i 6~501 ~ t's`,tl'~ hcrr 2'.5~ 2~.(; 1.2 °C~ 9'5 9`r 99 ' m/ ; Oi.~15 ~ R.~1~ 1) f)i.45 So~ 2' 1~3~.41 ~ 1 5. 3' mm 34.6 36.69 36.93' °C /. 94'9B' 92-94 °C 25 60 60 °C 70 65 65.

Cm"abm?Q9 ~°~ n, - 4 - F_ibre d'il5t~ribution~ a(te~r~ cJry~ing/~cooling,:~ f71e:,h sizes Test k. ('. li[)1 )' 13.7 %, m.c. >4 mm 7.44! g 14 . 9 ,°0 > 2~ mm 16.01 g~ 32.2 °0 > 1 mm 1'G.2'7' g 32.7, °0' > 0.5 rrm 9.2 g 118.5 ~ ,°D, p a n 0. E3 3' g T'lest 5. Test 6. (202') (212) 13'.7' °o m.c. 13.7 °a mi.c. 9.6 g 7.17gi , 19.2 oa 14.4 °o . 16.94 g 1I6~.2~5~~ g 34!.1 °0 32.7 °o 14!.95 q 116.76 g 30~.1 °0 33.7' ,°o~ 7'. 4 3 g 8. 89 g 14'~.9' °0 17~.5~~ ~ n.85 g [) . E3 6 r) 1.7' °0 1.7 .°0' 1.7' Reference 4.2~.) Stem/CRS lest 1. Test 2. Test 3. (~ 303) (~4'C''14 )'~ T5O~ 5~). In r t' iall tobacco rno isCu're 12~. 5~~ 12. 5 1'2~. 5 ' ~ Tob. rno i~stuire a Cter pre-cond!iit i on i n~g °a 27.6 7. 6 2 ~~~ 27.6 s~tor~ing tirne~ hrs 16 16~ 16~ Tob. ternp. before fla~ttc~n~ing, °C~ 95 95 95 f2~n~ltec distancp ~ rnm~ 0.f3 0'l.E3 0.f1~ Tob. temp~. afte~r flatteningl °C 71 711 71 To~b~.~ ternp~. after coo~liing °C~ 36 36 3~6~ CuLt i'rng width mmi ['). 15~ (0. 15~ 0. l5~ TobI mol>ture a ~I, ~teR cr~itt ing °o ~ 3~3~.7~ 33.7~ 3~i~.7 S~tearni pre~sswre~ HIT-Corid. bar ./~. 7 10 lob~ mois~ture rriften I'~IT-Ex rinsicrn 36~ 2' /~. ~ . p . Tob,. temp~.~ aftcr IIT-Expmnsi~on °~C ./~. 9~E4 10~3~ ~ ~ f'rocessa~ir ternp~~. ro~tary rl1rycr °C 9~`3~ 95~ Cr Co-current a irfllor•r m/s 0.45 0.!t5 .i . MW Steam pres ;ure~~ rot~a~ry dryer bar 4.9~~ 4.E3 ./~. CA ~ , P'rocessa~ir temp. U'_ibro-cJryer °C V1 Tob ~in /~coo~1 in o moistwr~e~ atter~ dr 13 7 14 1 3 1Zi ~ . g g y . . . Tob. filling power at 1 3' % m.c. rmn "2`I.4(1 34.t17 37.2(3

N'( - 5 - Fih~re (li;trilhut) 'on a~fitar rlryi~nlj/'rno linil ftCw -°~+ le st. 1. lest 2. Test. 3. f1esh sizes (~303 (404 )~ (~505)'- 1 3~~.E33~ 4D'~~ m.c. 1 3~.63 °o~ m~.c. 1 3~.p1 >~ 4 mr~n [il . 3~2' y 0'. 2~ 1 q ~, 0.211 ~' g 0.6 °a 0.4 % 0.6 °o >~ 2 mni 2~.78 ' g PJ.6~5 al 14.7'5 ~ ~1 5.6 °0 17. 4 °0 29. 5 ~o > I mm 33'.1 g 32.57 g 27.92 g; 66.4 °0 65.3 So 55.9 1o >~ 0.5 mm 12'.19~ gj 7~.02~~ gi 5.52' q 24 . 4 °0 14.1 0 1111.0 °o f7wn 1'.4!£l' cj 11.4': q 1.5 (I 2.8 ~~~ °a 3'.0i °~ 5. ) Sumrnary: No d i f f iicult iIes occured irn thehandl ing of both testrnnteria ls at anlyst~, ge of thie process. T~h~e fililin~c7 porJer~ re~~s~u1t:,: of hlo~th~ testmotcrial,~ coirres ~p~o~ri ci cv~l ith~ ovr exp~ect ation~s. (~Ilirrr,k~m~rc~k )~