Tobacco Science, 1962, 6-34, p. 146-147, ISSN.0082-4523.

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 Tobacco Science, 1962, 6-34, p. 146-147, ISSN.0082-4523.pdf
from the lighting end of the
te. The cigarettes ~re lit con-
velY by drawing a slight vacu-
rough the holder while apply-
alcohol flame to the end of
:garette. Once lit, the ciga-
burns statically to the first
couple which in turn ener-
itS respective relay and starts
timer associated with the ciga-
.e nolder. When the char line
es the second thermocouple, 40
of tobacco have been burned and
relay is de-energized and stops
timer. Should the operators at-
ion be devoted to another testing
nre, the cigarette will be ex-
iished by itself in the glass
r. The burning times indi-
d by the timers are recorded.
equipment is then ready to test
next group of cigarettes. The
ge static burning rate is calcu-
after sixteen test cigarettes Figure 2.-Ten-Unit Automated Static Burning Device.
each sample have been burned.
the average cigarette weight,
illigrams of tobacco burned per
te per cigarette can be calcu-
, The four monitor cigarettes SUMMARY TABLE
·e that the equipment and op-
'ng conditions are functioning
ally.
When filtered cigarettes are tested, OLD NEW
_be filters are removed prior to
ighing the sample. Non-filtered METHOD METHOD
reties (85 mm) are used as the
itor when obtaining burning rate
ta for cigarettes.
All static burning is carried out in AVG. I 0.2 AVG. 10.0
:U. specially designed air flow control
,--eabinet. The draft conditions in the
:,cabinet are identical to those in the s~ 0. 137 ~ 0123
_-smoking machine cabinets; i.e., ex-
-haust sufficient to remove accumu-
fJated smoke from the top of the cabi-
"'net. Thus, the static burning rate
s, '
0.37 s. 0.35
tlata is comparable to the smoking
d~ta in terms of the smoking en- N 192 N 128
vironment.
, . The weight of a cigarette affects figure 3.-Summary Table Comparing Old Method Versus New Method.
its burning rate. Therefore, after
conditioning, the monitor cigarettes
are ,veight-selected to within ±20
mg, sealed in air-tight containers, to-day and operator-to-operator vari- vate electric timers through meter
er- and placed in cold storage. Prior to ation, is shown in Figure- 3. and latching relays.
he use, the air-tight containers are The automated device· did not im- The primary goals were achieved.
di- brought to room temperature for at prove the precision of the static The man-hours required to burn cig-
bu- !east five days. Once the container burning method over that obtained arettes statically were significantly
18 opened, any monitor cigarettes not
rs, by the manual method . reduced and many of the possible
de- smoked are placed into a jar and sources of ope-rator error were elimi-
sealed until they are needed. Summary nated.
en
in . More than one hundred monitor Automated equipment for measur-
cigatettes 1vere burned by different ing the static burning rate of ciga- Acknowledgement
be
nd operators over a period of several rettes was •designed and constructed. The authors gratefully acknowl-
n days, The static burning rate level The equipment consists of two heat- edge the technical assistance given
ll and Precision, including both day- sensitive thermocouples which acti- them by Mr. P. S. Parks.
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