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Rod making
High-speed, modular machinery for manufacturing cigarettes, filters, filter tubes, and heated tobacco products.
From high-speed cigarette makers to multi-segment systems, our solutions adapt to market demands and user requirements, while ensuring precision and efficiency.
Benefits
Extended lifecycle
Maximize value and minimize downtime with the ability to replace parts and update machinery quickly and simply.
Seamless integration
Integrate rod makers with warehouse systems, with an end-to-end approach that reduces complexity and operating costs while boosting quality.
Best-in-class output
Achieve maximum throughput for standard cigarette production with our premium, industry-leading machines.
Future-proof
Access Körber's broad ecosystem, that connects machinery, software, and services for an end-to-end solution that grows with you.
Support
Rapid and easy access to technical expertise and support via myPortal, minimizes downtime risk and ensures your machines maintain peak performance.
In numbers
Speed
12,000 products/min
The Multi Segment Maker (MSM) produces up to 12,000 heated tobacco products per minute.
Flexibility
>2 hour conversion
The Protos-M5e is the most flexible and reliable cigarette maker for a Quick Size Change (QSC) format conversion in >2h.
Efficiency
95%
The modular MSM operates with an efficiency rate of 90 to 95 percent.
Agility
≤ 20 mins
Filter rod lengths can be changed in under 20 minutes.
Speed
8,000 tubes per minute
The Nano-T can produce up to 8,000 filter tubes each minute.
Agility
≤ 4 hours
The Nano-T tube maker can change filter size from 15mm to 25mm filters in less than four hours.
Performance
10m²
The Qube tube packer has low noise emissions and a compact footprint of only ten square meters.
Performance
≤ 85 dB(A)
The Protos-Neo features a new housing that reduces noise to less than 85 dB(A).
The Körber advantage
Market authority
#1
As the number one machine supplier in the tobacco business, partnering with us gives you access to unmatched market leadership.
Deep industry roots
80 years
Leverage our 80 years of specialized experience in the tobacco business to drive your innovation.
Proven reliability
3,000+
Join manufacturers worldwide who rely on our filter makers; we’ve sold more than 3,000 machines globally.
Protos cigarette makers
Unlock your full production potential
End-to-end ecosystem
Tray handling
Our system exchanges four 4,000-count trays per minute, combining high-speed logistics with the gentle handling required to maintain your product quality standards.
Recovery
The DWR+ is an optimized Direct Waste Recovery System (DWR) for cigarette, cigar, cigarillo and hemp production, ensuring that up to 96 percent of waste can be recycled back into production.
Massflow reservoir
Connect stations seamlessly while protecting product integrity. Our systems move up to 20,000 rods per minute, ensuring gentle handling for all cigarette and filter sizes.
Lab Maker
The Lab Maker is perfect for R&D departments making small batches. It consists of the Prolab-P rod maker and the Prolab-F filter assembler, with both components able to be used separately or with other equipment.
Laser perforation
The Laserport is the market leader of over 1,900 laser-based perforation systems, able to laser up to 99 holes in one or two rows and process up to 20,000 cigarettes per minute.
myPortal: your digital support hub
