Cigarette Flow Analysis Method and System for the Packaging Machine Hopper Based on PIV Technology

ZHU Chunming; TAN Shiwei; LIU Hengjun; ZHANG Jie; ZHANG Wenbin; SHEN Jiquan; JIN Xin; YU Shuiyuan; WU Guanyu; ZOU Fan

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.19.019

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (19) : 188-194. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.19.019

Automatic and Intelligent Technology

Cigarette Flow Analysis Method and System for the Packaging Machine Hopper Based on PIV Technology

ZHU Chunming¹, TAN Shiwei¹, LIU Hengjun¹, ZHANG Jie¹, ZHANG Wenbin¹, SHEN Jiquan¹, JIN Xin¹, YU Shuiyuan¹, WU Guanyu², ZOU Fan^1,3,*

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The work aims to establish a PIV-based cigarette flow analysis and monitoring system to address the difficulty of directly measuring flow state and identifying stagnant areas in packaging machine hoppers. With the end-face texture of cigarettes as natural tracer information, an industrial camera was adopted to continuously capture cigarette flow images in the hopper. The pixel displacement was calculated and then combined with temporal and spatial calibration to generate velocity fields and cumulative velocity maps. The verification was carried out on structural optimization of the hopper on the packaging machine. The method visually characterized cigarette flow from the middle discharge channels to the side channels and upper regions, and identified cigarette accumulation and stagnation in the original lateral buffer zones. After the outward buffer arcs were removed and replaced with straight connections, flow continuity and uniformity were significantly improved, leading to enhanced production quality. The proposed method enables quantitative and visual analysis of cigarette flow in the packaging machine hopper and provides technical support for hopper structure optimization and stable equipment operation.

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cigarette packaging machine / hopper / cigarette flow / Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) / visual monitoring / structural optimization

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ZHU Chunming, TAN Shiwei, LIU Hengjun, ZHANG Jie, ZHANG Wenbin, SHEN Jiquan, JIN Xin, YU Shuiyuan, WU Guanyu, ZOU Fan. Cigarette Flow Analysis Method and System for the Packaging Machine Hopper Based on PIV Technology[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(19): 188-194 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.19.019

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