QUALITY CONTROL OF ROD-SHAPED PRODUCTS OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY

摘要

The invention relates to a measuring device and to a method for measuring at least one quality parameter of rod-shaped products (10) of the tobacco processing industry. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the rod-shaped products (10) are conveyed transversely to their longitudinal axis (11) and while they are being conveyed x-ray radiation (12) passes through the rod-shaped products (10), the transmitted x-ray radiation (12) being recorded by means of a flat panel detector (13) and a transmission image of the respective rod-shaped product (10) being produced by way of time delay integration.