Acetate tow
It is proved that the majority of modern smokers prefer filtered cigarettes.
Cigarette filters should keep aroma and taste as much as possible.
Acetate tow is a natural product deriving from wood.
We deal with the best acetate quality. Produced to keep cigarette quality and aroma, our acetate passes through a strict quality control to assure the best quality standards.
Technical characteristics of the product:
Dernier filament The weight expressed in length unit defined as the weight in grams of 9000mt of whatsoever linear material.
Dernier is a direct metric system where lower numbers are thinner dimensions and higher numbers are thicker dimensions. A single filament with a 9000mt length and with a weight of 1 gr is equal to dernier 1.
Total dernier. It is a weight in grams of acetate strip with a length of 9000 m. The acetate title is formed both by a dernier filament and total dernier. Example: an acetate title 2.7Y35000 has a dernier per filament (or filament dernier) of 2.7 and a total dernier of 35000.
Cross section The cross section Y is the one used on the tobacco industry.
Crimp The bending of a filament. Filaments are bent into groups and not singularly. Bending is necessary to give a certain consistency to a finished filter as well as to secure a good handling packing and storage.
| Diametro filo | Sezione trasversale | Total dernier |
|---|---|---|
| 2,5 | Y | 30.000 |
| 2,Y | Y | 30.000 |
| 2,7 | Y | 35.000 |
| 2,9 | Y | 32.000 |
| 3,0 | Y | 32.000 |
| 3,0 | Y | 35.000 |
| 3,3 | Y | 35.000 |
| 3,3 | Y | 37.000 |
| 3,3 | Y | 39.000 |
| 3,5 | Y | 34.000 |