The Tobacco Industry

Part I of Essay
An excellent example of manufacturing in business is . During the earlier part of this century, tobacco was a hand picked and manufactured crop. Thousands of people were employed by and factories were all over the south. The cigarette-making process, once done entirely by ....

Part II of Essay
.... and the bottom of the pile is inspected. Damaged and foreign material is removed from the tobacco piles at this point. In order to regulate the flow, material is blended and entered on the line into bulk feeders. A weighing belt system helps maintain a consistent even flow rate through the process. The ordering cylinder is the next step in the automation process. Here steam, heat and/or water depending on the brand and quality of the crop is applied. This conditioning process helps to make the tobacco easier to handle while reducing ....