Format establishment of a rod machine

The invention relates to a format means (10, 20, 30) of a strand machine of the tobacco processing industry for producing a coated and round-shaped in cross-section, and especially continuous strand (50) of the tobacco-processing industry, in particular tobacco rod or filter rod, wherein in a strand conveying section of the format means (10, 20, 30) a conveying duct (37) for the to be formed strand using a lower side, a lower format-forming sub-format body (36) and one with a cover block body (32) provided upper format (12, 22) is formed. The format means (10, 20, 30) is characterized in that with the cover block body (32) connected to the motor-operated adjusting device (66) for the cover block body (32) and a motor drive (44) for the adjusting device (66) are provided wherein the adjusting device (66) to the cover block body (32), and wherein the attacking using the cover block body (32) adjusting device (66) comprises a positively guided, preferably infinitely variable adjustment, in particular linear adjustment, of the cover block body (32) with respect to the under format body (36), preferably in the vertical direction, executable. Moreover, the invention relates to a strand machine of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter rod machine or tobacco rod-making machine, and a method for operating a rod making machine (K, P) coated for the production of a of a wrapping material strip (56), preferably continuous strand (50) of the tobacco-processing industry , in particular filter rod or tobacco rod.