The method and extrusion apparatus for producing strands of the tobacco-processing industry

The invention relates to a method for producing strands in an extruder means (12) of the tobacco processing industry, comprising the steps of: feeding cigarette paper on the one hand and tobacco on the other hand in the strand means (12), merging of cigarette paper and tobacco, gluing of the cigarette paper and forming a sheathed with cigarette paper tobacco rod, switching a Strangabschlagers for interrupting the transport of the strand (12) strand produced by the strand means (12) to one of the strand (12) downstream device and removing the then occurring weft material, and collecting the discharged surplus material that thereby characterized, that the excess material is actively sucked away via a pipeline (21) by means of suction air from the extrusion means (12). Furthermore, the invention relates to an extrusion device for carrying out the method.