A Thirty-Port Smoking Machine for Continuous Smoke Generation

Experience gained from a recent evaluation of smoking machines has been applied in the design of a sophisticated automatic smoking machine. Utilizing a reverse puff mechanism, a continuous or intermittent smoke stream is generated, diluted to selected concentration levels and channelled to multiple exposure apparatus. AlI functions are completely controlled by digital electronics as is the detection of faults in the system. Analysis of the smoke produced indicates that it is not chemically different from the smoke delivered by other types of apparatus