Promotion of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry

The invention relates to a method of conveying rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry (21, 22), especially filter cigarettes or the rod-shaped component, wherein the rod-shaped article (21, 22) in receiving troughs of conveyor drums (31, 32.1, 32.2, 33) under rotation of the conveyor drums (31, 32.1, 32.2, 33) cross-axially conveyed, wherein the in each case its own axis of rotation (41, 42.1, 42.2, 43) rotating or rotatable conveyor drums (31, 32.1, 32.2, 33) in the transverse-axial conveying direction of the rod-shaped Article (21, 22) are arranged one behind the other, wherein the cross-axially arranged one behind another in at least one row rod-shaped articles (21, 22) from a feed drum (31, 32.1, 32.2, 33) to a subsequent conveying drum (31, 32.1, 32.2, 33 ) be handed over. The process is further embodied such that with a change of the pumped rod-shaped article (21, 22) of rod-shaped articles (21) of a first type having a predetermined diameter to rod-shaped articles (22) of a second type having a predetermined diameter, wherein the diameter the article (21) of the first type and the diameter of the article (22) of the second type differ from each other, one for the promotion of the rod-shaped article (21, 22) provided for conveying drum (31, 33) is maintained, and a (the retained feed drum 31, 33) adjacent, in particular rod-shaped articles donating or rod-shaped article receiving, first interchangeable feed drum (32.1) is replaced by a second replaceable feed drum (32.2), so that in development (of rod-shaped article 21) of the first type, the partial circular arcs of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped article (21) of the first type on the retained conveyor drum (32nd 1) and the partial circular arcs of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped article (21) of the first type on the first replaceable feed drum (32.1) in the transfer area (35a, 36a) touching each other, and after an exchange of the exchangeable feed drum (32.1) by the further conveyor drum (32.2) when conveying rod-shaped articles (22) of the second type, the partial circular arcs of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped article (22) of the second type on the retained conveying drum (31, 33) and the partial arcs of a circle the center longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped article (22) of the second type on the second replaceable feed drum (32.2) in the transfer region (35b, 36b) are touching. The invention further relates to an arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry (21, 22) and a machine (F) of the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter (F) for the preparation of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry.