Abstract: In order to produce more qualified cigars from MIR-01 cigar making machine combination, a reverse order adjustment method was proposed by combining with some adjusting procedures in the proper order adjustment method, corresponding adjustment procedure and the technical requirements of eight key links were determined. A model of the machine adjustment method was developed, and its effectiveness was verified by simulation tests. The results showed that the success rate of adjustment reached 100%; comparing with the proper order adjustment method, adjustment time was saved by 6 min, the rate of qualified cigars increased by 1.5 percentage points, the consumption of filler, binder and wrapper per 10 000 cigars reduced by 0.4 kgs, 52 pieces and 24 pieces, respectively. Simulation model described the actual production situation with the accuracy of 80%, simulation values and actual values presented the same trend. The proposed adjustment method effectively reduces the time for machine adjustment and improves the rate of qualified cigars.