Abstract: In order to prevent tipping paper from winding on gluing roller at machine start/stop stage, an air blowing device was designed for ZJ116B cigarette maker. An IPC system was used to control the on/off of air supply, the air jets installed on the upper and lower sides of tipping paper blew the tipping paper at both sides during the start/stop stage to keep the tipping paper at a tensioned state and prevent it from falling on the gluing roller. The modified ZJ116B cigarette maker was tested on slim cigarettes of brand"Mount Tai(White General)"in Qingdao Cigarette Factory. The results showed that the frequency of tipping paper winding on gluing roller reduced from 7.4 times/shift to 0, and the time for artificial gluing roller cleaning decreased by 74 min/shift. This method could be popularized and applied on ZJ17D, ZJ112A and other cigarette makers.