A machine for the tobacco processing industry for feeding a rod maker, characterized in that the machine comprises a comminuting device, a first and a second suction rod conveyor (10, 12) arranged one after the other in a material stream direction, wherein - the comminuting device comprises two rollers (81, 82) interacting with one another, which form a pair of rollers rotating in opposite directions, on the upstream side of which a feed zone is provided, via which flat film material can be fed to the pair of rollers, and on the downstream side of which an output zone is provided, via which film material comminuted by the pair of rollers can be output, - the first suction rod conveyor comprises a first suction tape having a first transport side and the second suction rod conveyor comprises a second suction tape having a second transport side, - the first and the second transport side (34, 36) are configured to transport the comminuted film material, - the first suction rod conveyor and the comminuting device are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that comminuted film material can be transferred from the output zone to the first transport side and the first and the second suction rod conveyor (10, 12) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the first transport side faces the second transport side and the comminuted film material can be transferred from the first suction tape to the second suction tape, - the machine further comprises a control unit which is configured to control or to regulate a first flow of comminuted film material discharged by the comminuting device via the output zone and a second flow of comminuted film material conveyed by the first suction rod conveyor in such a way that the first and the second flow deviate from one another by less than a predefinable difference limit. - the comminuting device comprises two rollers (81, 82) interacting with one another, which form a pair of rollers rotating in opposite directions, on the upstream side of which a feed zone is provided, via which flat film material can be fed to the pair of rollers, and on the downstream side of which an output zone is provided, via which film material comminuted by the pair of rollers can be output, - the first suction rod conveyor comprises a first suction tape having a first transport side and the second suction rod conveyor comprises a second suction tape having a second transport side, - the first and the second transport side (34, 36) are configured to transport the comminuted film material, - the first suction rod conveyor and the comminuting device are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that comminuted film material can be transferred from the output zone to the first transport side and the first and the second suction rod conveyor (10, 12) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the first transport side faces the second transport side and the comminuted film material can be transferred from the first suction tape to the second suction tape, - the machine further comprises a control unit which is configured to control or to regulate a first flow of comminuted film material discharged by the comminuting device via the output zone and a second flow of comminuted film material conveyed by the first suction rod conveyor in such a way that the first and the second flow deviate from one another by less than a predefinable difference limit.