Apparatus for manufacturing of multi-element rods of the tobacco industry comprising a feeding apparatus designed to feed rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4), a transferring apparatus (3, 3') designed to transfer the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) or groups of the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) from the apparatus feeding the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) to a forming apparatus, comprising a first rotational element (6, 6') provided with first lugs (16, 16'), having a first thickness, immobile relative to the first rotational element (6, 6'), and notches (26, 26') between the first lugs (16, 16'), a second rotational element (7, 7') provided with second lugs (17, 17'), having a second thickness, immobile relative to the second rotational element (7, 7'), and notches (27, 27') between the second lugs (17, 17'), a third rotational element (8, 8') provided with third lugs (18, 18'), having a third thickness, immobile relative to the third rotational element (8, 8'), and notches (28, 28') between the third lugs (18, 18'), used to convey the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4), the notches (26, 26') between the first lugs (16, 16'), the notches (27, 27') between the second lugs (17, 17') and the notches (28, 28') between the third lugs (18, 18') being adapted to receive and convey the individual rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) or the groups of the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4), whereas the first rotational element (6, 6'), the second rotational element (7, 7') and the third rotational element (8, 8') are arranged and adapted to guide the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) successively through the first rotational element (6, 6'), the second rotational element (7, 7') and the third rotational element (8, 8'), the apparatus comprises the forming apparatus designed to form a continuous multi-element rod, a cutting apparatus designed to cut the continuous multi-element rod into individual multi-element rods, characterised in that the third lugs (18, 18') have the third thickness smaller than the first thickness of the first lugs (16, 16'). a feeding apparatus designed to feed rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4), a transferring apparatus (3, 3') designed to transfer the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) or groups of the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) from the apparatus feeding the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) to a forming apparatus, comprising a first rotational element (6, 6') provided with first lugs (16, 16'), having a first thickness, immobile relative to the first rotational element (6, 6'), and notches (26, 26') between the first lugs (16, 16'), a second rotational element (7, 7') provided with second lugs (17, 17'), having a second thickness, immobile relative to the second rotational element (7, 7'), and notches (27, 27') between the second lugs (17, 17'), a third rotational element (8, 8') provided with third lugs (18, 18'), having a third thickness, immobile relative to the third rotational element (8, 8'), and notches (28, 28') between the third lugs (18, 18'), a first rotational element (6, 6') provided with first lugs (16, 16'), having a first thickness, immobile relative to the first rotational element (6, 6'), and notches (26, 26') between the first lugs (16, 16'), a second rotational element (7, 7') provided with second lugs (17, 17'), having a second thickness, immobile relative to the second rotational element (7, 7'), and notches (27, 27') between the second lugs (17, 17'), a third rotational element (8, 8') provided with third lugs (18, 18'), having a third thickness, immobile relative to the third rotational element (8, 8'), and notches (28, 28') between the third lugs (18, 18'), used to convey the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4), the notches (26, 26') between the first lugs (16, 16'), the notches (27, 27') between the second lugs (17, 17') and the notches (28, 28') between the third lugs (18, 18') being adapted to receive and convey the individual rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) or the groups of the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4), whereas the first rotational element (6, 6'), the second rotational element (7, 7') and the third rotational element (8, 8') are arranged and adapted to guide the rod-like elements (S1, S2, S3, S4) successively through the first rotational element (6, 6'), the second rotational element (7, 7') and the third rotational element (8, 8'),