Cutting machine as well as method for cutting elastic strings, in particular meat strings

A cutting machine for producing slices and in particular portions assembled from plural slices, in particular in a weight precise manner from meat strands of an elastic material e.g. meat strands,

• wherein the cutting machine comprises:
• a plurality of form tubes that are open at both a front side and at a back side and extend in a longitudinal pressing direction, the longitudinal pressing direction parallel to an axial direction for a respective one meat strand,
• a longitudinal press plunger is provided for each of the plurality of form tubes wherein the press plunger is insertable into the respective form tube from a rear loading end of the respective form tube in the longitudinal pressing direction of the form tube,
• a blade for cutting off a plurality of slices from the meat strands is arranged at a forward cutting end of the respective form tubes in a manner movable in a first blade transversal direction , wherein,
• each of the plurality of form tubes are made from a plurality of form tube elements in a circumferential direction which are movable relative to each other in at least one of the two transversal directions relative to the longitudinal pressing direction and the form tubes have a cross section that is adjustable in both transversal directions relative to the longitudinal pressing direction,
• wherein one or more stop plates proximate the forward cutting end of the plurality of form tubes, wherein the one or more stop plates extend in a direction parallel to the blade plane and are movable in a transversal direction to the blade plane.