Method for easy start-up of a production line for manufacturing extruded plates

A method for starting up a production line for manufacturing extruded plates, comprising:

• pressing an extruded semi-finished product with a free end towards a conveyor,
• wherein the conveyor is configured to convey the semi-finished product to a separating device for cutting off separated plates from the semi-finished product cooled and solidified into an endless base profile along a cutting line extending transversely to a conveying direction,
• wherein a conveyor belt extending in the conveying direction is placed on the conveyor, the conveyor belt including two free ends, one of the free ends including a pulling end facing towards the separating device, the other of the free ends including a loose end facing away from the pulling end,
• the free end of the semi-finished product is pressed onto the conveyor belt,
• the conveyor belt is pulled together with the semi-finished product towards the separating device and the free end of the semi-finished product arriving at the separating device is introduced into the separating device, while the conveyor belt is pulled away from the semi-finished product upstream the separating device.