Cutting module

A clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, comprising:

• a filling tube for feeding a tubular casing made from a packing material and provided on the filling tube, with filling material, like sausage meat,
• a displacer unit having at least two pairs of displacer elements for gathering the filled tubular casing and for providing a plait-like portion, which is at least approximately free of filling material,
• a clipping device for applying two closure means to the plait-like portion, a first clip in order to close the tubular casing of the actually filled sausage-shaped product, and a second clip in order to close the front end of the tubular casing of the sausage-shaped product provided on the filling tube, and
• a cutting device having at least one blade for cutting the packing material between the first and second closure means wherein the cutting device comprises a fluid drive for driving the blade and being coupled to a fluid source,
• wherein that the cutting device comprises coupling means for automatically coupling and decoupling the cutting device to and from the fluid source when attaching or removing the cutting device to or from the clipping machine.