Direct hanging line

A method for controlling a system for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and a suspension element, like a suspension loop, the system includes a clipping machine for producing the sausage-shaped products, a discharge device for discharging the sausage-shaped products out of the clipping machine and a feeding device for feeding a rod-like element into a loading position, the method comprises the steps of:

• providing a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing on a filling tube of the clipping machine,
• feeding filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing closed at its front end,
• gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing,
• applying at least one closure clip to the gathered portion of the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing,
• attaching a suspension element, like a suspension loop, thereto,
• discharging the sausage-shaped product form the clipping machine and
• suspending the sausage-shaped product on a rod-like element provided in a loading position directly by the discharge device.