Method and device for producing sausage chains

Method for producing sausage chains (1) consisting of at least two sausages (2), by means of a filling machine (10) that fills a sausage mass (6) into a sausage casing (16), wherein the sausage chain (1) is tied for producing two separate sausages (2.1, 2.2) between said sausages (2.1, 2.2), selectively at one or at two mutually spaced tying points (14, 14.1, 14.2), and wherein a suspension line (12) for suspending the sausage chains (1) is connected downstream of the tying,

• wherein
• when two tying points (14.1. 14.2) are provided between two sausages (2), either one casing piece (18) remains free between the two tying points (14.1, 14.2), in which casing piece there is no sausage mass or only a small amount of sausage mass, or wherein one casing piece (18) between two spaced apart typing points (14.1, 14.2) is filled with a sausage remainder in a bubble (19), wherein said bubble (19) signals a separating point of the sausage chain (1).