Device for providing a second tail length

Abstract

A device as well as a method for forming a sausage tail on a casing material, that receives a filling product, in particular sausage meat, wherein the sausage tail at least approximately does not contain filling product at least while it is being formed. The device contains a feeding path for the casing material, which extends in an at least approximately linear direction and along which the sausage tail is formed, a supply unit for receiving a supply of empty casing material and a first unit for forming sausage tails that is capable of acting on the casing material in direction of the feeding path for forming a first sausage tail length by pulling casing material from the supply. Furthermore, a second unit for forming sausage tails is provided that is capable of forming a second sausage tail length by pulling further casing material from the supply.

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