Cutting station with complete cutting tool

A thermo-forming packaging machine comprising:

• a machine frame having an upstream end and a downstream end;
• a forming station on the machine frame for forming containers in a web-shaped material;
• a sealing station on the machine frame for sealing the containers, wherein the sealing station is located downstream of the forming station in a direction of production;
• a cutting station located downstream of the sealing station and the downstream end of the machine frame in the direction of production, the cutting station including a complete cutting tool having a cutting tool upper part and a cutting tool lower part, wherein the complete cutting tool is extractable from the thermo-forming packaging machine in the direction of production at the cutting station, wherein the direction of production at the cutting station is the direction of conveyance of the web-shaped material through the cutting station;
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• first and second chain guides mounted on the machine frame, each chain guide for guiding a transport chain that transports the web-shaped material in the thermo-forming packaging machine, and each chain guide having a downstream end portion that extends beyond the downstream end of the machine frame into the cutting station in the direction of production at the cutting station.