Patent ID: 8430726
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: A22C,B65G

Abstract:
1. Production line for the manufacturing of sausage-shaped products, which receive a flowable filling material in a tubular wrapper material, the production line comprising: a clip machine, in which the wrapper material filled with the filling material is divided into portions into individual sausage-shaped products by placing closing clips and is separated from the supply of the remaining wrapper material, enabling at least one flexible suspension element to be applied to the sausage-shaped product during the placing of the closing clips, while the product is fed in a timed manner into the clip machine, the clip machine comprising: a feeding machine supplying storage rods individually for further processing of the sausage-shaped products and having conveyor elements, circulating continuously along a transport path, which is used to supply the storage rods with sausage-shaped products, the conveyor elements take the sausage-shaped products proceeding out of the clip machine into a takeover area provided between the clip machine and the feeding machine; and a control device configured to control at least the circulation rate of the conveyor elements of the feeding machine on the basis of a control variable derived from the clip machine; wherein the control device is configured to override a regulation on the control of the circulation rate, and wherein the regulation is configured to regulate the circulation rate of the conveyor elements on the basis of the deviation tendency of the distance of the conveyor elements from a predetermined position on the transport path of the conveyor elements.