Patent ID: 8882570
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular casing material comprising the steps of: feeding the filling material into the tubular casing material stored on a filling tube and being closed at a front end of the tubular casing material by a closing clip; placing and closing at least one closing clip on a back end of the tubular casing material filled by a clipping device; capturing a pull-off length of the tubular casing material when removed from the filling tube by a first sensor; capturing the movement of the filling material while being fed to the tubular casing material by a second sensor; creating a ratio between the length of the tubular casing material and the movement of the filling material; and generating a control signal by a control unit for acting on the clipping machine based on the ratio between the pull-off length of the tubular casing material and the movement of the filling material.