A portioning device is provided for forming portions from elongate casings stuffed with food mass, in particular for forming sausages from alginate casings stuffed with sausage meat. The portioning device includes two circulating conveyor members spaced apart from one another and drivable by at least one drive element, and at least one crimping member arranged on each conveyor member and projecting laterally from the conveyor member. It is proposed that at least one of the crimping members has such a shape, on its functional area that in the conveying area at least partially faces an opposite crimping member, that corrugations, creases and/or folds extending substantially parallel to the conveying direction, in particular, are formed in the constricted portion of the casing, thereby producing a desirable shape for the portions separated.

A transport device transports portions made of elongated casings filled with food mass. The transport device includes a base body, two transport units respectively connected to the base body via a bearing, and the transport units respectively having a drivable transport belt. At least one, in particular both bearings are designed as pivot bearings having an axis of rotation about which the respective transport belt unit is mounted to be pivotable with respect to the base body. The transport belts are movable toward one another and/or away from one another by pivoting about the at least one axis of rotation.