A method for dispensing raw fragmented jerky including a steps of providing a sausage stuffing machine having an output port, filling the sausage stuffing machine with the raw fragmented jerky; providing a nozzle for dispensing the raw fragmented jerky, the nozzle having a longitudinally extending input end, the nozzle further having a perpendicularly extending output end, the nozzle further having an output port at a distal end of the output end; attaching the nozzle's input end in communication with the sausage stuffing machine's output port so that the nozzle extends horizontally from the sausage stuffing machine; positioning a drying frame beneath the nozzle's perpendicularly extending output end; and operating the sausage stuffing machine to dispense the raw fragmented jerky from the output port while moving the drying frame laterally.

A filling line is provided and includes a first filling machine having a first machine controller, and one or more second filling machines having a second machine controller, which is selectively operable independently of the first filling machine. The filling line also includes a data interface for connecting the machine controllers to each other for control communication. The machine controllers are configured to be operated reciprocally either in a slave control mode or in a master control mode, depending on control information provided. The slave control mode transmits read and write rights in respect of recipe-relevant process parameters to the machine controller operated in the master control mode, and the master control mode implements the transferred read and write rights in the machine controller operated in the master control mode. A method for operating such a filling line is also provided.

The disclosure relates to a filling machine and a method for filling foodstuffs, in particular for sausage production, with a spout for ejecting the foodstuff and with a support device for supporting, in particular rotatably supporting the spout about a longitudinal axis L. The device for radially aligning the bent spout has a movable bending element which may bend and align the spout at least in sections.

A machine (1) for forming and closing stuffed meat products includes a stuffing unit (2) and a closing unit (3), juxtaposed to one another. The stuffing unit (2) includes braking means (22) of a tubular casing which is mounted in a displaceable manner between a production position (P), located in the stuffing unit (2), and a replacement position (R), located in the closing unit (3). The braking means (22) having for that purpose at least partially gone through the passage window (v1) of a first constrictor (31) of the closing unit (3) which is equipped with at least one movable auxiliary diaphragm element (31c) of a passage window of a filled casing portion delivered by the stuffing unit (2).

A machine (1) for forming and closing stuffed meat products includes a stuffing unit (2) and a closing unit (3), juxtaposed to one another. The stuffing unit (2) includes braking means (22) of a tubular casing which is mounted in a displaceable manner between a production position (P), located in the stuffing unit (2), and a replacement position (R), located in the closing unit (3). The braking means (22) having for that purpose at least partially gone through the passage window (v1) of a first constrictor (31) of the closing unit (3) which is equipped with at least one movable auxiliary diaphragm element (31c) of a passage window of a filled casing portion delivered by the stuffing unit (2).