The invention relates to a separating device (8) for separating portions (10) from elongated casings (12) filled with food
mass (11), in particular sausage portions (10) from alginate casings (12) filled with sausage meat (11), comprising two spaced-apart, rotating transport elements (16a, 16b) that can be driven by means of at least one drive (14), each having a transport area (18) which is moved in a transport direction (20) during operation, and a return area (22), wherein the filled casing (12) can be introduced between the transport areas (18) of the two transport elements (16a, 16b) and transported in the transport direction (20), and wherein the transport elements (16a, 16b) are oriented such that the distance between the transport elements (16a, 16b) in the transport area (18) is in the direction of the transport direction (20). reduced, at least one at each transport element (16a,16b) arranged laterally from the transport element (16a, 16b), wherein two
crimp elements (24a, 24b) of the spaced-apart transport elements (16a, 16b) are moved towards each other when moving in the transport direction (20), and wherein one of the
crimp elements (24a, 24b), in particular both
crimp elements (24a, 24b), have: a fastening section (26) for fastening the crimp element (24a, 24b) to the transport element (16a, 16b), a crimp section (28) extending from the fastening section (26), which has two legs (30) opening from a base section (32), a counter-holder (34) which is configured to hold a crimp section (28) of the crimp element (24b) arranged on the opposite transport element (16b) when the crimp elements are moved. (24a,24b) towards each other with a
contact force (FK) against the crimp section (28) of the crimping element (24a). According to the invention, it is proposed that the counter-holder (34) be designed to be flexible in such a way that it applies a preload force to the crimping element (24b) arranged on the opposite transport element (16b) in order to improve the separating effect of the crimping elements (24a, 24b).