The invention relates to a horizontal transverse sealing
station (10a-b), in particular for a horizontal tubular bag
machine (12a-b), for producing transverse sealing seams (14a-b) on at least one film tube (18a-b) transported in a continuous, at least essentially horizontal transport direction (16a-b), comprising a transverse sealing
station base (20a-b) fixedly connected to a packing
machine (22a-b), a transverse sealing unit (24a-b), and at least one sealing jaw pair (28a-b) movably mounted on the transverse sealing unit (24a-b) and formed by two sealing jaws (26a-b), the sealing surfaces (30a-b) of which come closer to each other during a sealing process in a sealing movement (32a-b), which relative to the transverse sealing unit (24a-b) is provided with at least one movement component (34a-b) in the transport direction (16a-b), in order to seal material
layers (36a-b) of the film tube (18a-b) between the sealing surfaces (30a-b) by way of heating and / or applying pressure, and to remove again at the end of the sealing process. According to the invention the transverse sealing unit (24a-b) is driveably mounted on the transverse sealing
station base (20a-b) in a displacement movement (38a-b) that is at least substantially parallel to the transport direction (16a-b).