A device as well as a method for forming a sausage tail on a casing material, that receives a filling product, in particular sausage meat, wherein the sausage tail at least approximately does not contain filling product at least while it is being formed. The ATM-based data transmitting and receiving device includes a transmitting means and a data receiving means. The mobile station transmits information indicating reception conditions in the mobile station of radio signals from the base stations notified of, to the base station. Balance pre-amplification, smoothing, and remote offset correlation is accomplished with signal-processing modules based on historical data. , methanol and dimethyl ether; analyzing a single gas phase of the effluent determine alkyl alcohol concentration and dialkyl ether concentration; and adjusting reactor conditions, e.