A device for cutting free the colon of a slaughter animal has a
cylindrical cutting knife and a guiding arbor with a suction channel. The
device has two components, one of which is a tool and the other a robot
connecting plate. The robot connecting plate has a connecting opening for
vacuum, a connecting opening for water, a connecting opening for
pressurized air to drive the pressurized air motor, and a connecting
opening for exhaust air from the pressurized air motor. The connecting
openings are connected to associated channels or passages in the tool in
the assembled state of the tool and the robot connecting plate.