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Abstract

An apparatus is a press line includes presses along a material flow direction for stepwise processing of a workpiece. A transfer device moves each workpiece from one press to the next in the press line. The transfer devices are displaceable transversely of the press line. Further, a carriage is included for each press for transport of tools, the carriage being drivable along tracks. To permit rapid tool change and maximum utilization of the space surrounding the press line, the carriage is provided with a first end portion fitted with equipment for transport of a tool to or from a press, and with a second end portion which carries the transfer device so that this projects cantilevered out from the carriage. The carriage is drivable along the tracks portly to an operative position with the transfer device in between adjacent presses, partly to a tool change position with the first end portion in between adjacent presses, and partly to a position at a tool store disposed along the press line and in spaced-apart relationship therewith, for depositing or collecting a tool.

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