Abstract: A handling device for feeding and/or removing workpieces as unfinished parts to and/or from machining or assembly equipment for machining and/or assembly purposes and for picking up workpieces as finished parts after machining and/or assembly has a feed position, at least one intermediate position and a removal position, in which in each case there are workpiece-carrier stack units comprising workpiece carriers which are arranged one above another, the workpiece carriers in turn being populated with the workpieces. A workpiece-carrier handling unit removes the workpiece carriers in a pick-up position and sets them down again in a removal position after machining, it being possible for these positions to be defined via a control device. A device of this type contributes to reducing the downtimes in machining equipment and has a beneficial influence on the cycle-time intervals during the machining of workpieces.