Abstract: A centering device (1) for centering flat workpieces (700-706) comprises a centering station (100) having at least a first and a second gripping device (300, 301) for gripping the workpiece (700-706), and conveying means for conveying workpieces (700-706) in a conveying direction to the centering station (100). The first and the second gripping device (300, 301) can each be moved horizontally by a first and a second guiding device (200, 201), respectively, and the first and the second gripping device (300, 301) can rotate freely about an axis.

Abstract: Tooling (100) for picking up two-dimensional workpieces comprises a main body (110) and a plurality of holding elements (131, 132) arranged on the main body (110), wherein the holding elements (131, 132) are movable relative to the main body (110) independently of one another. Each of the holding elements (131, 132) is fastened in an end region of an arm (121.1 . . . 10, 122.1 . . . 10). The arms (121, 122) are movable passively relative to the main body (110) along a linear movement path in a longitudinal extension of each particular arm (121, 122). The tooling (100) comprises, for each of the arms (121, 122) a fixing apparatus, by means of which a position of each particular arm (121, 122) along the movement path is fixable. On account of its passive character, the tooling (100) according to the invention is lightweight and can be produced cost-effectively.

Abstract: Tooling (100) for picking up two-dimensional workpieces comprises a main body (110) and a plurality of holding elements (131, 132) arranged on the main body (110), wherein the holding elements (131, 132) are movable relative to the main body (110) independently of one another. Each of the holding elements (131, 132) is fastened in an end region of an arm (121.1 . . . 10, 122.1 . . . 10). The arms (121, 122) are movable passively relative to the main body (110) along a linear movement path in a longitudinal extension of each particular arm (121, 122). The tooling (100) comprises, for each of the arms (121, 122) a fixing apparatus, by means of which a position of each particular arm (121, 122) along the movement path is fixable. On account of its passive character, the tooling (100) according to the invention is lightweight and can be produced cost-effectively.

Abstract: A centering device (1) for centering flat workpieces (700-706) comprises a centering station (100) having at least a first and a second gripping device (300, 301) for gripping the workpiece (700-706), and conveying means for conveying workpieces (700-706) in a conveying direction to the centering station (100). The first and the second gripping device (300, 301) can each be moved horizontally by a first and a second guiding device (200, 201), respectively, and the first and the second gripping device (300, 301) can rotate freely about an axis.

Abstract: A centering device (1) for flat workpieces, especially sheet-metal blanks to be processed in a press, comprises a first table, which can be rotated about a first vertical axis, for receiving a workpiece and a second table, which can be rotated about a second vertical axis, for receiving a workpiece. The second table is arranged to the side of the first table, and a support level of the first table coincides substantially with a support level of the second table. The device furthermore comprises a rotation mechanism coupled mechanically to the first table and to the second table allowing the first and the second tables to be rotated jointly about a third vertical axis to form a common supporting surface. In an alternative operating mode, the tables are rotated individually about the spaced vertical axes of rotation and thus move relative to one another.

Abstract: A centering device (1) for flat workpieces, especially sheet-metal blanks to be processed in a press, comprises a first table (100.1), which can be rotated about a first vertical axis (90), for receiving a workpiece and a second table (100.2), which can be rotated about a second vertical axis (90), for receiving a workpiece. The second table (100.2) is arranged to the side of the first table (100.1), and a support level of the first table (100.1) coincides substantially with a support level of the second table (100.2). The device furthermore comprises a rotation mechanism (45, 46, 50, 61), which is coupled mechanically to the first table (100.1) and to the second table (100.2) in such a way that the first and the second tables (100.1, 100.2) can be rotated jointly about a third vertical axis (50). If both tables (100.1, 100.2) are rotated jointly about the third vertical axis (50), the tables (100.1, 100.2) form a common supporting surface.