Abstract: In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing and carries handling equipment for supplying work pieces from an adjacent loading area to the machine component for machining and returning the finished work pieces to the storage structure and an intermediate storage structure is disposed near the machine tool component for temporarily storing unfinished work pieces to be machined and finished work pieces after being machined.

Abstract: In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing and carries handling equipment for supplying work pieces from an adjacent loading area to the machine component for machining and returning the finished work pieces to the storage structure and an intermediate storage structure is disposed near the machine tool component for temporarily storing unfinished work pieces to be machined and finished work pieces after being machined.

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.