Abstract: A fixing device (1) for fixing workpieces, to fix substantially rod-shaped workpieces and workpieces to be machined by wire erosion or lasing, including a support apparatus (20) with a plurality of shaped elements (21) for accommodating and supporting a plurality of workpieces in the correspondingly formed shaped elements (21), and for positioning and fixing the workpieces in at least one translatory degree of freedom (22) in the shaped elements (21), wherein the fixing device (1) has a clamping apparatus (50) by means of which pressure force (52) can be applied to a plurality of workpieces accommodated in the shaped elements (21) so that the workpieces are fixed in the clamping apparatus (50) at least in a friction lock due to the applied pressure force, and wherein the support apparatus (20) as shaped elements (21) includes a plurality of passages (30) through which the workpieces can be guided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing device for fixing workpieces and a wire erosion machine or a laser system that has a fixing device according to the invention. The present invention is supplemented by a method for wire eroding or lasing a plurality of workpieces. The fixing device (1) serves in particular to fix workpieces (2) that are substantially rod-shaped and to be machined by wire erosion or lasing. It comprises a support apparatus (20) with a plurality of shaped elements (21) for accommodating and supporting a plurality of workpieces (2) in the correspondingly formed shaped elements (21), and for positioning and fixing the workpieces (2) in at least one translatory degree of freedom (22) in the shaped elements (21).