Abstract: A test apparatus (1) for test cards (37), comprising a receiving device (3) for holding at least one test card (37) to be tested, comprising at least one contact device (4) for making electrical touch contact with electrically conductive contact points of the at least one test card (37) in the receiving device (3), wherein the contact device (4) can be arranged vertically above the receiving device for the purpose of making touch contact, and comprising an actuating device (19), which is formed to displace the contact device (4) and the receiving device (3) relative to one another for the purpose of establishing the touch contact. It is provided that the receiving device (3) can be displaced by means of the actuating device (19) from a test position, which is located vertically below the contact device (4), into a loading and unloading position, which is laterally spaced apart from the contact device (4), and the other way round.

Abstract: A test apparatus (1) for test cards (37), comprising a receiving device (3) for holding at least one test card (37) to be tested, comprising at least one contact device (4) for making electrical touch contact with electrically conductive contact points of the at least one test card (37) in the receiving device (3), wherein the contact device (4) can be arranged vertically above the receiving device for the purpose of making touch contact, and comprising an actuating device (19), which is formed to displace the contact device (4) and the receiving device (3) relative to one another for the purpose of establishing the touch contact. It is provided that the receiving device (3) can be displaced by means of the actuating device (19) from a test position, which is located vertically below the contact device (4), into a loading and unloading position, which is laterally spaced apart from the contact device (4), and the other way round.