Abstract: A device for machining plate-like workpieces comprises first and second parallel conveyor units each including upper and lower chain belts arranged with a clearance therebetween and driven in opposite directions. The lower chain belts have opposite ends extending beyond corresponding opposite ends of the upper chain belts thereby forming input and output regions of the workpieces. In the output region of the first conveyor unit and the input region of the second conveyor unit are roller tracks which operate transversely to the opposite directions of travel of the first and second conveyor units. The roller tracks are able to be raised and lowered relative to the chain belts. The tracks are linked together by a transverse conveyor. A machining station is positioned between the first and second conveyor units and includes a plurality of machining devices for performing operations on the workpieces moving along the conveyor units.

Abstract: Two horizontally spaced adjacent stacks of vertically spaced support plates are vertically displaceable for aligning any of the plates with a fixed take-off station. A supply of strip material is provided on each plate and may be gripped between a fixed continuously driven roller and a displaceable roller. A controller may move any of the displaceable rollers toward or away from the respective fixed roller in order to pinch the strip material from the respective supply and feed it into the take-off guide aligned therewith.