An electro-hydrostatic drive for realizing a rapid movement and a force-building movement, comprising a hydro-machine with variable volume and/or rotational speed, driven by an electric motor, for providing a volume-flow of a hydraulic fluid, a first cylinder with a housing, a piston, a cylinder rod, and a first and a second cylinder chamber, a second cylinder with a piston, a cylinder rod, and a first and a second cylinder chamber, a moveable carrier plate, a pillar, and a clamping apparatus to clamp and/or unclamp the first cylinder to or from the pillar respectively, where the hydraulic drive has a closed hydraulic circuit, which has, when run, a positive pressure above atmospheric pressure and which, by means of the hydro-machine, can pressurize either the first or the second cylinder chamber of the first cylinder and/or the first or the second cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, the moveable carrier plate is connected both to the first cylinder and to the second cylinder, and the electro-hydrostatic drive is configured to: for the force-building movement, clamp the first cylinder, by the clamping apparatus, to the pillar and pressurize one cylinder chamber (120, 130) of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, for the rapid movement, unclamp the first cylinder, by the clamping apparatus, from the pillar and pressurize one cylinder chamber (220, 230) of the second cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, and for a force-building movement downward, pressurize the first cylinder chamber of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, along with the first cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, which acts into the same direction, and characterized in that the electro-hydrostatic drive is further configured to: for a force-building movement upward, pressurize the second cylinder chamber of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, along with the second cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, which acts into the same direction. a hydro-machine with variable volume and/or rotational speed, driven by an electric motor, for providing a volume-flow of a hydraulic fluid, a first cylinder with a housing, a piston, a cylinder rod, and a first and a second cylinder chamber, a second cylinder with a piston, a cylinder rod, and a first and a second cylinder chamber, a moveable carrier plate, a pillar, and a clamping apparatus to clamp and/or unclamp the first cylinder to or from the pillar respectively, where the hydraulic drive has a closed hydraulic circuit, which has, when run, a positive pressure above atmospheric pressure and which, by means of the hydro-machine, can pressurize either the first or the second cylinder chamber of the first cylinder and/or the first or the second cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, the moveable carrier plate is connected both to the first cylinder and to the second cylinder, and the electro-hydrostatic drive is configured to: for the force-building movement, clamp the first cylinder, by the clamping apparatus, to the pillar and pressurize one cylinder chamber (120, 130) of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, for the rapid movement, unclamp the first cylinder, by the clamping apparatus, from the pillar and pressurize one cylinder chamber (220, 230) of the second cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, and for a force-building movement downward, pressurize the first cylinder chamber of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, along with the first cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, which acts into the same direction, and characterized in that the electro-hydrostatic drive is further configured to: for a force-building movement upward, pressurize the second cylinder chamber of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, along with the second cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, which acts into the same direction. for the force-building movement, clamp the first cylinder, by the clamping apparatus, to the pillar and pressurize one cylinder chamber (120, 130) of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, for the rapid movement, unclamp the first cylinder, by the clamping apparatus, from the pillar and pressurize one cylinder chamber (220, 230) of the second cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, and for a force-building movement downward, pressurize the first cylinder chamber of the first cylinder with the hydraulic fluid, along with the first cylinder chamber of the second cylinder, which acts into the same direction, and