A coupling device for connecting a drive block to at least one working shaft (56, 58) of a roll forming stand, comprising: - at least one universal shaft (50, 52) having a drive-side end (62, 64) and a driven-side end (68, 70), wherein the driven-side end (68, 70) is connectable to an input section (74, 76) of a working shaft (56, 58) of the roll forming stand, - an automated actuating unit for engaging and disengaging the universal shaft (50, 52), characterized in that the actuating unit comprises a coupling mechanism (86, 88) with a guide link (156, 158) which compensates for an axial offset (210, 212) and a radial offset (216, 218) between the driven-side end (68, 70) of the universal shaft (50, 52) and the input section (74, 76) of the working shaft (56, 58), at least when the universal shaft (50, 52) is engaging, wherein the guide link (156, 158) has a section (160, 162) which is inclined both with respect to a direction of the axial offset (210, 212) and with respect to a direction of the parallel offset (216, 218), wherein the driven-side end (68, 70) and the input section (74, 76) are movable relative to one another along the inclined portion (160, 162) in order to couple the universal shaft (50, 52) to the working shaft (56, 58). - at least one universal shaft (50, 52) having a drive-side end (62, 64) and a driven-side end (68, 70), wherein the driven-side end (68, 70) is connectable to an input section (74, 76) of a working shaft (56, 58) of the roll forming stand, - an automated actuating unit for engaging and disengaging the universal shaft (50, 52), characterized in that the actuating unit comprises a coupling mechanism (86, 88) with a guide link (156, 158) which compensates for an axial offset (210, 212) and a radial offset (216, 218) between the driven-side end (68, 70) of the universal shaft (50, 52) and the input section (74, 76) of the working shaft (56, 58), at least when the universal shaft (50, 52) is engaging, wherein the guide link (156, 158) has a section (160, 162) which is inclined both with respect to a direction of the axial offset (210, 212) and with respect to a direction of the parallel offset (216, 218), wherein the driven-side end (68, 70) and the input section (74, 76) are movable relative to one another along the inclined portion (160, 162) in order to couple the universal shaft (50, 52) to the working shaft (56, 58). characterized in that the actuating unit comprises a coupling mechanism (86, 88) with a guide link (156, 158) which compensates for an axial offset (210, 212) and a radial offset (216, 218) between the driven-side end (68, 70) of the universal shaft (50, 52) and the input section (74, 76) of the working shaft (56, 58), at least when the universal shaft (50, 52) is engaging, wherein the guide link (156, 158) has a section (160, 162) which is inclined both with respect to a direction of the axial offset (210, 212) and with respect to a direction of the parallel offset (216, 218), wherein the driven-side end (68, 70) and the input section (74, 76) are movable relative to one another along the inclined portion (160, 162) in order to couple the universal shaft (50, 52) to the working shaft (56, 58).