A cable processing system comprising a cable processing machine with a machine control for the automatic processing of cable ends of heavy, rigid cables (80, 80a) not yet cut to length with a frame (92, 92a, 92b) with - an input side for receiving the cables (80, 80a), - at least two frame-supported cable processing stations (70a, 70b), - a cable transport device for transporting at least one cable (80, 80a), which cable transport device in the cable processing machine comprises at least one frame-supported, traversable gripper (11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f) for the cable (80, 80a), and - an output side for the delivery of a processed cable (80, 80a), wherein the cable transport device is equipped with a cable-conveying device (320a, 320b) designed as a multiple storage unit (30a, 30b), which comprises a plurality of cable holders (32, 32a, 32b), and wherein at least the at least one gripper (20a, 20d, 20e, 20f) is designed as a hand-over gripper, preferably with the aid of a frame-supported transfer mechanism (22a, 22d), in order to remove one of the cables (80, 80a) after the other from the respective cable holder (32, 32a, 32b) and to feed the latter to at least one of the cable processing stations (70a, 70b) and/or to a further gripper (11a, 11b, 11c, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f), which further gripper (11a, 11b, 11c, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f) is designed movable with a further frame-supported transfer mechanism (11, 12a, 12b, 22b, 22c), in order to carry out a transfer of the cable (80, 80a) into one of the cable processing stations (70a, 70b), characterised in that the multiple storage unit (30a, 30b) is designed as an autonomous or guided transporter. with a machine control for the automatic processing of cable ends of heavy, rigid cables (80, 80a) not yet cut to length with a frame (92, 92a, 92b) with - an input side for receiving the cables (80, 80a), - at least two frame-supported cable processing stations (70a, 70b), - a cable transport device for transporting at least one cable (80, 80a), which cable transport device in the cable processing machine comprises at least one frame-supported, traversable gripper (11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f) for the cable (80, 80a), and - an output side for the delivery of a processed cable (80, 80a), - an input side for receiving the cables (80, 80a), - at least two frame-supported cable processing stations (70a, 70b), - a cable transport device for transporting at least one cable (80, 80a), which cable transport device in the cable processing machine comprises at least one frame-supported, traversable gripper (11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f) for the cable (80, 80a), and - an output side for the delivery of a processed cable (80, 80a), wherein the cable transport device is equipped with a cable-conveying device (320a, 320b) designed as a multiple storage unit (30a, 30b), which comprises a plurality of cable holders (32, 32a, 32b), and wherein at least the at least one gripper (20a, 20d, 20e, 20f) is designed as a hand-over gripper, preferably with the aid of a frame-supported transfer mechanism (22a, 22d), in order to remove one of the cables (80, 80a) after the other from the respective cable holder (32, 32a, 32b) and to feed the latter to at least one of the cable processing stations (70a, 70b) and/or to a further gripper (11a, 11b, 11c, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f), which further gripper (11a, 11b, 11c, 20b, 20c, 20e, 20f) is designed movable with a further frame-supported transfer mechanism (11, 12a, 12b, 22b, 22c), in order to carry out a transfer of the cable (80, 80a) into one of the cable processing stations (70a, 70b), characterised in that the multiple storage unit (30a, 30b) is designed as an autonomous or guided transporter.