A loading method for a machine tool, in particular for a bending machine, having a tool transfer device, a tool holder of the machine tool, and a tool rack, wherein the tool holder and the tool rack are connected via a guide track, and the tool-transfer device is arranged so as to be movable along the guide track, and wherein machining tools, in particular bending tools, are arranged in the tool holder and/or in the tool rack, and the tool-transfer device has a magnetic holding device, and the magnetic holding device has an electromagnet with an electronic actuation device, comprising the steps: • moving the tool-transfer device to a machining tool, which is arranged in a pick-up position in the tool holder or in the tool rack; • picking up and retaining the machining tool by means of the magnetic holding device of the tool-transfer device, wherein when the machining tool is picked up, the electromagnet is subjected to an electrical pick-up and retention signal by the actuation device; • moving the picked-up machining tool along the guide track to a deposition position in the tool rack or in the tool holder; • depositing the machining tool by deactivation of the magnetic retaining force; characterized in that upon deactivation of the magnetic retaining force, a demagnetization is performed by the activating device, and that the strength of the pick-up and retention signal of the activating device is changed over between a first signal strength for the pick-up of the machining tool and a second signal strength for the retention of the machining tool, and that, for the retention of the machining tool, the second signal strength of the pick-up and retention signal is disconnected and/or the second signal strength of the pick-up and retention signal is reduced prior to reaching of the deposition position. a tool transfer device, a tool holder of the machine tool, and a tool rack, wherein the tool holder and the tool rack are connected via a guide track, and the tool-transfer device is arranged so as to be movable along the guide track, and wherein machining tools, in particular bending tools, are arranged in the tool holder and/or in the tool rack, and the tool-transfer device has a magnetic holding device, and the magnetic holding device has an electromagnet with an electronic actuation device, comprising the steps: • moving the tool-transfer device to a machining tool, which is arranged in a pick-up position in the tool holder or in the tool rack; • picking up and retaining the machining tool by means of the magnetic holding device of the tool-transfer device, wherein when the machining tool is picked up, the electromagnet is subjected to an electrical pick-up and retention signal by the actuation device; • moving the picked-up machining tool along the guide track to a deposition position in the tool rack or in the tool holder; • depositing the machining tool by deactivation of the magnetic retaining force; characterized in that • moving the tool-transfer device to a machining tool, which is arranged in a pick-up position in the tool holder or in the tool rack; • picking up and retaining the machining tool by means of the magnetic holding device of the tool-transfer device, wherein when the machining tool is picked up, the electromagnet is subjected to an electrical pick-up and retention signal by the actuation device; • moving the picked-up machining tool along the guide track to a deposition position in the tool rack or in the tool holder; • depositing the machining tool by deactivation of the magnetic retaining force; characterized in that upon deactivation of the magnetic retaining force, a demagnetization is performed by the activating device, and that the strength of the pick-up and retention signal of the activating device is changed over between a first signal strength for the pick-up of the machining tool and a second signal strength for the retention of the machining tool, and that, for the retention of the machining tool, the second signal strength of the pick-up and retention signal is disconnected and/or the second signal strength of the pick-up and retention signal is reduced prior to reaching of the deposition position.