Device for transferring workpieces into and out of a tool, in particular a multi-stage cutting and machining tool, with upper part comprising a cutting stage (8, 8.1) comprising at least one cutting punch, a guide plate and pressure plate, and a lower part containing at least one cutting plate and pressure plate, for cutting a blank out of a strip, a plurality of machining stages (9, 10, 11, 12 and 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1) lying on a circular path (K1, K2; K3, K4) comprising active elements in the form of punches and surrounds of the upper part and active elements in the form of cutting plate, ejector, embossing anvil, pressure plate and surrounds of the lower part for a machining cycle comprising perforating, embossing, pre-shaping, drawing or tooth cutting, the strip being clamped in between cutting and guide plate when the upper and lower part (3, 4) are closed, and, in the open position of upper and lower part (3, 4), it being possible for the strip to be moved in the strip running direction and the blanks being moved cyclically from stage to stage by a slider, the slider being formed as a rotary slider provided with a plurality of transfer openings (46, 47, 48, 49) and a removal opening, charactrized in that the rotary slider, the cutting stage (8, 8.1) and the individual machining stages (9, 10, 11, 12; 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1) are formed with a removal stage (13, 13.1) comprising separate modules (A, B, C, D; E, F, G, H) supporting one another, which are arranged around an axis of rotation of the rotary slider that is mounted on the lower block, wherein the transfer openings (46, 47, 48, 49) and the removal opening lie on a circular path which coincides with the circular paths (K1, K2; K3, K4) of the active elements (23, 35) of the cutting stage (8, 8.1), the machining stages (9, 10, 11, 12; 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1) and the removal stage (13, 13.1) and have a spacing from one another which is identical to the spacing of the active elements (23, 35) on the circular paths (K1, K2; K3, K4), and in that the rotary slider comprises a slider plate, in which the transfer openings (46, 47, 48, 49) and the removal opening for receiving the blanks are provided, which are matched to the active elements of the cutting and machining stages (8, 8.1; 9, 10, 11, 12; 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1) and the removal stage (13, 13.1), wherein the slider plate is connected to a linear drive, arranged coaxially with respect to the circular path (K1, K2; K3, K4), approximately tangentially with respect to the pressure plate and the surrounds, for executing a pivoting movement about an axis of rotation fixed to the lower block of the lower part, in such a way that the transfer openings (46, 47, 48, 49) arranged on the circular path and the removal opening of the slider plate, after their pivoting in the direction of the cutting stage (8, 8.1) by an amount corresponding to the arcuate spacing of cutting and machining stages (8, 8.1; 46, 47, 48, 49) on the circular path, grip the blanks and, after pivoting the slider plate back out of the cutting stage (8, 8.1), can deposit the same in the following machining stages (9, 10, 11, 12; 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1), and in that the slider plate can be clamped between the surrounds (22, 34) of the active elements (23, 35) of the machining stages (9, 10, 11, 12; 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1) by the upper and lower part (3, 4) as they are closed, such that the active elements (23, 35) can machine the blanks through the transfer openings (46, 47, 48, 49).