Method for the automated separation of bead assemblies for vehicle tyres and separators with the following steps: a) horizontally mounting bead assemblies and separators, wherein the bead assemblies and separators are placed down on a conveying arm, wherein a separator is respectively arranged between the bead assemblies and the separator prevents the bead assemblies from sticking to one another, b) conveying the bead assemblies with the adjacent separators by the conveying arm in the direction of a transfer position, c) clamping the first two bead assemblies (17, 18) from the inner side, wherein a first and a second gripping means (12, 13) grip on the separator by at least one gripping recess and thereby fix both bead assemblies (17, 18) in the region of the tyre bead from the inner side, d) fixing the separator between the two clamped bead assemblies (17, 18) by a third gripping means, wherein the third gripping means fixes the separator on its outer side, e) separating the front bead assembly by a displacing movement of the first gripping means in the axial direction for the transfer to the tyre building machine, wherein at the same time the separator is held in its position by the third gripping means and the rear bead assembly is held in its position by the second gripping means, f) displacing the third gripping means behind the front-adjacent separator, wherein the second gripping means fixes the rear bead assembly in its position, g) separating the front-adjacent separator by a displacing movement of the third gripping means in the axial direction, wherein the rear bead assembly is at the same time held in its position by the second gripping means, h) transferring the detached and individually separated bead assemblies to a tyre building machine, i) transferring the detached separators to a storage means for storing the separators. a) horizontally mounting bead assemblies and separators, wherein the bead assemblies and separators are placed down on a conveying arm, wherein a separator is respectively arranged between the bead assemblies and the separator prevents the bead assemblies from sticking to one another, b) conveying the bead assemblies with the adjacent separators by the conveying arm in the direction of a transfer position, c) clamping the first two bead assemblies (17, 18) from the inner side, wherein a first and a second gripping means (12, 13) grip on the separator by at least one gripping recess and thereby fix both bead assemblies (17, 18) in the region of the tyre bead from the inner side, d) fixing the separator between the two clamped bead assemblies (17, 18) by a third gripping means, wherein the third gripping means fixes the separator on its outer side, e) separating the front bead assembly by a displacing movement of the first gripping means in the axial direction for the transfer to the tyre building machine, wherein at the same time the separator is held in its position by the third gripping means and the rear bead assembly is held in its position by the second gripping means, f) displacing the third gripping means behind the front-adjacent separator, wherein the second gripping means fixes the rear bead assembly in its position, g) separating the front-adjacent separator by a displacing movement of the third gripping means in the axial direction, wherein the rear bead assembly is at the same time held in its position by the second gripping means, h) transferring the detached and individually separated bead assemblies to a tyre building machine, i) transferring the detached separators to a storage means for storing the separators.