Method for feeding preferably planar workpieces with an alignment device for aligning the workpieces, which preferably consist at least in part of wood, wood-based materials, plastics material or the like, wherein the alignment device comprises a conveying means (21, 22) for moving workpieces in a transport direction and an alignment section having at least one alignment means for aligning an edge of a workpiece that extends transversely to the transport direction, wherein the at least one alignment means is arranged on a circulating support element, in particular a belt, such that it can be moved at least in portions in the transport direction, characterised in that the conveying means (21, 22) extends at least in portions adjacently to the circulating support element, and wherein an end portion of the conveying means (21, 22) is beyond an end portion of the circulating support element in the transport direction, wherein the method comprises the steps of: - providing a workpiece with a starting speed in the transport direction by means of the conveying means; - aligning the workpiece by contacting an edge, in particular a front or rear edge of the workpiece in the transport direction, with the alignment means, such that the workpiece comes into contact with the alignment means by means of the conveying means and is aligned in the process; - releasing the workpiece from the alignment means, in particular by moving the alignment means vertically downwards out of the transport plane. a conveying means (21, 22) for moving workpieces in a transport direction and an alignment section having at least one alignment means for aligning an edge of a workpiece that extends transversely to the transport direction, wherein the at least one alignment means is arranged on a circulating support element, in particular a belt, such that it can be moved at least in portions in the transport direction, characterised in that the conveying means (21, 22) extends at least in portions adjacently to the circulating support element, and wherein an end portion of the conveying means (21, 22) is beyond an end portion of the circulating support element in the transport direction, wherein the method comprises the steps of: - providing a workpiece with a starting speed in the transport direction by means of the conveying means; - aligning the workpiece by contacting an edge, in particular a front or rear edge of the workpiece in the transport direction, with the alignment means, such that the workpiece comes into contact with the alignment means by means of the conveying means and is aligned in the process; - releasing the workpiece from the alignment means, in particular by moving the alignment means vertically downwards out of the transport plane. - providing a workpiece with a starting speed in the transport direction by means of the conveying means; - aligning the workpiece by contacting an edge, in particular a front or rear edge of the workpiece in the transport direction, with the alignment means, such that the workpiece comes into contact with the alignment means by means of the conveying means and is aligned in the process; - releasing the workpiece from the alignment means, in particular by moving the alignment means vertically downwards out of the transport plane.