Patent ID: 8136652

Claim:
A processing station for a processing line, comprising a module platform ( 12 ; 112 ) and a plurality of withdrawable modules ( 14 ; 114 ) that can be introduced into it, and the processing station ( 10 ; 110 ) has a transporting device ( 40 , 42 ; 140 , 142 ) for transporting workpieces ( 56 ; 156 ) to be processed at the processing station ( 10 ; 110 ), wherein the transporting device ( 40 , 42 ; 140 , 142 ) includes a plurality of part-transporting devices ( 43 ; 143 ), wherein one part-transporting device ( 43 / 143 ) is associated with each withdrawable module ( 14 ; 114 ) and is solidly connected to the withdrawable module ( 14 ; 114 ); the part-transporting device is capable of being introduced jointly with the withdrawable module into the module platform ( 12 ; 112 ), and wherein the part-transporting device ( 43 / 143 ) of at least some of the withdrawable modules ( 14 ; 114 ) has a first transportation path ( 40 ; 140 ), which is embodied for transporting a workpiece ( 56 ; 156 ) essentially over the width of the withdrawable module ( 14 ; 114 ) in a first transporting direction (T 1 ), wherein the part-transporting device ( 43 ; 143 ) includes a second transportation path ( 42 / 142 ) for transporting a workpiece ( 56 ; 156 ) in a second transporting direction (T 2 ) that is opposite the first, wherein the withdrawable module ( 14 ; 114 ) includes a transportation path relocating device ( 46 ; 146 ) for relocating workpieces ( 56 ; 156 ) between the first and second transportation paths ( 40 , 42 ; 140 , 142 ), and wherein the first transportation path ( 40 ; 140 ), the second transportation path ( 42 ; 142 ) and the transportation path relocation device ( 46 ) are combined in a pre-assembled structural unit ( 50 ).