Device and transport device for handling tyre blanks

An arrangement, comprising:

• a tire-production plant arranged at a shop-floor height level;
• a logistics system for implementing a material flow of tire blanks to the tire production plant, the logistics system including at least one loading installation for feeding the tire blanks to the tire production plant, and at least one transport installation arranged at a second height level relative to the shop-floor height level;
• and
• at least one blank stand disposed at a first height level in a material flow direction between the transport installation and the loading installation, wherein the blank stand is arranged next to the tire-production plant to receive and/or temporarily store at least one of the tire blanks, the blank stand including at least three gripping holders for holding the at least one tire blank, the gripping holders being arranged to receive the tire blank on a rotationally symmetrical area and to have a free gap between the gripping holders that corresponds to the rotationally symmetrical area,
• wherein the blank stand includes a frame, the at least three gripping holders being arranged on the frame,
• wherein the at least three gripping holders for holding at least one tire blank are disposed so as to be movable radially relative to a central axis so that the free gap for receiving the tire blank is variable so that the tire blank is receivable on a rotationally symmetrical external or internal area.