Manufacturing station and manufacturing process

A manufacturing station for workpieces, comprising:

• a processing area with a processing site and a processing apparatus;
• a security partition enclosing the processing area and including a plurality of secure access points for workpiece transport into and out of the security partition;
• a multifunctional automatic loading apparatus including a plurality of loading robots and located within the security partition, the automatic loading apparatus configured to load and unload workpieces onto and off of a conveyor operating in cooperation with the manufacturing station, and to transport the workpieces into and out of the processing area;
• and
• a workpiece support positioned in respective working areas of the plurality of loading robots;
• wherein at least one of the loading robots is configured to make workpieces available to the workpiece support and to perform a setup process on the workpieces;
• and
• wherein one of the plurality of loading robots is configured and controlled as a presentation robot for supplying workpieces from the workpiece support to the processing area.