Method for spatially arranging coils in a coil store, and combination of a processing machine and a coil store

A combination of a processing machine and a coil store to keep a plurality of coils ready for processing the sheet metal of coils using the processing machine, comprising:

• a holding device for holding all the coils in storage at any point in the holding device;
• a memory device in which electronic data about an initial storage state can be stored, which electronic data contains information about a respective initial diameter (DA) of the coils and a respective initial spatial storage position of the coils in the coil store;
• a coil transport device for transporting a selected coil from an initial storage position at a first point on the holding device to the processing machine for processing at least a portion of the sheet metal of the selected coil, after which the selected coil has a reduced diameter (D), and for transporting the selected coil having the reduced diameter (D) to a second point on the holding device, which forms a depositing storage position and deviates from the first point on the holding device and, depending on the reduced diameter (D) of the selected coil is selected in a manner that saves storage space such that a distance between a coil axis of the selected coil and a coil axis of a coil adjacent to the selected coil in the coil store is less in the depositing storage position than in the initial storage position;
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• a sensor device for sensing the reduced diameter (D) of the selected coil after the portion of the sheet metal of the selected coil has been removed from the selected coil for processing by the processing machine.