Method for processing panel-shaped workpieces

A method for processing panel-shaped workpieces (5), which are made of wood or wood substitutes, in which the following steps are carried out:

• a) providing a large-format panel (4), which is made of wood or wood substitute materials, and feeding (P1) the large-format panel (4) to a detachment station (1);
• b) detaching panel-shaped workpieces (5) by dividing the provided large-format panel (4) in the detachment station (1) by making cuts in the large-format panel (4) using at least one detachment unit (11), wherein at least a part of each of the workpieces (5) thus detached acquires from the detachment unit (11) an alignment section (5a) for engaging gripping elements (14, 15);
• and
• c) feeding the workpieces (5) thus detached to at least one downstream processing station (2, 3;
• 110, 111, 112) in order to complete the panel-shaped workpiece (5),
• wherein after the workpiece (5) has been provided with the alignment section (5a), the workpiece (5) is taken over by means of at least one of the gripping elements (14, 15) as an engaging element or grasping element which engages the alignment section (5a), wherein after the workpiece (5) is taken over, the at least one of the gripping elements (14, 15), engaging in a form-fitting manner on the alignment section (5a) of the workpiece (5), runs through a cycle (100),
• wherein at least one downstream processing station (2, 3;110, 111, 112) is arranged in the cycle (100) and is run through by the workpiece (5), and
• wherein at least one of the following processing steps is carried out at the at least one downstream processing station (2, 3;
• 110, 111, 112):
• i) picking up and aligning a detached workpiece (5) on the alignment section (5a);
• ii) coating a narrow side of the panel-shaped workpiece (5) with an edge strip;
• iii) carrying out a final cut on a not yet fully formatted narrow side of the panel-shaped workpiece (5);
• iv) introducing at least one bore into the panel-shaped workpiece (5), and
• v) providing the panel-shaped workpiece (5) with an edge strip and finishing the workpiece provided with an edge strip.