Method and wire processing machine that produces prepared shaped parts

A method of producing prepared shaped parts from wire comprising:

• drawing wire in from a wire stock and feeding the wire to a wire processing machine;
• straightening the wire in the wire processing machine;
• and
• separating shaped parts of a predefinable wire length from the straightened wire,
• wherein, to separate a shaped part from the fed wire, at a separating position provided for separation, the wire is first notched in at least one notching operation from two opposite sides by notching tools such that a tapered wire cross section remains between opposing notches at the separating position, and
• in a dividing operation, the notched wire is separated at the separating position in a region of the tapered wire cross section by engagement of two dividing tools on opposite sides of the wire and their synchronous feed in opposite feed directions perpendicularly to the wire axis until the wire material is severed at the separating position;
• wherein prior to performing the dividing operation, the notching tools are moved away from the workpiece into a retracted position after the notching operation before the cutting tools sever the wire material of the workpiece.