Panel cutting machine for cutting work pieces

A panel dividing system for sawing workpieces consisting of a panel or a stack of panels, the panel dividing system comprising:

• a workpiece support table and a sawing line;
• a cutting saw which is movable along the sawing line;
• two or more independently movable feed devices for moving the workpieces lying on the workpiece support table, each of the feed devices having a work area whereby the panel dividing system comprises a plurality of work areas, wherein the work areas of the feed devices are formed next to each other on the workpiece support table, and the feed directions of the feed devices run parallel to each other;
• and
• a stop rail arranged at least in some regions between respective ones of two mutually adjacent of the work areas on the workpiece support table,
• wherein the feed devices are each assigned a separate one of the work areas in which a respective one of the workpieces is movable by a respective one of the feed devices in a respective feed direction towards the sawing line,
• wherein each of the feed devices is assigned a supply device of the panel dividing system,
• wherein each of the supply devices are structured to transport at least one of the workpieces into the work area of the feed device to which the supply device is assigned,
• wherein the work areas of the feed devices are separate from each other, and
• wherein at least one of the work areas is assigned an alignment device for aligning the respective workpieces orthogonal to the given feed direction, the alignment device being configured to press workpieces in the respective work area, which have a width smaller than the width of the respective work area, against the stop rail.