Supplying components from a continuous material to a placement machine

A device for supplying components for a placement machine, wherein the components are provided in the form of a continuous material, the device comprising:

• a chassis;
• a transport device attached to the chassis for transporting the continuous material along a horizontally-extending transport track towards a pick-up position;
• and
• a cutting device which is configured to cut off a section at a leading end of the continuous material, wherein the cut-off section represents a supplied component,
• wherein the transport device and/or the cutting device is configured in such a way that
• in a first operating state, the cut-off component has a first predetermined length, and
• in a second operating state, the cut-off component has a second predetermined length, wherein the second predetermined length is different to the first predetermined length,
• the cutting device is attached to the chassis in a stationary manner and the pick-up position can be changed spatially along the transport track in relation to the chassis, wherein each operating state is assigned its own pick-up position,
• the transport device has a pushing means configured to transport the continuous material a predetermined distance horizontally along the transport track, and
• the pushing means has a clamping device configured to engage the continuous material and which is displaceable relative to the chassis horizontally along the transport track.