Reclamping device and method for reclamping a workpiece between two clamping devices

A reclamping device for reclamping a workpiece between two vices, the reclamping device having a handling device for positioning and actuating the two vices and a reclamping station which contains a carrier for holding a first vice in an accurate position, the reclamping station contains a pressure device for pressing the workpiece against the first vice positioned on the carrier wherein the pressure device contains a pressure plunger movable relative to the carrier by means of an actuator, which is designed in such a way that pressure plunger projects above the carrier in the center thereof and can engage between two clamping jaws of a second vice positioned above the first vice for workpiece transfer.

A method for reclamping a workpiece between two vices, the method comprising:

• depositing a first vice in a carrier of a stationary reclamping station by means of a handling device;
• positioning a second vice by means of the handling device with a workpiece facing the first vice above the first vice for workpiece transfer and the workpiece is pressed against a contact surface on the first vice during the workpiece transfer by a pressure device arranged at the reclamping station,
• wherein the workpiece is pressed against the contact surface on the first vice during the workpiece transfer by a pressure plunger of the pressure device, which pressure plunger is movable relative to the carrier by means of an actuator, projects over the carrier in the center thereof and engages between two clamping jaws of the second vice positioned above the first vice for the workpiece transfer.