Stand for receiving machines and equipment

A stand for receiving machines and equipment, comprising:

• horizontally and vertically extending beams being constructed as hollow profile sections;
• cup-shaped junction nodes being disposed in a plurality of planes, each of said junction nodes having a given side facing a respective one of said beams and being form-lockingly connected with said respective beam;
• said form locking connection including cylindrical pins being embedded into said junction nodes, each of said pins projecting from said given side of a respective one of said junction nodes by a predetermined amount and engaging in a corresponding recess formed in said respective beam;
• connecting rods each passing through a respective one of said beams and having an end with an end surface and a thread, said end surfaces of said connecting rods each being spaced apart from a respective one of said junction nodes defining a gap therebetween;
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• screw connections each being disposed between a respective one of said connecting rods and a respective one of said junction nodes.