Feed and load unit

A feed and load unit, provided for at least one of (a) feeding and (b) removing one or more work pieces for machining purposes on a machining point in a machining chamber of a machine tool, the feed and load unit comprising:

• a guide path oriented in a first guide path direction in a first plane and having a guide path section, the guide path section being movable out of the guide path during a changing process in a direction perpendicular to the first guide path direction and in the first plane, wherein the guide path section forms a continuous part of the guide path outside of the changing process;
• at least two work piece carriers configured to pick up and transport the at least one workpiece and being movable along the guide path in the first guide path direction and in the first plane, wherein the guide path section, the at least two work piece carriers, and the work piece being movable, by a drive, in the first plane and in a direction perpendicular to the first guide path direction such that the work piece carrier is moved in the first plane and in the direction perpendicular to the first guide path direction and to or from the machining chamber;
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• a press-on device that is arranged at the movable guide path section and moving together with the movable guide path section.