Method for operating a machine tool or a production machine, and using the machine tool or production machine with a connecting arrangement for a lifting element

A method for operating a machine tool or a work machine, the method comprising:

• providing a machine tool or a work tool comprising:
• a stroke element,
• a connection arrangement comprising:
• a traction/pressure element, and
• at least one traction/pressure point,
• a detachable connection comprising a connection element,
• a sub-structure comprising a drive device configured as a bottom drive, and
• a compensation element or a unit, wherein the compensation element or the unit is configured to generate a pre-stress, an impact dampening, and to compensate for a weight of the stroke element in the connection arrangement,
• configuring the drive device to act directly or indirectly on a work piece to be machined via the connection arrangement with the traction/pressure element and the at least one traction/pressure point via the stroke element;
• and
• producing a force via the compensation element or the unit corresponding to a weight of the traction/pressure element, the force being initiated independently from a drive force for the stroke element, so as to generate a pre-stress, an impact dampening and a compensation of the weight of the stroke element in the connection arrangement.