---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002612"
title: "Positioning apparatus and system"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:14:11.857028Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002612"
categories:
  - "manufacturing-assembly-equipment/machining-systems"
keywords:
  - "b23q1/66"
  - "b23q1/66"
  - "b25j9/0096"
  - "b23k101/04"
  - "b23k2101/04"
  - "b23k2101/04"
---

# Positioning apparatus and system

## Abstract

A positioning apparatus including a base structure; a first workpiece support; a second workpiece support; a support member supporting the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support; and a drive arrangement arranged to drive the support member relative to the base structure from a first position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on a processing side of the base structure and the second workpiece support is positioned on an opposite loading side of the base structure, to a second position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on the loading side and the second workpiece support is positioned on the processing side; wherein the drive arrangement is arranged to drive the first workpiece support along a first path and the second workpiece support along a second path when driving the support member from the first position to the second position, the first and second paths being non-circular.