Apparatus and method for loading and / or teardown and Maintenance of a needle board

An arrangement for winding and / or teardown and Maintenance of a needle board (1) of a needle machine for nonwovens or Nadelfilzherstellung, in particular for automatic execution of different operations such as loading or removing, if necessary, selecting Repairing (with at least one tool 2) and (with a holding device 3) for holding the needle board (1), said tool (2) with respect to a needle bore (4) and / or a needle (5) of the needle board (1) via a control and drive device and at least one detection device is positioned, indicated that increases the flexibility of the positioning of the tool with low personnel costs, and opens up the option to operations such as selection, repair of the needles by the tool (2) and the control and drive means at least (a robot 7, 8) are assigned, and in that the robot (7, 8) (with at least one articulated tool arm 9, 10) versehe n is at which the tool (2) is arranged which allows to perform the desired operation. It also specifies a method that can be performed with the arrangement.