AUTOMATION CELL WHICH CAN BE LOADED AUTOMATICALLY AND MANUALLY

The invention relates to an automation cell (12) for handling parts carriers (18), comprising a housing (22) inside which a first stacking place (34), a second stacking place (36) and a third stacking place (38) for parts carriers (18) are arranged, the housing (22) having a loading opening (26) for the first stacking place (34), said automation cell also comprising an isolating device (42) in order to selectively isolate or free the first stacking place (34) with respect to the interior. The automation cell (12) has a security system (30) for an intervention zone (28) on the loading opening (26), which system is designed to monitor the entire intervention zone (28) in a full monitoring mode, to monitor only a part-zone (58) of the intervention zone (28) in a partial monitoring mode, and to interrupt operation of the automation cell (12) when the security system (30) recognises an intervention. For this purpose, in an automatic loading mode the automation cell (12) is designed to switch the security system (3