A device for positioning components to be joined together, such as car
body components, is characterized by at least one movable central module
and a plurality of arms, movable in space and connected thereto and which
in each case have at least one holding element for holding the
components. By means of the inventive method for the positioning of the
components to be joined together and for the performance of which the
said device is particularly suitable, the components are held from a
position within a desired arrangement of the components to be joined. In
this way the assembled components during a subsequent tacking together
and optionally further downstream production processes such as welding or
the like, are accessible in optimum manner from the outside. Further
advantages of the method according to the invention are a limited space
requirement and possible balancing of the production process.