The docking station consists of a mount to which the collecting basket for the disposal of the chad as well as the rivet feed locks are fixed. According to the number of rivet lengths required, the docking consists of 1 to, for example, 3 feed locks and their respective rivet magazines. An installation plate with the corresponding number of feed locks is fixed to the hand-held tongs and to the robot tongs. During the non-productive time, e.g. when a new piece part is loaded, the tongs may dock on the loading station and refill its own rivet magazine and dispose the chad. With the new TOX PRESSOTECHNIK concept of “rivet storage at the tongs”, it is no longer necessary to carry the burden of rivet and chad hoses along, the flexibility and ruggedness of the complete tongs system have been considerably increased, the feeding distances are shortened and the total cycle time of production is reduced due to the expedient use of the non-productive time