The specification describes an apparatus for transferring pressings to be sintered from a press to a sintering support. A suction lifter carries out a movement coupled with a movement of a filling device and pressing die. The lifter receives the pressing in synchronism with the movement of the press from the die and moves it away from the press. A take-over means arranged upstream from the press receives the pressing from the suction lifter. The take-over means passes the pressing received from the suction lifter and lying on the take-over means, onto the sintering support in synchronism with the movement of the press. A receiving means for the sintering base carries out a movement making possible continuous close packing on the sintering support by the receiving means. A control means serves to control the movement of the receiving means in synchronism with the movement of the press.