Patent ID: 11911864
Assignee: DECKEL MAHO SEEBACH GMBH
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method for machining a workpiece on a machine tool (100) according to a numerically controlled (NC) program, said machine tool (100) comprising:
a machine table (10) for clamping said workpiece;
a work spindle (20) for receiving a tool for machining said workpiece;
a work space in which said workpiece is machined by said tool, which work space is substantially defined by said machine table (10) and by at least one first cover (30) when said at least one first cover is at a first position; and
a tool changer (50) arranged outside said work space and configured to change the tool received in said work spindle (20),, said method for machining said workpiece comprising the steps of:
clamping said workpiece on said machine table (10) of said machine tool;
receiving, in the work spindle (20), the tool for machining said workpiece; and
machining said workpiece according to said NC program; and, wherein the following steps are carried out during a tool change:
moving said at least one first cover (30) from the first position, as a result of which movement said work space of said machine tool (100) becomes contiguous with a tool changing area (80), and also as a result of which movement an access surface (42), through which said tool changer (50) can be moved into said tool changing area (80), is exposed;
moving said tool changer (50) through the exposed access surface (42) into said tool changing area (80), and
positioning said work spindle (20) in said tool changing area (80) such that said tool changer (50) is able to change the tool received by said work spindle (20) within said tool changing area (80).